Monday
Week O – Stage 3
Happy Monday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
a newspaper
a ruler
scissors
sticky tape (or glue)
paper
a soccer ball (or similar)
markers (or shoes or water bottles)
a target (e.g. an empty cardboard box or washing basket)
a device to take a photograph
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
'See you soon' shake
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
'See you soon' shake
Duration: 0:38
English
You will need:
Describing a special person
It's time to describe a person who is special to you!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Select a special person to write about.
Divide your page into four and list:
how your person looks
how your person sounds
how your person moves
other words to describe them.
Hint! Use a thesaurus to help you.
Describing a special person
Duration: 4:37
A special person in a text
Let's explore a text from The School Magazine!
Read the story 'Day at the Zoo' by Vivienne Fletcher from The School Magazine.
'Day at the Zoo' by Vivienne Fletcher – The School Magazine
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Reflect on the relationship you have with your special person.
How is it similar/different to the relationship between Josh and Hayden?
Complete a Venn diagram looking at similarities and differences between your relationship and the one in the text.
A special person in a text
Duration: 3:52
Share your work with your teacher.
Sentences
Let's write some sentences to describe your special person!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Build noun groups, as demonstrated in the video, to describe your special person.
Use these noun groups to create 3 sentences.
Hint! You will use these sentences in tomorrow's lesson to write a description.
Sentences
Duration: 3:26
Brain break
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Complete workout 1.
Virtual excursion
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
This week we are exploring the sights, sounds and stories of Uluru.
Today we take a journey through Talinguru Nyakunytjaku, with 360-degree visuals and audio clips.
Discover key sites, hear the desert birdsong and listen to traditional owners sharing important cultural knowledge and stories.
Talinguru Nyakunytjaku – virtual tour
Mathematics
You will need:
Scrabble stats
Which letters do you think are used the most and least in a newspaper article? Let's find out!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a newspaper
Hint! If you haven't got a newspaper, you could use the KidsNews websitepencil
your workbook.
Scrabble stats
Duration: 3:20
Adapted from © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021 – reSolve Scrabble Stats
Create a letter frequency table in your workbook.
Select a section of the newspaper. The newspaper section can be a paragraph, article, or entire page!
Count how often each letter of the alphabet is used.
Hint! Keep track of your findings by using a tally in your letter frequency table.
Example – letter frequency table
Create a column graph of your results.
Hint! You can use paper and pencils or technology, such as Excel, to create your graph.
Example – letter frequency column graph
Examine the letter point value table for the game Scrabble. This shows you how many points each letter is worth (e.g. the word 'chair' would be worth 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 10 points).
Think of a word that would get a very high score.
Think of a word that would get a very low score.
Use your data to propose new letter point values for Scrabble. Explain your reasoning.
Scrabble – letter point value table
Pyramids
Let's explore pyramids and their nets!
Watch the video.
You will need:
paper
a ruler
scissors
sticky tape
a pencil
your workbook.
Look Kool – Pyramids
Duration: 21:06
Adapted from ABC and © State of Victoria (Department of Education and Training) 2020
Draw a net for a square-based pyramid.
Cut out your net and use sticky tape to join the edges.
Name and count the parts (properties) of the 3D object. Include how many:
vertices
edges
faces
identical faces
bases.
Record this in a table.
A net of a square based pyramid
Draw a net for a triangular prism.
Cut out your net and use sticky tape to join the edges.
Name and count the parts (properties) of the 3D object. Include how many:
vertices
edges
faces
identical faces
bases.
Record this in a table.
Repeat this activity with a prism or pyramid of your choice.
A net of a triangular prism
Reflection:
What similarities did you notice between prisms and pyramids? What differences did you notice?
Write a short description about the similarities and differences between prisms and pyramids.
Share your work with your teacher.
Get active!
You will need:
Soccer at home
Join us as we practise some soccer skills!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a soccer ball (or similar)
markers (or shoes or water bottles)
a target (e.g. an empty cardboard box or washing basket)
a clear space (e.g. a backyard).
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a soccer ball (or similar)
markers (or shoes or water bottles)
a clear space (e.g. a backyard)
someone to play with.
Creative Arts
You will need:
Where am I?
Let's explore the setting, content and context of photos!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a device to take a photograph
photos (optional).
Where am I?
Duration: 6:35
A familiar photo
Let's explore a photo that you have seen or taken!
Think of a photo you have seen or taken in the past.
Hint! It might be a photo that was taken on a holiday or at a special event.
Think about the following questions:
Where is the photo set?
What landmarks can you see?
What colours are in the photo?
If there are people or animals in the picture, what are they doing?
What do you think happened before and after the photograph was taken?
A famous photographer
Let's explore photos taken by a famous photographer, Carol M. Highsmith!
Explore the photos below by Carol M. Highsmith from her travels around America.
Choose one of the images and think about the following questions:
Where is the photo set?
What landmarks can you see?
What colours are in the photo?
If there are people or animals in the picture, what are they doing?
What do you think happened before and after the photograph was taken?
"Bridge Sea Water" by Falkenpost is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"Fishing Boat Ship" by Falkenpost is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"Bank Park Bench Tree" by Falkenpost is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Let's take a photo!
It's your turn!
Consider where you live, a place, or an event that you could go to easily to take a photograph. Think about the things that you would like to capture at this place. For example:
Will there be people or animals there or just the landscape?
What colours would you like to show in your photo - do you need to apply filters before or after taking it, such as to make it black and white or hyper-coloured?
Consider the focal point of your photograph. What is the thing that you would like eyes to be drawn to in your image?
Will it be landscape (horizontal) or portrait (vertical) view?
What do you want the viewer to think about, know or feel as a result of your photo?
Take your photograph.
Important! You must ask an adult before taking your photograph.
Share your work with your teacher.
Mime themes
Let's imagine a story based on the photograph that you just took!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Mime themes
Duration: 2:28
Use the photograph you have taken to imagine a story connected to that image that you could create.
Hint! If you don't have your own photograph, you could use one of Carol M. Highsmith's images. For example, in Carol M. Highsmith’s image of the car and the boat, the driver could have stopped the car and run away because they were surprised by a fishing boat in the middle of a paddock.
Think about what a photo would have looked like before this image was taken and one afterwards.
Hint! If there are no people in the photograph, imagine that there were and what they would have been doing, including why they are not in the photograph.
Using these ideas, create a mimed sculpture of these three scenes:
before the photo was taken.
during the photo (including where have they gone if they are not in it).
after the photo was taken.
In the example of the boat, the mimes could show:
driving the car (frozen image).
frightened and trying to run (frozen image).
looking at the boat from a distance (frozen image).
For those who like a challenge!
Take photographs of different events to collate in a digital or real photo album.
Take a video of you acting out the scenes surrounding the photograph.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.