Thursday

To complete today's activities, you will need:

something to draw on

something to draw with

supermarket catalogues

glue or tape

scissors

a device to take photos on

Overview of today's activities:

  • Activity 1: What makes you feel safe? (15 minutes)

  • Activity 2: What is composting? (20 minutes)

  • Activity 3: Be a photographer (15 minutes)

Break

  • Activity 4: First day of school (15 minutes)

  • Activity 5: Phases of the moon (10 minutes)

Please note, these times are an approximation only.

What makes you feel safe?

Learning goal: Children recognise the feeling of belonging and safety.

1. Listen to Bridget talking about feeling safe.

Audio- safe places.m4a

2. Think about where you feel safe. Where is it? Who is there? What are you doing?

3. Why does this place make you feel safe?

4. Draw a picture of your safe place.

Too hard?

  • Tell someone about your safe place.

Too easy?

  • Tell someone about your drawing and describe how you feel in your safe place.

  • What makes it safe for you?

What is composting?

Learning goal: Children explore what can be composted.

1. Watch this video of Costa making compost.

The DoSomething Foundation (30 July 2013) 'First steps to composting with Costa Georgiadis' [video], YouTube, accessed on 7 October 2021.

2. Do you remember what Costa said to put in compost? These pictures will remind you:

A man holding twigs in his hand

twigs and leaves

vegetable leaves

water

shredded paper

fruit and vegetable scraps

dried leaves

grass clippings

soil

3. Cut out pictures of food from supermarket catalogues.

4. Sort the foods into two groups, those can be composted and those that can't.

5. Fold a piece of paper in half.

6. Glue or tape the foods that can be composted on one side of the paper.

7. Glue or tape the foods that can't be composted on the other side of the paper.

Too hard?

  • Look through the catalogues and name the fruits and vegetables you see. These food scraps can all be composted.

Too easy?

  • Set up a container in your kitchen to collect fruit and vegetable scraps. Each day, empty these into your own compost, a friend's compost or your green bin.

Be a photographer

Learning goal: Children represent their thinking using images.

A photographer takes photos.

Being a photographer is fun.

Photos capture the things we see so that we can look at them again later.

1. Take a walk outside with someone from your family.

2. Use a camera, phone or tablet to take photos of the things you see.

3. When you are back home, look at the photos you took.

4. Make up a story about one or more of the photos. Remember, stories have a beginning, middle and end.

5. Share your story with a friend.

Too hard?

  • Look at photos and discuss them with someone.

  • Be the director and ask someone to take photos of things that interest you.

Too easy?

  • Print your photos and create your own story book.

Take a break

Here are some things you might like to do:

  • have a drink of water and a healthy snack

  • play or have a rest

  • go to the toilet and wash your hands.

First day of school

Learning goal: Children identify what they already know about school to generalise and adapt knowledge.

Transition to school activity

Reading stories about school will help you feel ready when it is time to start school.

1. Share this book with someone special. Talk about the pictures as you are reading together.

Daisys_First_Day_web.pdf

2. Why did Daisy's tummy have butterflies?

3. What did Spike and Daisy both like?

4. Does your lunch box look like the one in the picture?

5. Did Daisy enjoy her first day at school?

6. If you are interested in hearing about someone else's first day at school, listen to this story.

Too hard?

  • Think about a time you went somewhere new, like your first day of preschool. How did you feel? Ask someone to talk about that day with you. How do you feel about that place now?

Too easy?

  • What do you already know about your new school?

  • What do you think your first day will be like?

  • Can you create your own story book?

Phases of the moon

Learning goal: Children explore the natural wonder of the moon's phases.

  • What do you know about the moon?

  • What shape is the moon?

  • Have you ever seen the moon during the day?

Investigation:

1. Observe the moon every night at about the same time.

2. Sketch what you see in a moon diary.

3. What did you notice? Why do you think the moon changes shape?

Activity shared by Little Scientists Australia.

Too hard?

  • Look at the sky at night find the moon and the stars.

  • Do some art work of the sky.

  • Try again in a few days' time and see what you notice. Is it the same or different?

Too easy?

  • Learn some more facts about the moon with someone at home via the internet or using the information below.

Information for families about the moon

Sometimes the moon appears in the sky like full circle, other times it looks like a crescent. Sometimes we see a full moon, sometimes not. It can even appear during the day. The terms waning, waxing, gibbous, full moon and new moon are terms we use to describe the Moon. We also might use the word phase.

The Moon shines at night because it reflects the Sun’s rays. It can look quite bright even though it reflects only about 8% of the sunlight that hits it. The Moon waxes and wanes because we cannot always see the entire surface that is lit up by sunlight. Depending on your child's capability and interest consider showing them this interactive resource about the phases of the moon.

Extra learning activities

EC_literacy_numeracy-Hey didle.docx

Child voice