Bob Weighton, the world’s oldest man, has celebrated his 112th birthday this week.
Mr Weighton was born on March 29th in 1908 and lives in Hampshire, United Kingdom. He has three children of his own, has 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Weighton was presented with his certificate by staff at the assisted living home where he lives.
A spokeswoman for Guinness World Records said that because of the COVID-19 outbreak, its officials were not able to reach Weighton.
When he received his award, Weighton said: “I can’t say I was pleased to hear the previous holder had died but I am very pleased that I’ve been able to live so long and make so many friends.”
Kane Tanaka is currently the oldest living person, celebrating her 117th birthday in January.
A day where, even in isolation, you dress in formal clothing. In our learning today we are going to read a short story, write a short story based on an image and work on fractions in maths.
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READING – Short Story
Today we are going to read a short story about a mouse with a long tail.
Read through the text which can be found by CLICKING HERE.
After reading this story draw a book cover for this story.
WRITING – Poetry
Today you are going to use the following image as a prompt for your writing. Look at the image – we have a mouse, a baked cake and a strange animal. What could your story be about? Try and be creative and whacky in your story. Remember to plan your story – characters, setting, vocabulary and plot. Once it is written then add your story to the comments below.
MATHS – Converting Fractions
Watch the video below and then work on the questions below. Write your answer in your worksheet or in a workbook.
Questions – SET 1 Convert a fraction to a decimal by dividing. Convert the fractions below by dividing. You can use a calculator or divide using the example below.
Questions – SET 2
Questions – SET 3
A LITTLE EXTRA – Bingo Board of Awesomeness
We have developed a little resource at Kiwi Kids to keep your learning at home. Look at the collection of activities below. Today look at the board and select at least one that you could complete. Let us know in the comments below which one you enjoyed. CLICK HERE for more details.
The new date for the Tokyo Olympics has been announced.
IOC president Thomas Bach has announced that the Tokyo Olympic Games will start on 23 July, 2021 and run to 8 August.
The Olympics will still be called Tokyo 2020 despite taking place in 2021.
The Paralympic Games, originally due to start on 24 August, 2020, will now take place between 24 August and 5 September, 2021.
The decision to postpone both events was taken to protect the health of the athletes and everyone involved and to support the containment of the Covid-19 virus.
Bach said: “I am confident that, working together with the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Japanese Government and all our stakeholders, we can master this unprecedented challenge.
The new dates also took into consideration the rest of the global sports calendar after the men’s football European Championship was postponed to the summer of 2021.
It was the first time in the Olympic Games’ 124-year modern history that they have been delayed. However, they were cancelled altogether in 1916 because of World War One and again in 1940 and 1944 for World War Two.
The New Zealand government has increased the minimum wage.
Those affected will receive a $1.20-an-hour increase in their pay. This means the minimum wage increases from $17.70 to $18.90.
Economic experts believe the increase will benefit around 250,000 New Zealand workers.
However, some business owners have criticised the move as many are struggling with the economic impact of COVID-19. Many businesses had called for a delay in the law.
However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern argued against delaying the minimum wage increase. “We have to keep in mind that what we need people to keep doing is continue to spend and consume,” Ardern said.
In our learning today we are going to read about Dr Ashely Bloomfield, create a poem and continue work on our fractions.
READING – Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Today we are going to read Dr Ashley Bloomfield. He is the man on TV each day giving us health updates.
Read through the text which can be found by CLICKING HERE.
Complete the questions at the bottom of the article.
WRITING – Poetry
Today we are going to learn from NZ author Paula Green and create a poem about clouds.
Cloudsville Maybe there is a little city in the clouds where everyone rollerblades to school and swims in fluffy swimming pools, eats cloudy floss and cloudy buns and climbs very tall ladders to pick cloudy plums. When it’s cold, it’s puffy mittens the nana in the cloud is always knitting, and when it’s hot it’s ice-cream soda the cloud granddad is fizzing and floating. from The Letterbox Cat
Your challenge today is to make a cloud poem. So go outside and look at the clouds, collect some words and then develop them into cool sentences. Share your poem with us in the comments section.
MATHS – Converting Fractions – base 10
Watch the video below and then work on the questions below. Write your answer in your worksheet or in a workbook.
Questions – SET 1
Questions – SET 2
Questions – SET 3
A LITTLE EXTRA – Bingo Board of Awesomeness
We have developed a little resource at Kiwi Kids to keep your learning at home. Look at the collection of activities below. Today look at the board and select at least one that you could complete. Let us know in the comments below which one you enjoyed. CLICK HERE for more details.
