Friday
Week L – Stage 3
Happy Friday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
a fictional text of choice
YouCubed number cards
(PDF file, 566 KB)
magazine or newspaper
natural materials (e.g. sticks, rocks, branches)
recyclable materials (e.g. cardboard, egg cartons, boxes)
sticky tape
scissors
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Let's do the cha cha cha
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Let's do the cha cha cha
Duration: 2:45
English
You will need:
Homework ban
Let's explore your thoughts on homework!
Watch 'Should homework be banned?' from Behind The News (BTN).
Should homework be banned? – Behind The News (BTN)
Duration: 3:18
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Record 3 reasons (from the video) why homework should be banned.
Record 3 reasons (from the video) why homework should not be banned.
Homework ban
Duration: 1:11
Share your work with your teacher.
Homework in primary school should be banned
Let's write a persuasive text!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Write a persuasive text for or against the following statement, 'Homework in primary school should be banned’.
Use the information from the BTN story 'Should homework be banned?' that you just watched and your own ideas or research to help develop your three arguments.
Hint! You can use your positive and negative list that you created in the previous activity for ideas.
Homework in primary school should be banned
Duration: 4:25
Share your work with your teacher.
Story pyramid
Let's complete a story pyramid!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a fictional text of choice
a pencil
your workbook.
Read part or all of a fictional text of your choice.
View the story pyramid example with the teacher in the video.
Complete a story pyramid independently to summarise the story.
Story pyramid
Duration: 3:42
Check-in survey – English
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Brain break
You will need:
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:
something to balance.
Hint! You could try pebbles from the garden, a pack of cards or even a broom!
Important! Make sure you don't use anything that can break and be careful of your surroundings.
Brain break
Duration: 1:16
Virtual excursion
The Royal Botanic Gardens
Are you ready to go on a virtual excursion? This week we are visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney!
Let's explore the Cadi Jam Ora Garden today.
Hint! You can click and drag (or use your finger, if you're using a touch screen) to look around.
Select the arrows to travel through the garden.
Select the 'play' buttons to watch a video.
Select the 'i' buttons for more information.
Royal Botanic Gardens – Cadi Jam Ora Garden
Immersive virtual tours from The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney compatible with Google Chrome and Safari
Mathematics
You wil need:
Number card game
Let's play a maths game that is similar to 'memory' or 'concentration'.
You will need:
YouCubed number cards
(PDF file, 566 KB)
Hint! The game instructions are also below if you need them.
Youcubed number cards
Duration: 2:51
Instructions:
Match the YouCubed number cards so the same value is shown through different representations.
Spread the cards out on a table. Take turns picking them up, looking for a match. For example, 9 fours can be shown with an area model, on dominoes, a number sentence (equation), or as the product, 36.
When players match the cards, they should explain how they know that the different cards are equivalent in value.
Play the game until there are no cards left. The player with the most pairs is the winner.
Scrabble stats
Let's explore numbers using the game 'Scrabble'!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a book
magazine or newspaper
pencils
your workbook.
Take a look at the current Scrabble points system. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Find a recent newspaper, magazine or book. Choose a paragraph or page to analyse.
Create a table to record your findings.
For each letter in the text you are analysing, record the frequency in your table using tally marks.
How many times was each letter used in the text you investigated?
For those who like a challenge!
Have a go at another fun scrabble challenge!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
What do you notice about the frequency of the letters on your tally sheet?
Does anything surprise you?
Which letters were you expecting to be used most? Or least?
Look at the letters that are most frequent (have the highest number) and least frequent (have the lowest number). Compare your data with the original Scrabble scoring system.
Are there any similarities?
Are there any differences?
Using your Scrabble stats findings, identify which letters you think should now be given the highest and lowest scores.
STEM
You will need:
Design a community space
Today's STEM challenge is to design an awesome space, a new type of building or completely reimagine something that already exists!
Note: There are two activity options to choose from:
Option 1: For students who already have access to Minecraft Education Edition.
Option 2: For students who do not have access to Minecraft Education Edition.
Option 1: Design a community space in Minecraft
Let's design a community space using Minecraft!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
Access to Minecraft Education Edition (M:EE).
Hint! See the drop down below for more information about how to access Minecraft Education Edition.
Download the instructions for this task:
Design a community space using Minecraft challenge task card
(Word doc, 845 KB)Design Thinking for STEM
(Word doc, 99 KB)
Design a community space – Minecraft challenge
Duration: 8:05
Information about Minecraft Education Edition
NSW Public Schools have access to M:EE. This edition of Minecraft is specifically designed for students.
You must get your teacher to sign you up before accessing M:EE.
Once your teacher has signed you up, you can log in with your @education.nsw.gov.au email address.
Download M:EE - Windows 10, iPadOS or Mac.
You can learn more about M:EE on the website.
Your task:
Think about community spaces and what makes a good community space.
Hint! Select the drop down below for more information about community spaces.
Choose an existing community space to improve or create a new community space.
Create your community space using Minecraft Education Edition.
Capture your creation in a screen shot or on video.
Hint! Check out the images and T4L Kids magazine below to help you get started.
Examples of what you might choose to include in your community space
Community spaces
A community space is somewhere for people to gather and do things together. It could be a wide range of indoor and outdoor places, such as:
parks
schools
art galleries
sports fields
shopping centres
playgrounds.
Community spaces are for everybody to share and use.
Share your work with your teacher.
Option 2: Design a community space (unplugged)
Let's design a community space!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
natural materials (e.g. sticks, rocks, branches)
recyclable materials (e.g. cardboard, egg cartons, boxes)
sticky tape
scissors.
Download the instructions for this task:
Design a community space (unplugged) challenge task card
(Word doc, 3.8 MB)Design Thinking for STEM
(Word doc, 99 KB)
Design a community space – unplugged challenge
Duration: 3:27
Your task:
Think about community spaces and what makes a good community space.
Hint! Select the drop down below for more information about community spaces.
Choose an existing community space to improve or create a new community space.
Make detailed drawings of your community space.
Build a model of your community space.
Hint! There are some pictures below to help you.
Capture your creation in a drawing, screen shot or on video.
Example of a community space design
"My dream playground, with better lighting" by skyfaller is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Community spaces
A community space is somewhere for people to gather and do things together. It could be a wide range of indoor and outdoor places, such as:
parks
schools
art galleries
sports fields
shopping centres
playgrounds.
Community spaces are for everybody to share and use.
Using the Design thinking process is a way of solving this challenge.
The Design thinking process
Drawing of a community treehouse playground
Model of a community treehouse playground
Share your work with your teacher.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.