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Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Week 12 – Summer Term This week we would like you to become virtual mountaineers…. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Geography Geography Geography/English Find out the name of the tallest mountain Find out what you would need to pack and Find out about the first person to ever reach in the world, where it is, how tall it is and take with you if you were going mountain the summit of Everest and create a fact how many people have managed to climb climbing. file. it. Create a fact file about this mountain Pack a virtual backpack of the things you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pykTLZZr-HQ https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts would need to take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIqV_JaRnqQ /earth/mounteverest.html https://www.rei.com/dam/ea_printable_mount Maths/PE aineering_checklist.pdf Maths If you worked as a team with other Complete the worksheet/questions below. You members of your family, work out how English don’t have to print it out, the questions could many times you would each have to climb Complete at least 2 of the activities linked to be written into their workbook and worked out your stairs to reach different points on the photo attached. there. Mount Everest (E.g. how many climbs to https://www.pobble365.com/the- Checkout Mr Braiden’s video on our YouTube reach Base camp?) mountain-pass Channel, if you need to remind yourself how to do Set yourself the challenge: Can you climb these. to Base Camp or beyond. file:///N:/health-at-work-stair-climb-challenge- 2017.pdf Day 4 Day 5 On going English History/English Read with an adult every day, talk about what Write the opening of a story based on Find out about the people who live in the you did and didn’t like about the book when you The Yeti or Bigfoot. Himalayas. have finished. Practise your fluency facts. Home Learning Pack for Year 4 For inspiration, if needed, use this link to https://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the- Practise your multiplications to 12. watch the trailer for The Abominable if world/physical-features/mountains/mountain-case- Maths- Mangahigh/TTRockstars; you can or use the pictures below. study/himalayas/living-in-the-himalayas/ https://app.mangahigh.com/assignments (See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap0NRJD- ICT below) 2ts Design a poster reminding yourself and any siblings PE – try to walk or run 1 mile a day. Outside, Write a story of how you would help the Yeti how to stay safe when using a computer or iPad. in your homes, in your garden. Use the link below, if you can, to help you. get home. Maths/PE – walk up and down stairs chanting See below for an example. your multiplications. Geography http://www.safetynetkids.org.uk/personal- Design a mountain rescue poster. Use the link safety/staying-safe-online/ https://digify.com/a/#/view/12e37ee749e049ec8 f2d371ec3b6494d below, if you can, to help you. See below for an example. You might find the above link useful if you are https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/ after some extra Maths and English work for you child. Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Mount Everest Facts for Kids Check out our fun Mt Everest facts for kids and enjoy learning about the highest mountain on Earth. Find out where Mt Everest is located, how high it is, who the first people to reach its summit were, why climbing it can be dangerous and much more interesting trivia and information. At 8848 m (29029 ft), Mt Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Mt Everest is located in the Himalayas mountain range on the border of Nepal and Tibet (China). In 1865, The Royal Geographical Society gave Mt Everest its English name in honour of George Everest, a Welsh surveyor who was the British Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. The mountain has other names in languages such as Nepali and Tibetan. The height of Mt Everest was first published in 1856, when it was known as Peak XV. In 1953 the first successful ascent to the summit of Mt Everest was achieved by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali sherpa Tenzing Norgay. There are two main climbing routes and many others that are are less frequently used. Since the first successful ascent in 1953, thousands have climbed to the summit of Mt Everest, hundreds have also died while attempting to do so. Dangers that await climbers on Mt Everest include high winds, bad weather and altitude sickness. In recent times the number of climbers attempting to reach the summit of Mt Everest has increased dramatically, causing concerns for both safety and the state of the mountain as climbers routinely leave litter, gear and other debris behind. There is a South Base Camp located at 5364 m (17598 ft) and a North Base Camp located at 5150 m (16900 ft). Supplies are taken to these base camps and climbers will often stay there while acclimatizing to the high altitude and lower levels of oxygen. Altitudes above 8000 m (26000 ft) are often referred to as the "Death Zone", a height that humans struggle to survive at for more than a few days. Plants and animals struggle to survive under the extreme conditions of Mt Everest but birds have been seen at high altitudes and a type of moss grows at heights close to 6500 m (21325 ft). Although Mt Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, its summit is only the 5th farthest from the Earth's centre. Because the Earth bulges at the equator, mountains such as Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador have summits that are farther away. Home Learning Pack for Year 4 One flight of stairs is equivalent to approximately 15 steps. Home Learning Pack for Year 4 My Equipment List Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Story starter! The mountain of High Hrothgar had stood proudly for thousands of years, casting a solemn shadow for miles around. Few dared to venture close to its base, let alone scale its heights, fearing what awaited at the summit. For one brave adventurer, the folk lore surrounding the mysteries of High Hrothgar provided an opportunity just too tempting to resist. Some called him courageous, others foolish, but it mattered not to him now. Bracing himself against the torrent of icy wind that rushed towards him down the narrow pass, the lone figure prepared himself for the challenge ahead. He took a deep breath, feeling the frozen air rush into his lungs, and took a bold step onto the path to High Hrothgar… Write the next paragraph to this story starter Question time! Who is the adventurer in the story? Can you think of a good name for him? Why does he want to climb High Hrothgar? Why are people afraid of the mountain? What do you think awaits him at the top? What might the adventurer be carrying with him? What would you take with you on an expedition such as this? Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Perfect picture! Can you draw what the adventurer looks like? Think carefully about what kind of person he might be, and what he might be wearing/carrying. Sentence challenge! Can you use your senses to describe the mountain pass to High Hrothgar? What can you see/hear/smell/feel/taste? Think about the following things: the path wind trees snow ice cloud fog the summit voices stone air fear danger skin face Sick sentences! These sentences are ‘sick’ and need help to get better. Can you help? Could you add an adverb? The adventurer began to walk up the path. It was cold. It was slippery. It was steep. It was snowing. Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Home Learning Pack for Year 4 Sir Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Hillary, (born 20 July 1919, died 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. He and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay were the first people to climb Mount Everest. They got to the top on 29 May 1953. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. During his teenage years, Hillary had attended Auckland Grammar School. Sir Edmund Hillary's fame came as a result of being the first New Zealander in the world to conquer Mt. Everest in Nepal. He is on the New Zealand five dollar note. He also climbed ten other mountains after Mount Everest, all of which are also in the Himalayas. Sir Edmund Hillary, (born 20 July 1919, died 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. He and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay were the first people to climb Mount Everest. They got to the top on 29 May 1953. Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. During his teenage years, Hillary had attended Auckland Grammar School. Sir Edmund Hillary's fame came as a result of being the first New Zealander in the world to conquer Mt. Everest in Nepal. He is on the New Zealand five dollar note. He also climbed ten other mountains after Mount Everest, all of which are also in the Himalayas. Early life Hillary was born to Percival Augustus Hillary and Gertrude Hillary, née Clark, in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 July 1919. His family moved to Tuakau (south of Auckland) in 1920, after his father (who served at Gallipoli) had gotten land there. His grandparents were early settlers in northern Wairoa in the mid 19th century after moving from Yorkshire, England.
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