Summer Learning Journey | Week 2 I HAVE A DREAM... Politics and Activism | Year 6 - 8 | Day:1 | Activity:1 | Taking The Lead | Playing Favourites | (4 Points)

Barack Obama was the President of the United States of America (USA) from 2009 - 2017.
He made history as the first African American person to be elected President of the USA.

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. His father was from Kenya, Africa and his mother was
American. His parents divorced when he was young and his father died in a car crash when
Barack was 21 years old. As a young man Barack studied law at university which is where he
met his wife, Michelle.

Together, Barack and Michelle have spent much of their adult lives helping others and giving
back to their community. When they are not at work, they can be found doing their favourite
things, including spending time with their family, playing with their dog, or going to the gym.

What do you like to do for fun? Do you also enjoy spending time with family? Do you have a
special pet?

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What to do: For this activity, create a list of your ‘Top 5’ favourite things to do and take a photo of yourself doing each of these things.

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Summer Learning Journey | Activity:3 | Own Choice | Week 1 | (6 Points)

You have now made it to the end of Week 1 and have the chance to choose your very own
sportsperson or explorer who you think has changed the world. There are no right or wrong
choices for this activity, so find someone who interests you and tell us about them on your blog.
It could be someone from your family, church, community or someone famous who you admire.

Here are some starting points in case you get stuck:

Jessica Watson

Tanielu Tele’a

Sachin Tendulkar

Ann Bancroft

Kelly Slater

Tamatea

Laura Dekker

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What to do: 

For this activity, please choose one person (a changemaker) and read all about them.

On your blog, provide us with:

1. The name of the person
2. A description of the work they do/have done
3. An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others

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1.Saint name - Mother Teresa real name - Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu 

2. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun who had her love to the poor and went around
the world and gave the poor a home and food. She was very kind. She spent many years in
Calcutta,  India where she founded millionaires of charity, a religious parishioner loyal to be
helping those is great need.

3. .Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, Offently known as Mother Teresa and honoured in the Catholic
Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and
missionary. She was born in Skopje, then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

Mary Teresa was so kind and beautiful and she gave so much food for the poor and a house.
She also cared and loved them so much.

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I also decided to do a few facts about Mother Teresa

Real name: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu 

Born: 26 August 1910, Place of birth - Skopje, North Macedonia

Death date: 5 September 1997

Feast day: 5 September

Summer Learning Journey | Activity:2 | Swimming To Safety | Week 1 | (4 Points)

Yusra Mardini is a teenage girl who was born in Syria, a war-torn country in the Middle East.
She left Syria in 2015 to get away from the constant fighting and became a refugee. During her
journey to reach safety in a new country, the engine on the boat she was travelling in broke down
and Yusra, her sister and two others jumped out of the boat and swam to get help. Her heroic
actions saved twenty people’s lives.

Yusra now lives in Germany. In 2016 she was named as part of the Refugee Olympic Team and
she swam for this team in the last summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is now
training for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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What to do: For this activity, listen to the podcast of Yusra Mardini, or read her story on her
personal website.

On your blog, retell the story of this amazing young woman from Syria.

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Yusra Mardini is a great swimmer. She is Syrian. She was in Syrian when a refugee war was

happening so her and her sister flew out overseas to Europe for safety in 2015. They both saved

20 people's lives when they were on a dinghy capsizing and saving 20 people's lives. 1 year later

Yusra's courage strong and determination. Her swimming skills were seen by International

Olympic Committee and became the first ever refugee Olympic team competed at the Olympic

Games in Rio 2016! Helping to present 65 MILLION displaced people worldwide (whitch was
kind).

Since then, Yusra has addressed the United Nations General Assembly and met world leaders
such as United States President Barack Obama and Pope Francis. She has been presented
with a number of reputable awards and has been seen for her work by Time and People
magazines!

Yusra now lives in Berlin, Germany and is concentrating on her professional swimming career.
She aims to compete at the next Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020. Yusra is a Goodwill diplomat
for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

United Nations (UN) Refugee business and works to alter global perceptions of refugees. Her
message of hope, determination and courage reminds us that those who flee their countries are
capable of achieving great things.

Summer Learning Journey | Day:5 | Activity:1 | Against The Odds | National Treasure | Week 1 | (4 Points)

Sophie Pascoe is a New Zealand para-swimmer. This means she is a competitive swimmer with
a physical disability. Very sadly, Sophie was run over by a lawn mower when she was only 2
years old. She had to have the bottom of her left leg amputated. However, despite this terrible
accident, she was determined to become a competitive swimmer.

Sophie has won numerous New Zealand and world para-swimming titles, including nine
Olympic gold medals. She has also won the Halberg Award for Disabled Sportsperson of the
Year three times. Sophie is a great example of a New Zealander who did not let her disability
stop her from achieving her dreams. She is truly a ‘National Tre-asure’. A national treasure is
someone or something that is very important to a country.

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What to do: For this activity, we would like to learn more about the things that are important to
you.

On your blog, please share three things that you treasure and say why they are treasures to
you.

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Summer Learning Journey | Activity:3 | Worth Her Weight In Gold | Week 1 | (6 Points)

Dame Valerie Adams (half sister of basketballer, Steven Adams) is a shot put champion from New Zealand (NZ).
She has won the World Championships four times as well as both gold and silver medals at
the Olympics. Here, in New Zealand, she has won the Halberg Award for New Zealand
Sportswoman of the Year seven consecutive times (2006-2012)! She is a bit of a legend both in
NZ and in her homeland of Tonga.

Valerie Adams is a proud Tongan New Zealander. You can see her wearing a ta’ovala in the
photo. There are many Tongans living in New Zealand - you may be one of them! The Kingdom
of Tonga is a group of 169 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is located between Fiji, Samoa and
Niue. Here are some travel tips about Tonga.
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What to do: for this activity, imagine that you were asked to create a travel brochure for Tonga
(or a country that is important to you). On the brochure, include lots of great tips about what to
see and do in the country.

On your blog, post your finished copy of your brochure.

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Tonga is a beautiful place to visit the beaches there are very cool and clean and the sand is
soft. The fruit is very yummy and the otai (Tongan fruit drink ) is so delicious. I have been to
Tonga last year 2018 holidays It was very cool there.

Summer Learning Journey | Activity:2 | What's In A Name | Week 1 | (4 Points)

Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers of all time. He started boxing when he was 12
years old and went on to become the World Heavyweight Champion numerous times in the
1960s and 1970s.

Muhammad Ali was an African American man born with the name Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
When he was a young man, however, he became a Muslim and converted to Islam. When he
converted, he changed his name to Muhammad Ali. During his life, Ali gave a lot of time and
money to various charities. He also helped to feed more than 22 million people across the
world who didn’t have enough food. Despite all of his charitable work, Muhammad Ali is still
best known for his agressive boxing style, his confident personality and his inspirational quotes.

Changing your name is a big deal! If you were to change your name, what would you change
it to?

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What to do: For this activity, imagine that you were allowed to change your name to anything
that you wanted.

On your blog, tell us what you would change your name to and why you would choose that
name.

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I love my name so much I would never want to change it I love it alot!

I love my name Kamaea!

Day:4 | Activity:1 | Individual Pursuits | Making A Racket | Week 1 | (4 Points)

Billie Jean King, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams are three exceptional, female tennis players.

They are not only outstanding athletes and some of the best tennis players in the world, but
they have fought for women to be recognised as equals to men in the game of tennis. Billie
Jean King famously beat a male tennis player, Bobby Riggs, in 1973, to prove to the public that
women could compete at any level in tennis.

Billie Jean King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom and was recently awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the
Year - Lifetime Achievement Award.
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What to do: For this activity, watch these videos about Serena and Venus Williams.

On your blog, tell us three things that you learned from watching these videos, as well as one
thing you would still like to know.

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1. They are sisters
2. They are both professional tennis players
3. Serena Willams was born on 26 September 1981 (Saginaw, Michigan, US)
4. Venus Williams was born on 17 June 1980 (Lynwood, California, US)

One thing I would still want to know - If serena and Venus Williams didn’t play tennis what other
hobbie would they play?

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