Day: January 21, 2024

SLJ Connecting with your Whenua – Kick Start

This afternoon, I have done this task of Connecting with your Whenua – Kick Start.

Learn: I watched a video on some of Aotearoa’s/New Zealand’s amazing beauty – which I could find out walking.

Create: I went on a walk that shares the beauty of my whenua/land and made a photo collage of my walk.

Share:

I had the most fun jumping into the water and collecting pebbles which made both my favourite thing in this activity. I designed this using Canva, and the place I went to was called Waimakariri Gorge. I went today because we randomly drove past so we stopped by.

2 Facts on this location:

  1. There was (and still is) a bridge (but is not seen in the photos) and the height of the Waimakariri Gorge bridge is 30m.
  2. The Waimakariri Gorge Bridge was built in The Waimakariri Gorge Bridge was built in 1876 by William Stocks. by William Stocks which was 148 years ago.

Where is the land you are connected to?