Friday
Week N – Stage 3
Happy Friday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
a calendar
recyclable materials (e.g. egg cartons, cardboard tubes, boxes)
masking tape
scissors
a marble
a plastic cup or container
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
Mindful drawing
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Mindful drawing
Duration: 2:38
English
You will need:
Would you like this job?
Would you like to be a zoo keeper?
Watch the video.
Be a Zoo Keeper
Duration: 3:09
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Would you like to be a zoo keeper?
Record 3 reasons why you would or would not like this job.
Would you like this job?
Duration: 1:58
Share your work with your teacher.
Character Y chart
Yesterday we read the first section of 'Waiting' from The School Magazine. Let's read the remainder of the text!
Read the remainder of the story 'Waiting' by Jack Gabolinscy from The School Magazine.
Hint! You might like to read the text from the start to remind you what happened in the beginning of the story.
'Waiting' by Jack Gabolinscy – The School Magazine
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Complete a character brainstorm Y chart about the character of the boy, Dad or grandad.
Record:
what the character looks like
the character's actions
the characteristics of that character.
Hint! Include adjectives for the descriptions and verbs for the actions.
Character Y chart
Duration: 3:04
Share your work with your teacher.
Check-in survey – English
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Brain break
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Use 'The Workout Alphabet' to:
spell the word Friday
spell your favourite game or hobby.
The Workout Alphabet
A = 5 push ups
B = 5 pilates roll ups
C = 5 tricep dips
D = 5 V sits
E = 6 squats
F = 7 mountain climbers
G = 7 lunges
H = 8 lateral jumps
I = 10 jumping jacks
J = 15 high knees
K = 15 second high plank
L = 10 second superman
M = 15 second warrior pose
N = 10 jumping jacks
O = 15 high knees
P = 5 push ups
Q = 5 pilates roll ups
R = 5 tricep dips
S = 5 V sits
T = 6 squats
U = 7 mountain climbers
V = 7 lunges
W = 8 lateral jumps
X = 10 jumping jacks
Y = 15 high knees
Z = 15 second high plank
Virtual excursion
NSW Parliament House
This week we have been visiting the NSW Parliament House! Let's finish our virtual excursion with a tour of the Jubilee Room and the Legislative Assembly Foyer.
Jubilee Room
Duration: 1:18
Legislative Assembly Foyer
Duration: 2:25
Mathematics
You will need:
Calendar dates
Let's explore number patterns using a calendar and try a few 'magical' mathematical tricks!
Copy and complete the patterns.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
a calendar.
What are some different ways you could complete this pattern?
___ 5 ___ ___ 20 ___
Have a look at these growing and shrinking patterns. Can you work out what the pattern is?
3 6 9 12 15 ___ ___ ___
2 4 8 16 32 ___ ___ ___
1600 800 400 200 100 ___ ___ ___
Watch the video.
MathXplosion: Series 1 Pick a block of dates, any block
Duration: 3:30
Choose a 3 by 3 square of dates from anywhere on the calendar.
Add the numbers in the four corners.
Try a few examples.
Record what you notice and why you think this happens.
Now try adding the numbers in each row, column and diagonal that passes through the centre number.
Record what you notice and explain your results.
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
How would your results change if you chose a 4 by 4 square?
What other calendar patterns can you find?
Australia's chocolate eating habits
Let's survey and present data on people's chocolate eating habits!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
a digital device (optional).
Conduct a survey, organise your data and present and compare your results.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Australia's chocolate eating habits
Duration: 7:01
Conduct a survey including writing and posing your questions to at least 20 people.
Create a two-way table to organise your data.
Use a data display such as a side-by-side column graph to present your findings.
Use the research or find your own research about chocolate consumption worldwide to create another data display.
Compare your data (collected locally) with the data worldwide.
Reflect on your choices of data displays.
What are you now curious about?
How might you collect the data?
What would you refine for next time about your collection and recording methods and representations?
Share your work with your teacher.
STEM
You will need:
Marble run
Today's STEM challenge is to use recyclable materials to design and build a track for a marble to roll from one point to another and land in a plastic cup at the end.
Hint! You might remember completing this activity a few weeks ago. If so, think of how you could improve your design!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Rule:
The marble must move from point A to point B without assistance (no touching the marble as it rolls down the track).
Marble run challenge
Duration: 5:19
You will need:
recyclable materials (e.g. egg cartons, cardboard tubes, boxes)
masking tape
scissors
a marble or another type of small ball or you could make a ball out of aluminium foil
a plastic cup or container.
Download the instructions for this task:
Marble run challenge task card
(Word doc, 4.7 MB)Design Thinking for STEM
(Word doc, 99 KB)
Materials needed
Using the Design thinking process is a way of solving this challenge.
The Design thinking process
Practising making angles
Build and test one section at a time
Marble run design
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Build some uphill sections of track to make the marble roll uphill. You might even like to build a jump!
Try slowing the marble down.
Make the marble run complete in exactly 60 seconds - not quicker or slower!
Create alternate paths.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.