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To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
sparkling water or clear fizzy drink
drinking glass
small objects, for example, sultana, bead, lolly, sesame seed, coin, cotton wool
cutting board
knife
wooden skewers or ice-cream sticks
fruit
football
Overview of today's activities:
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Recycling (15 minutes)
Activity 2: Fizzy water (15 minutes)
Activity 3: Auskick at home - part 2 (30 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: Asking for help at school (10 minutes)
Activity 5: Making fruit sticks (20 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Recycling
Recycling
Learning goal: Children consider the impact of rubbish on the natural environment.
1. Listen to the story.
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2. Think about the ways that Amy, Salem and their preschool friends tried to help the earth.
3. How do you help recycle at home?
4. If you attend preschool or daycare, what is recycled there?
Too hard?
Too hard?
Help at home to put containers which can be recycled into the right bin.
Too easy?
Too easy?
What does each coloured lid on your big bins at home mean?
Fizzy water
Fizzy water
Learning goal: Children demonstrate curiosity as they experiment.
What you need:
sparkling water (or any clear, fizzy drink)
small objects, for example, sultana, bead, lolly, sesame seed, coin, cotton wool
a clear drinking glass.
What to do:
1. Pour the fizzy drink into the glass.
2. Drop each object into the cup, one at a time. Before you drop each in, predict what will happen:
Will there be more or less bubbles?
Will the object sink or float?
Will the object move or stay still?
3. Observe what happens to each object after you drop it in.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Ask someone to drop the objects in for you to watch.
Too easy?
Too easy?
For each object you dropped in, draw a picture to show what happened.
Auskick at home - part 2
Auskick at home - part 2
Learning goal: Children develop ball handling skills.
Watch this video and join Joel Selwood doing some warm ups and learning to handball a football.
Aussie Rules (14 May 2020) 'NAB AFL Auskick at home with Joel Selwood' [video], YouTube, accessed on 3 November 2021.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Practice handballing a balloon or a soft ball.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Like Joel says in the video, move the target further away.
Practice handballing to someone else.
Take a break
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.
"Boy with glass of water, 2000" by Seattle Municipal Archives is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio. pexels.com
"Washing hands" by magnusfranklin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Asking for help at school
Asking for help at school
Learning goal: Children learn how to ask for help at school.
There will be times you need to ask for help while you are at school. Teachers, other adults and your friends will help you.
Social story - Asking for help
Duration: 02:44
Making fruit sticks
Making fruit sticks
Learning goal: Children engage with a recipe to create a healthy snack.
What you need:
fruit
wooden skewers or ice cream sticks
chopping board
knife
plate.
What to do:
1. Wash the fruit.
2. Cut the fruit into small pieces.
3. Thread the fruit onto the skewers or sticks, making patterns.
4. Enjoy eating your healthy snack.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Try a fruit that you don't usually eat.
Select the fruit and have someone thread on skewers for you.
Cut up or peel fruit to make a fruit salad.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Use numbers and drawings to record the recipe on paper.
Extra learning activities
Extra learning activities
For families, this video shares tips on how to prepare your child for starting school.
Child voice
Child voice
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