January Calendar

Welcome back to Summerland in 2014. If you are a parent of a room 28 child this year and are intending visiting the class and meeting with me on Tuesday, you might like to bring your child's stationery with you - it will save them a heavy bag on Thursday. Looking forward to seeing you then.
Glenys Holt

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

 

December Calendar

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Gummy Bears

 

Nyla-Rose, Jenny and Laken performed Gummy Bears for us.

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.

October Calendar

Harvest Festival

Rebekah shared her knowledge of The Chinese Moon Festival on our Cultural Day. She dressed in a Chinese costume and brought Moon cakes for everyone to try.

Milind's Flying Machine

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

Landscape Painting

We painted these landscapes with Mrs Shepherd.  The surprising thing is we didn't use paint brushes.  We had to use fingers, sponges, twigs, sticks and leaves.
The photos that make up this video can be found on our school website, where they can be downloaded individually – click here.