Author: Mrs Grant @ Manaiakalani
Kia ora to everyone who has contributed and participated in our Summer Learning Journey, whether you have been sharing all summer or have joined the SLJ recently, we…
Today’s Experiment: Seeds in a Bag Watch Eleanor’s Experiment on demand, have a go and share your discoveries.
Catch up on this week’s highlights including some of the outstanding posts of the week. Have we missed your blog? Please respond in the comments if you have…
Today’s Experiment: Walking Water Watch Eleanor’s Experiment on demand, have a go and share your discoveries.
Missed an activity! Catch up on this week’s highlights including some of the outstanding posts of the week.
Today’s Experiment: Dancing Raisins Watch Eleanor’s Experiment on demand, have a go and share your discoveries.
Missed an activity! Catch up on this week’s highlights including some of the outstanding posts of the week.
Today’s Experiment: Balloon Static Magic Watch Eleanor’s Experiment on demand, have a go and share your discoveries.
Another fun experiment with Eleanor to try PLUS catch up on this week’s highlights including some of the outstanding posts of the week.
Today’s Experiment: Secret Messages Watch Eleanor’s Experiment on demand, have a go and share your discoveries.
Catch up on Week 1 highlights including some of the outstanding posts of the week.
Today’s Experiment: Water Refraction Trick Watch Eleanor’s Experiment on demand, have a go and share your discoveries.
The Summer Learning Journey 2025-2026 starts on Monday 15th December. The theme is Critters and Creatures. Each week there will be a different topic for you to…
Thank you for participating this summer. Congratulations to all prize winners and participants. You can find details on the Summer Learning Journey website. Explore Outstanding Blog Posts from…
Kia ora to all our Summer Learning Journey Bloggers, whether you have been blogging all summer or have joined the SLJ recently, we hope you have enjoyed Learning,…
Click on the Sticker to choose between the Te Reo Māori and English activity:
We hope you have enjoyed the first week of the Summer Learning Journey. It has been awesome to see all your posts. Reminder – you can pick and…
Register to participate in the Summer Learning Journey from Monday 9th December – Friday 17 January 2024. When you have registered, check out the teaser activities below, from…
Registration open Monday 25th November This year’s Summer Learning Journey starts on Monday 9th December. This year’s theme is Te Moana Mīharo…The Marvellous Sea. Watch our teaser trailer…
Too many rainy days at home this Winter Term? Explore some of last year’s Summer Learning Journey activities to inspire your creativity and step up your sharing.
Kia ora Summer Learning Journey Bloggers. Wow… what an awesome 6 weeks it has been. The SLJ Team have relished the opportunity to read and comment on all…
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The Summer Saturday Special: Week 3
Tino pai rawa atu… another awesome week of Summer Learning Journey Blogging! The commenting team are working hard to read all your posts and comment within 24 hours…
Did you know there are 12 new activities posted every week? You can choose the activities you like from your favourite topics by clicking the tags at the…
The Summer Learning Journey 2023-2024 starts on Monday 11th December. Watch our teaser trailer and visit the website to find out more about registering, prizes and participating….
Warm up this winter! Try the Summer Learning Journey Top Ten from Summer 2022-2023 Give these a try or explore the tabs above to find activities in each…
Prize Update: Prizes and Certificates are being sent to your schools now. Thanks to our supporters PBTech, Nanogirl Labs and The Manaiakalani Education Trust for the awesome prize…
Learn Use one of your machines from the previous weeks’ activities to invent a game. Watch the video to see Rocket Girl’s super seesaw game. Create Create…
Learn This week’s Nanogirl challenge is to build a machine that can overcome gravity. Watch the video to see how Nanogirl overcomes gravity and explore the pdf to…
Learn This week’s Nanogirl challenge is to build a magnifying glass. Watch the video to see how Nanogirl builds a water magnifying glass and use the pdf below…
Learn This week’s Nanogirl challenge is to build a catapult plane. Watch the video to see how Nanogirl builds hers and download the pdf to learn about how…
Learn This week’s Nanogirl challenge is to build a seesaw and use it to catapult objects. See if you can get some of them to land in a…
Learn Treasure Hunt – Create your science toolkit This week’s challenge is to go on a treasure hunt and find some useful equipment for building your inventions….
The Summer Learning Journey kick off is Monday 12th December. Register to participate here Warm up by trying these teaser activities – remember to share on your blog.
The Summer Learning Journey 2022 starts on Monday 12th December Registrations are open from Monday 28th November Download the flyer to share