Wednesday
Week H – Stage 3
Welcome to Wednesday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Crunch and sip
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Crunch and sip
Duration: 1:41
English
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Public speaking 'manner'
Yesterday we explored public speaking 'matter'. Today, let's have a look at public speaking 'manner'.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Manner is what you look and sound like when you give a speech. In other words, your mannerisms.
Record two key messages from this video.
Public speaking 'manner'
Duration: 1:26
Convince me!
Let's explore how a group of students convinced their council to get a recycling bin!
Watch and listen to the 'School recycling campaign' story on BTN (ABC) and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
What reasons did the students use to convince/persuade the council to get a recycling bin for the school?
Give 3 reasons, with evidence, why recycling is important. You may like to research these reasons
School recycling campaign
Duration: 6:06
Alternative uses
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Set a timer for five minutes and record all the uses for a plastic bag. Think imaginatively and creatively.
Now think about the ‘other side’. Think of 5 reasons why we should not have plastic bags.
Set a timer for five minutes and record all the uses for plastic straws. Think imaginatively and creatively.
Now think about the ‘other side’. Think of 5 reasons why we should not have plastic straws.
Alternative uses
Duration: 3:50
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: 1:14
Check-in survey – Brain break
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Education Live
Animals of the week
Today we will learn some awesome facts about giraffes, then we will meet some clever Siamang Gibbons at Mogo Wildlife Park!
Mathematics
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How would you solve 25 x 18?
Let's practise our number skills! There are two videos for this activity.
Watch the video.
How would you solve 25 x 18? – part 1
Duration: 1:20
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
someone to talk with (optional).
How would you solve 25 x 18? – part 2
Duration: 6:21
Can you find another way to solve 25 eighteens?
Can you use one of these strategies to solve 50 nines?
Broken calculator
Let's do a number challenge!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
What are some other ways we can get to a total of 33 on the broken calculator in the video?
Record your thinking in your workbook.
Write some of your own challenges for your family, classmates or teachers.
Share your work with your teacher.
PDHPE
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Recognising barriers to being active and overcoming them
Let's explore how to recognise barriers to being active and how to overcome them!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
a digital device (optional).
What does the word active mean?
What does the word barrier mean?
What are some barriers to being active?
Hint! Select the drop downs below for more information and examples.
Things that influence how we choose to be active
Duration: 6:50
What does the word active mean?
The word active means moving your body. Being active can include actively playing with your family and friends, playing a sport or other exercise.
Remember, you can be active both inside your home and outside your home.
What does the word barrier mean?
The word barrier means things that can prevent you from doing something like being active.
Some barriers to being active could include:
space
equipment
access to an oval or pool
weather.
Your task:
Choose a new way that you can be active and create an action plan to overcome barriers to participate in it.
You will need to:
identify the activity you would like to participate in
record the barriers to participating in the activity
develop ways to overcome the barriers so that you can participate in the activity.
Hint! Use the work sample to help you get started.
Work sample
Kobi Atkins, reproduced and communicated with permission.
Participate in the activity once you have finished the task.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.