Tuesday 4 May 2021

And tonight Matthew, we are AMELIA EARHART!

For history week, Butler class focused on learning about Amelia Earhart for our significant woman in history. We started the week off by reading about her in guided reading, learning that she shad never seen an aeroplane until the age of 12. When her father took her to an air show, she became besotted by planes and fast forward a number of years, many flying lessons and a career as a nurse, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Unfortunately, Earhart vanished during her final venture to fly around the world with Fred Noonan. Despite not knowing how she died or specifically where, Amelia Earhart is remembered for her love of flying, determination for gender equality and perseverance. 

In our topic lesson, we plotted the flight that Amelia followed, from taking off in California to disappearing over the Pacific Ocean. She was so close to setting a new record! Having learnt so much about Amelia, we wrote a biography about her describing her childhood, her love of flying and then her disappearance. We finished off our learning about Amelia by sketching her plane and Amelia herself. The artwork produced was just SUPERB! 








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