Havana's Walking Challenge

Havana went for a walk on the Waitangi track with her Grandma in April.  She completed her 5 kilometre walk in two hours!  WOW!

Aria's Home Learning

Tuatara

Nandhu presented his home learning challenge about one of New Zealand's most special living creatures.

Chaeyee's Home Learning

Chaeyee's Pinecone Spider from SPS Superstars on Vimeo.

Chaeyee shared her pinecone spider with Room 27. Braydon was our cameraman.

Josh's Home Learning

Sir Edmund Hillary

For Milind's last home learning challenge he gave a presentation of Sir Edmund Hillary's life.


He included these facts and more!

Sir Edmund Hillary

·      Sir Edmund Hillary was an explorer and mountain climber

·      He was the first to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay

Childhood

·      Sir Ed was born in Auckland on 20th July 1919

·      He started climbing when he was 16 years old

·      He climbed his first large mountain when he was 20 and continued exploring and climbing mountains

The Everest Expedition

·      400 people were in the group to climb Mt Everest

Climbing Everest

·      To climb the mountain, they did it in stages 

·      It helped them to get use to the height and air

·      But at each stage, not every one carried on

Hillary’s Step

·      On 29 May 1953 Sir Ed and Tenzing got their chance to climb to the top of the mountain

·      But the biggest problem they had was a huge rock wall

·      They needed to climb the rock wall to get to the top

·      The rock wall is now named Hillary’s Step

The Top of the Mountain

·      Sir Ed and Tenzing made it to the top of the mountain

·      But they could only stay for a few minutes because the air is thin

·      The thin air makes it hard to breathe

After Everest

·      After climbing Mt Everest Sir Ed went to the South Pole in 1958

·      They were the third group to go to the South Pole

·      But they were the first one’s to use motor vehicles to do it

New Zealand Air Force

·      Sir Ed was also a navigator with the New Zealand Royal Air Force during World War 2

Knighted by Queen Elizabeth

·      The Queen made him a knight

·      That is why we call him Sir

Sir Edmund’s Books

·      Sir Ed wrote books about his adventures

High Adventure

No Latitude for Error

The Crossing of Antarctica

New Zealand $5 note

·      Sir Ed Hillary is on New Zealand’s five dollar note

 

Home Learning

Today Olivia and Stephanie shared some great home learning.  Olivia made a fabulous poster about fantails and Stephanie made a mask and wrote a report about Kaka.

Here is Stephanie's report –
Kaka
Kaka have a black beak and a black or brown forehead.  Kaka have red cheeks.  Kaka have lots of feathers that can help him fly.  The beak is the shape of a diamond.  It has two legs that help him walk.  It is a bird and it is native to New Zealand.  It has a brown nostril.  This Kaka has lots of colours like brown, yellow, red and black.

Milind's Flying Machine

For Milind's latest Home Learning challenge he created a flying machine with tissue paper, string, balloons and helium.

Chan Yu's Giving Home Learning

Chan Yu has completed another home learning challenge.  He gave to his family by cooking a meal, mowing lawns and washing cars.  Well done Chan Yu!

  

 

Rebekah's Mother's Day Card

1. First I drew me and my mummy and then I drew my imagination.
2. I coloured them in.  It took me about two or three days.
3. I got my ruler and my pencil and three colours.  I used my ruler with my blue colouring vivid.  I used my pencil to write my words.  Then I traced my words with my red and green vivids.
   Then I rubbed the pencil work out.
4. I drew a picture of a girl.
5. I folded it in half and my mummy loved it.

Cooking Up a Storm

As part of his home learning Milind has been cooking meals for his family.  He has made burgers, pizza and a yummy breakfast.

Fish finger burger with tartare sauce and a side of chips.

Piza with the works!

Cooking breakfast means getting up early!

Neighbourhood Clean Up

I decided to go pick up rubbish up Drower Road.  I went with my Mum, brother and my dog, Mack.  We filled a whole Waitakere City rubbish bag.  We left it on the road to collect in the car.
Laken

What a mess!

The rubbish bag is filling quickly.

Thanks for the help Rhys.

Milind's Gift

Milind decided that when his family had some plants they no longer wanted he could donate them to the school.  With Mr Iain's help they are now planted and help make our school look wonderful.  What a great idea Milind!  Thank you.

This is what the area looked like before the planting.

What a difference the new plants make!

Chan Yu's Walk

Chan Yu and his family went for a walk to Nihotupu Dam In the Waitakere Ranges as one of his home learning challenges.  He enjoyed the challenge and was scared and excited when he saw the dam.  What do you know about the Nihotupu Dam?  Click here if you want to know more about this walk.

Olivia's Giving

On Friday Olivia shared her giving home learning challenge with us.  She went to an abandoned orchard and picked the apples to donate to the Salvation Army.  Well done Olivia, we are proud of your kind, caring actions.

Bella's Home Learning

Bella shared her fabulous mask with us today.  She told us that her mask is a kea.

Jessie's Pizza

Brendan's Karate

Brendan's Swimming

I go to West Wave in Henderson.  I started as a Guppie.  The pool was a bit too deep for me, but I did not give up.  I tried my best to swim well and I jumped heaps of levels to Olly Otters.  I practised every Saturday and I have moved up to Tuna.  Now I am training to get to Dolphins.

Sumin's Home Learning - Giving