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To complete today's activities, you will need:
something to draw on
something to draw with
small flat objects such as stones, coins or buttons
Overview of today's activities:
Overview of today's activities:
Activity 1: Aboriginal story telling (10 minutes)
Activity 2: Different opinions (10 minutes)
Activity 3: Friendship - Part 1 (15 minutes)
Break
Activity 4: I'm proud to be me (10 minutes)
Activity 5: Pyramids (10 minutes)
Please note, these times are an approximation only.
Aboriginal story telling
Aboriginal story telling
Learning goal: Children learn about and show respect for Aboriginal culture.
In these videos Aboriginal people share the stories of their Country.
1.Choose the stories that you are interested in listening to.
Watch this video to learn about the Gumbayngirr people and the Dorrigo National Park.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (29 October 2020) '360 Aboriginal Storytelling Dorrigo National Park' [video], YouTube, accessed 15 November 2021.
Watch this video to learn about the Walgalu people and the Kosciuszko National Park.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (29 October 2020) '360 Aboriginal Storytelling Kosciuszko National Park' [video], YouTube, accessed 15 November 2021.
Watch this video to hear the dolphin story from the Coffs Coast Regional Park.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (29 October 2020) '360 Aboriginal Storytelling - Dolphin story' [video], YouTube, accessed 15 November 2021.
2. What is one thing from the stories that you would like to learn more about? Ask someone to help you research.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Talk to someone about what you hear in the video.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Who are the traditional custodians of the Country you live on? If you don't know, ask someone to help you research.
Different opinions
Different opinions
Learning goal: Children express ideas and feelings and respect the perspectives of others.
Often people have different ideas or feelings about the same thing. Your ideas and feelings are your 'opinion'. For example, one person's opinion might be that pineapple tastes good on pizza. Another person's opinion might be that it tastes bad. Both opinions are OK. We can find out what someone's opinion is by asking them questions.
1. Make up some interview questions to ask different people in your family their opinion, for example:
Which TV show do you think is better; Bluey, Octonauts or Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom?
Do you like cats or dogs more?
Which sporting teams do you like?
What do you think makes a good pet?
Too hard?
Too hard?
Ask everyone in your family the same question, for example, 'Do you like cats or dogs better?'.
Too easy?
Too easy?
After you interviewed your family, whose opinion was most like yours?
Interview a friend to find 5 things you both like and 5 things you both don't like. Did you have different opinions?
Friendship - Part 1
Friendship - Part 1
Learning goal: Children feel connected to others.
1. Think about:
What is a friend?
Who are your friends?
2. Watch the video.
3. What activities or games were the friends doing together?
4. Do you and your friends do any of these things?
5. What else do you and your friends like to do together?
NSW Department of Education. 'Friends 4Eva' [video], Vimeo, accessed 11 November 2021.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Think of a memory you have of spending time with a friend. Share that memory with someone.
Too easy?
Too easy?
What do you and your friends have in common?
What do you and your friends NOT have in common?
How will you make new friends when you start school?
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
Proud to be me
Proud to be me
Learning goal: Children feel recognised and respected for who they are.
1. Watch the video.
CeeZee's Channel (13 May 2021) 'I'm Proud to Be Me, Starfall Song' [video], YouTube, accessed 26 October 2021.
2. Talk to someone about what it means to be or feel proud.
3. What makes you proud of yourself? Perhaps you are proud of the way you help someone in your family or how hard you try to learn new things.
4. Draw a picture of yourself.
5. Ask someone to write down on your drawing what it is that makes you feel proud, for example 'I feel proud when I ... '.
Too hard?
Too hard?
Talk with someone about what you do well.
Look at photos of you doing something that you do well.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Do the thing that makes you feel most proud!
When you are finished think about how you feel.
Making triangles
Making triangles
Learning goal: Children use trial and error to create triangles.
1. Look at this pyramid. Each side is a triangle shape.
"Cairo pyramids, Dec 2008 - 59" by Ed Yourdon is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
2. Use 3 small objects to make a triangle like this.
3. Use 6 small objects to make a triangle like this.
4. Make a triangle with 10 counters.
Count the objects in the bottom row. How many? (4)
Count the objects in the second row. How many? (3)
Count the objects in the third row. How many? (2)
Count the objects in the top row. How many? (1)
Too hard?
Too hard?
Draw a triangle or have someone draw one for you. Place small objects along each side.
Too easy?
Too easy?
Make a bigger triangle.
How many objects did you use?
Extra learning activities
Extra learning activities
Develop literacy concepts through story: Amy and Louis.
Child voice
Child voice
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