Would you rather...? "Our future" edition.

 Bula vinaka bloggers!

You may have seen recently that it is now possible for tourists to visit space! William Shatner (a VERY famous actor from Star Trek: The Original Series) is 90 years old and recently became the oldest person to travel into space. 

After his one-of-a-kind experience he stated that he was "... so filled with emotion about what just happened. It’s extraordinary, extraordinary. It’s so much larger than me and life...Everybody in the world needs to do this, everybody in the world needs to see this.” 

You can get a ticket too, for about $250,000.... (click here to find out what that will get you).

Prince William has also been in the news this week with a new environmental initiative (Earthshot) he is running until 2030. Every year he is awarding $1,000,000 to 5 groups who are working hard on making a world a better place by:

• protecting and restoring nature
• cleaning our air
• reviving our oceans
• building a waste-free world
• fixing our climate

With the ultimate goal being to provide at least 50 solutions to the world’s greatest environmental problems by 2030. He believes we should be "trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live."

William Shatner (actor and oldest man to travel into space) on the left and Prince William (founder of The Earthshot Prize) on the right. 

So this week's "Would you rather...?" is a bit tricky! Would you rather be a space tourist or use that money to save the Earth? 

Leave your opinion in the comments below. Who do you agree with? William Shatner or Prince William? 

Finishing term 3 with a smile!

Hello to our blogging friends!

Today marks the last day of term 3 for schools in New Zealand. We made it! We have spent just under 7 weeks of school online this term (6 weeks and 4 days to be exact). That's 34 days of online learning!

 Well done to all the awesome learners who made the effort to attend (I know some days it was a struggle to get out of bed!) and a special thank you to those learners who had their cameras on! It was lovely to see you all each day (even if we do all need haircuts!😆) 

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Paterson Class used Jamboard to brainstorm some ideas of how to be kind to others in our bubble, when we're online and what we could do once we move to alert level 2. It's a timely reminder for all of us as we continue with the lockdown in Auckland. There are some EXCELLENT suggestions here and so I challenge you to pick one and see if you can brighten someone's day!

Wishing everyone a well deserved break over the holidays. I'm keeping my fingers crossed we head down to level 2 so we can see everyone back at school for the start of term 4! 

Be kind to yourself and to others! See you next term!