Monday
Week G – Stage 2
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils and textas (paint and paintbrush optional)
paper
scissors
sticky tape
tissues
3 pairs of socks or mini bean bags (for throwing)
small toy
chalk
cotton balls or sponge
paint and paintbrushes
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
My favourite place
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
My favourite place
Duration: 2:07
English
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Symbol hunt and storytelling
Symbols are everywhere! Let's learn about them!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
coloured pencils
your workbook.
Can you find any symbols in your house or outside? Draw these symbols.
Look at the photo with the Aboriginal symbols. What symbols can you see? What do you think these symbols mean?
What do you think the story being told is? Write a few sentences about what you think the story is telling us.
Symbols everywhere
Duration: 9:27
Symbols – school logos
Let's look at some school symbols and logos!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the images of the school logos.
Does your school have a logo? What is on it? Describe the symbols and the colours.
What do you think these symbols and colour choices mean?
Hint! The school logos are below if you want to look at them.
Symbols and school logos
Duration: 2:29
Northbourne Public School
Dunoon Public School
Lake Albert Public School
Bexhill Public School
Bayanami Public School
Dorroughby EEC
Writing about symbols
Let's design a new logo for our school!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
recording device (optional).
Imagine the Principal and the P&C have decided to change the school logo. Design a new logo for your school.
What do the colours and symbols represent? Record your answers in your workbook or on a device.
Designing a new school logo
Duration: 0:55
Is this too hard?
Draw a new school logo. Describe your logo.
Is this too easy?
Design a new school logo and write a persuasive letter to the school Principal about why they should choose your logo.
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
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Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
paper
scissors
a pencil.
Brain break
Duration: 2:06
Education Live
Reading with Honey the Story Dog
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Jacqui and Honey from Story Dogs.
Together we are going to read the story 'Ruffles and the Red, Red Coat' by David Melling.
Mathematics
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Playing with tessellations
Let's explore tessellations!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a few sheets of paper
scissors
sticky tape
pencils
your workbook.
Playing with tessellations
Duration: 13:28
Create your own tessellating design using an equilateral triangle.
What other shapes can you create a tessellating design with?
What shapes can you find ‘hiding’ in your pattern?
How do we know that these shapes tessellate?
What evidence can you use to prove something tessellates or doesn’t tessellate?
Describe the way you are moving your stencil to create your tessellating design? Are you rotating, translating, reflecting or a combination?
Are there any shapes you can think of that you think might be difficult for creating tessellating designs? Which ones?
For those who like a challenge!
What happens if you create a tessellating design with different kinds of triangles (scalene or isosceles)?
Why do you think this happens?
GetActive@Home
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Throwing
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in.
You will need:
a tissue or piece of scrap paper
a soft ball, pair of socks or mini bean bag (for throwing)
a target, such as a small toy or a hoop.
Throwing
Duration: 24:51
Creative Arts
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Let's Boogie Woogie
Today's Creative Arts activities focus on a piece of music called ‘Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie.’ We will also be doing some dancing and a visual arts activity linked to this song.
Watch this video and join in the activity.
Get ready to boogie
Duration: 6:49
Check-in survey – Creative Arts
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Music
Let's listen to the song 'Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie.'
Listen to and watch the score of the song ‘Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie’.
Join in with some of the body percussion to show how the harmonies move in the song.
This harmony pattern is called the 12 bar blues as it is the basis of lots of jazz and blues music.
Hint! Select the drop down below to view the lyrics for 'Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie'.
The Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie
Duration: 2:59
'Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie' lyrics
Verse
There’s a song that I know, makes you tap every toe.
Puts a wiggle in your hip and makes you go, go, go!
It’s the Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie,
Yes, the Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie,
It’s the Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie,
Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie,
Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie.
There’s a dance I know,
Like a song I know,
Makes you wanna wave your arms,
up and down fast and slow.
Chorus
Just listen to the band as it rocks along,
With the bass pumping air and the sax blowing strong.
Play the Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie
Yes, the Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie,
It’s the Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie,
Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie,
Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie.
Let’s hear some drums!
And now some bass!
Some wild piano!
Some crazy guitar!
Some saxophone!
And all together!
Now we’ve heard that song,
That makes us clap along, makes us tap our feet,
To the boogie woogie beat.
Chorus and tag
Let's learn about chord changes in music!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Recognising chord changes
Duration: 1:46
Dance
Let's dance to 'Boogie Woogie Woogie Woogie Boogie'!
Warm up your body by moving to the song and pretending to play the instruments during their solos.
Select the play button below each instrument to hear each of the instruments on their own.
Guitar
Duration: 8 sec
Lead-Guitar-sample.mp3Tenor saxophone
Duration: 14 sec
Tenor-Saxophone-sample.mp3Drums
Duration: 11 sec
Drum-sample.mp3Piano
Duration: 21 sec
Piano-sample.mp3Let's jive!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Make up some movements (improvise) to match the words of the song.
Practise while you sing the lyrics (words) with the song.
Learn the basic steps of the modified jive. Start slowly and, when you are comfortable, add these steps to the song.
Basic steps of the modified jive
Duration: 1:29
Visual arts
Artist Piet Mondrian was interested in boogie woogie music too and used it to create the artwork below. You can see the grid pattern like the streets of New York with the effect of blinking lights and cars.
Look at the artwork by Piet Mondrian called 'Broadway Boogie Woogie' (1942-43).
Create your own artwork in the abstract style of Mondrian to represent a map.
You will need:
a piece of paper
coloured pencils, textas or paints and brush
a black texta, permanent marker or pencil.
'Broadway Boogie Woogie' (1942-43) by Piet Mondrian
Step 1:
Draw black intersecting lines to represent a map. You might use curvy, straight or zig-zag lines depending on where you live but don't show exact details or include any words.
Step 2: (Option 1 – pencils)
Once you have patterns of lines and intersecting lines, fill in your map using colours that you think best represent your place. Only colour in some of the shapes, leave the rest white.
Step 2: (Option 2 – paint)
Once you have patterns of lines and intersecting lines, paint your map using colours that you think best represent your place. Only paint some of the shapes, leave the rest white.
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Let's explore the jive some more!
Watch the video and join in learning the advanced jive steps.
Advanced jive steps
Duration: 1:30
Environmental Education
You will need:
Modelling pollination
Let's explore how pollinators spread pollen between flowers!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
your workbook
pencils
scissors
chalk
cotton balls or sponge
scrap paper
sticky tape or glue.
Pollination
Duration: 5:24
Create flowers using the scrap paper and coloured pencils.
Create a pollinator (bee) using the sponge or cotton balls.
Scrape chalk into a powder using the scissors.
Glue or sticky tape the flowers into your workbook.
Spread the powdered chalk into the middle of the flowers.
Use the pollinator to spread the pollen (chalk) from one flower to another.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.