Thursday

Week H – Stage 1

Good morning!

To complete today's activities, you will need:

a workbook

pencils

wool (or string, leaves or sticks)

sticky tape

ruler or measuring tape

cardboard

sticky tape

scissors

a large round bowl

cling wrap

a rubber band

sugar or cake sprinkles or sand

Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends

Boxing warrior

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Let's get started!

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Boxing warrior
Duration: 1:58

English

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Agree and disagree

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Do you agree or disagree?

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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

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Let's look at a drink advertisement!

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You will need:

  • a pencil (coloured pencils optional)

  • your workbook.



  • Look at the drink advertisement from 1957 and 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.


  • Has this advertisement convinced you to buy this drink?

Drink advertisement

Duration: 6:46

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Share your work with your teacher.

Brain break

Let's recharge!

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It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!

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Brain break
Duration: 0:59

Phonics

You will need:

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Phonemes and graphemes: ur, ir, er

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Let's practise some phonemes and graphemes.

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You will need:

  • a pencil

  • your workbook.


How many sounds do you know?

Phonemes and graphemes lesson 2: ur, ir, er

Duration: 14:09

Education Live

Do aliens exist?

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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.

Education Live – Do aliens exist?
Duration: 23:16

Mathematics

You will need:

Wool
Glue or sticky tape
Paper
Ruler

Woolly worms 1

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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 included below in case you need them.

Woolly worms
Duration: 9:30

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  • 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

Different lengths of wool, ordered from smallest to biggest. They all line up at the base and are stuck down with sticky tape.
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Share your work with your teacher.

Woolly worms 2

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Let's measure some more!

Watch the video to learn how to play.


You will need:

  • different lengths of string or wool (you could also use leaves, sticks or books)

  • sticky tape

  • paper

  • a ruler or measuring tape


Hint! The instructions are also included below in case you need them.

Woolly worms 2

Duration: 11:30

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  • Use your ruler or tape measure to find the exact length of your shortest and longest woolly worm. Record these lengths using centimetres.

  • Measure the length of:

    • 2 items that are shorter than your shortest worm

    • 2 items that are longer than your longest worm. Record these lengths in centimetres and anything you find interesting.

  • Measure the length of 2 items that have lengths in between your woolly worms. Record these lengths in centimetres.

Example of how to set out your work

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Find 2 items shorter than your shortest woolly worm.

  • How much shorter are they?


Find 2 items longer than your shortest woolly worm.

  • How much longer are they?

  • How much longer is your longest item compared to your shortest item?


If you laid all of the objects from end to end that you have found, do you think they would be:

  • longer than your right leg?

  • shorter than your right leg?

  • about the same as your right leg?

Check-in survey – Mathematics

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Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.

Art Bites

Let's dance!

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Are you ready to move?

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Time to be awesome
Duration: 13:42

Check-in survey – Art Bites

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Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.

Science and Technology

You will need:

Paper
Glue or sticky tape
Scissors
Container
Baking paper
rubber band
Salt, flour and oil

Moving to the sound

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Today we are exploring sounds! In this activity we will investigate how sound energy can make things move. We will use a cardboard funnel to send our voice towards the sugar, sprinkles or sand and then we will observe what happens with our ears and our eyes.

Watch the video and join in the activity.


You will need:

  • cardboard

  • sticky tape

  • scissors

  • a large round bowl

  • cling wrap

  • a rubber band

  • sugar, cake sprinkles or sand.

Moving to the sound

Duration: 8:36

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  • How did the sound make the sugar, sprinkles or sand move?

  • Do you think it was your breath?

  • How can we find out if it was something else?

Collecting sounds

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Let's listen to everyday objects through the funnel!

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You will need:

  • cardboard

  • sticky tape





Important! Do not listen to loud sounds.


Collecting sounds

Duration: 3:25

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After you have made your funnel:

  • Hold the funnel near your ear and point the funnel towards sounds from around the house.


Listen to these sounds through the funnel:

    • tapping the window

    • knocking on a door

    • ask an adult to speak gently into the funnel

    • listen to the sounds from outside (e.g. trees, birds, wind)

    • a washing-machine

    • footsteps on the floor.

Image showing how to use your funnel

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  • Does the funnel make the sounds change?

  • Are they louder or softer?

  • Does the funnel help you hear very quiet sounds?

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Feeling loud sounds

  • Place your hands on a radio or music system speaker to ‘feel’ the sounds.

  • What other sounds or vibrations exist around your house?

  • Ask an adult to help you feel the vibrations of a vacuum cleaner.

  • Turn the vacuum cleaner off. What happens to the vibration as the motor slows down?

For those who like a challenge!

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  • Test your funnel with sounds such as a metal saucepan lid and a metal spoon.

  • Observe the differences in the volume when you use the funnel.

Student voice

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Show how you feel about your learning today.