Thursday
Week H – Early Stage 1
Good morning!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
wool (or string, leaves or sticks)
sticky tape
counters (or dried pasta)
a dice, playing cards or a number spinner 0-6
spaghetti
a metal spoon
chopsticks
a stick
a rubber band or hair band
socks
a cushion
blue tac
bouncing balls
chalk
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Boxing warrior
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Boxing warrior
Duration: 1:58
English
You will need:
Agree and disagree
Do you agree or disagree?
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
a recording device (optional).
Select whether you agree or disagree with the statement in the video.
Record 3 reasons why you feel that way.
Agree or disagree
Duration: 4:31
Reading and viewing – 1957 drink advertisement
Let's look at a drink advertisement!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil (coloured pencils optional)
your workbook.
Look at the drink advertisement from 1957.
Listen as the teacher on the video reads the advertisement.
Do you like this advertisement?
Write, draw or record 3 reasons why you like or dislike this advertisement.
Drink advertisement
Duration: 4:29
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
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.
Brain break
Duration: 0:59
Phonics
You will need:
Phonemes and graphemes: l, ll, ss
Let's practise some phonemes and graphemes.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
How many sounds do you know?
Phonemes and graphemes lesson 5: l, ll, ss
Duration: 12:30
Education Live
Do aliens exist?
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Dr Michelle Thaller from NASA.
Michelle is going to answer some excellent questions about space.
Mathematics
You will need:
Woolly worms
We are going to have fun measuring today!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
different lengths of string or wool (you could also use leaves, sticks or books)
sticky tape
paper.
Hint! The instructions are also below in case you need them.
Collect the objects you need for this activity. Make sure you check with an adult first.
Select 2 of your objects and use direct comparison to measure them against each other.
Which is the shortest piece? Which is the longest?
Line up your materials in order from shortest to longest, making sure the objects all start at the same point.
Hint! If you are using wool, leaves or string, use sticky tape to tape down one end. This will help you to measure accurately as the ends will all start in the same place.
Take a photo or draw what your work looks like.
Example of how to set out your work
Share your work with your teacher.
Ten or bust
Let's practise our subtraction skills!
Watch the video to learn how to play.
You will need:
a game board (e.g. a number track, a ten-frame or a drawing of 10 fingers)
Hint! You can draw this on a piece of paper.counters (or dried beans or pasta)
a dice, spinner or numeral cards from 1-6
pencils
your workbook.
Ten or bust
Duration: 6:15
How to play:
Have 3 turns each to roll the dice and place the matching number of counters on your game board.
You can choose to miss 1 turn, but it cannot be your last roll.
If you go over 10, you have ‘busted’ and are out of the game.
The player closest to 10 after 3 rolls each is the winner.
Players can play best out of 3, playing by making up to 10 as well as backwards to 0.
Example game boards
Example game boards
How could we change the game to make it more or less challenging?
Did you work out a way to play this game so that you didn’t lose?
What was your strategy? Did it work?
Check-in survey – Mathematics
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Art Bites
Let's dance!
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Time to be awesome
Duration: 13:42
Check-in survey – Art Bites
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Science and Technology
You will need:
Make or break!
Today we are exploring how forces make objects bend, break or stretch. We will use our hands to push and pull different objects and observe what happens. We will use the words push, pull, stretch and force to describe our observations.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Choose 5 of the objects listed below to test if they bend, stretch or break.
5 spaghetti noodles or similar straight noodles
a metal spoon
chopsticks
a stick or twig
a rubber band or hair band
socks
a cushion
blue tac.
Important! Make sure you ask an adult before selecting your objects.
Make or break
Duration: 9:23
What happens when you pull or push the object?
Do any objects change shape when you push or pull them?
Would a cushion be comfortable if it did not stretch?
Picture from iStock
For those who like a challenge!
Look through a food catalogue from the mail and find objects that can be pushed, pulled or stretched.
Which ones do not change shape when we stretch them with a pull force?
Which ones change shape when they are stretched?
Follow the bouncing ball
Let's observe what happens when balls bounce!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
2 or 3 balls that bounce
chalk
outside wall.
Important! Make sure you ask an adult before drawing on the wall.
Follow the bouncing ball
Duration: 6:12
Drop the balls from different heights and observe how high the balls bounce.
Think about these questions:
What made the ball drop?
What made the ball bounce upwards?
How high do balls bounce?
Do all balls bounce in a similar way?
Measure the bounce from different heights.
For those who like a challenge!
Drop the balls onto carpet, tiles, grass and dirt.
Describe how this changes the bounce of the ball.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.