Summer Learning Journey week 2 Day 4 Activity 2

Click on this link to find a list of VC winners. Choose one from the Second World War, and read about him. On your blog tell us about him. Who was he? What did he do to earn a Victoria Cross medal?

Charles Heaphy

Charles Heaphy was a Auckland Rifle Volunteer and he

earned his Victoria medal by rescuing a solider 

under fire at Waiari, near Te Awamutu Charles was given his medal

in 8th Febuary 1867. 

Summer Learning Journey week 2 day 4 Activity 1

• 3 September: Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany

In 1939, the Allied Forces of Great Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand responded to Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland by declaring war. Two days before war was declared, German forces had bombed Polish cities and towns, killing and injuring thousands. After the Germans failed to meet a deadline set by The Allies to retreat from Poland, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced on radio: "I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received and consequently this country is at war with Germany." This marked the beginning of World War II.

http://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20170902/today-in-history-britain-france-australia-and-new-zealand-declared-war-on-germany-two-days-after-nazi-invasion-of-poland

13 December: Battle of the River Plate-New Zealand cruiser HMS Achilles involved in battle with German pocket battleship the Admiral Graf Spee                                         

• HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War, the second of five in the class. Originally constructed by the Royal Navy, she was loaned to New Zealand in 1936 before formally joining the new Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter and notable for being the first Royal Navy cruiser to have fire control radar, with the installation of the New Zealand-made SS1 fire-control radar in June 1940

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Achilles_(70)

Summer Learning Journey week 2 Bounus activity

Imagine that you were able to travel back in time to visit a family in the 1930s. What special gifts or treats would you like to bring with you?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I would bring Shoes,Clothes,Bags,Fruits,Vegetables,Cookie time,Pineapple lumps and jaffas.