Thursday
Week P – Early Stage 1
Good morning!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
a collection of 20 items that can be sorted in different ways (e.g. pencils and toys)
number cards
(1-10)
6 clear cups or jars
water
food colouring
paper towel
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Clever colours
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Clever colours
Duration: 1:00
English
You will need:
Facts and opinions
Let's explore facts and opinions!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
As the teacher in the video shares each statement, decide whether it is:
a fact
an opinion.
Facts and opinions
Duration: 3:28
Labels on jars
Let's explore food labels!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Look at the photos of the food tins and jars in the video.
What information is being given to us on the labels?
What would happen if food tins and jars did not have labels?
Labels on jars
Duration: 3:28
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.
10@10 – superheroes
Duration: 10:49
Sight words
You will need:
Sight word: every
We are learning to read and write words quickly. Let's practise some more!
Today we will learn the word:
every.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Sight word: every
Duration: 4:48
Virtual excursion
This week we are exploring the International Space Station with Expedition 33 Commander, Suni Williams.
International Space Station
Today, Suni concludes her tour of the International Space Station with a visit to the Russian segment. She also visits the Poisk and Rassvet modules, where Soyuz spacecraft are docked.
Station tour – Zarya and Zvezda
Duration: 9:39
Mathematics
You will need:
Sorting – part 1
Let's look at different ways we can sort things! There are 2 parts to this activity so let's start with part 1.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a collection of items (about 20 things) that can be sorted (e.g. pencils and toys)
pencils
your workbook.
Sorting – part 1
Duration: 6:17
What are some different ways that you can sort your collection?
Sorting – part 2
Let's explore part 2 of this activity!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a collection of items (about 20 things) that can be sorted in different ways (e.g. pencils and toys)
pencils
your workbook.
Sorting – part 2
Duration: 2:32
Find different ways you can sort your own collection of things.
Draw and label pictures of the different ways you could sort your collection of items.
Silent go fish
Let's play a number game!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
number cards 1-10
someone to play with.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Silent go fish
Duration: 5:17
Instructions:
Each player gets 7 cards. The rest of the cards are placed in a pile in the middle (this is the 'draw pile').
Players try to make matches. A match is a pair of cards that are the same.
Once players can't make any more matches using their own cards, take turns asking the other player for a card you need by using your fingers to show the number. For example, to ask my opponent for a 9, I would show them 9 fingers.
If the other player has that card, they must give it to the asking player.
If they don't have that card, they say 'go fish' and the player gets a card from the draw pile.
If at any point a player has no cards left, they can pick up another 7 cards from the draw pile.
Play continues until there are no cards left in the draw pile and/or all matches have been made.
The player with the most matches at the end is the winner!
Example – making pairs with your cards at the beginning
Example – asking for a 9 by showing 9 with your fingers
Example – pairs of cards at the end of the game
How many pairs did you collect?
Is this more than, less than or the same as your opponent (the person you played with)?
What’s the difference between how many pairs you collected and how many pairs your opponent collected?
If you played again tomorrow, what is one change we could make to the game?
Get creative!
Firework
Let's learn the chorus to this Auslan (Australian Sign Language) inspired performance, led by the Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School Signing Choir!
Watch the welcome video.
Watch the video and join in the chorus.
Hint! You may like to practise a few times!
Watch the video and join the signing choir in a performance.
Science and Technology
You will need:
My little rainbow
Let's investigate how to make a rainbow!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
6 clear cups (or jars)
water
food colouring
paper towel.
Hint! You must ask an adult to help you with this investigation.
My little rainbow
Duration: 8:05
Method:
Arrange the cups so that they are in a line.
Pour water into every second cup.
Add 3 drops of food colouring to each cup which has water in it.
Cut each piece of paper towel in half and fold it length ways twice.
Put one end of the paper towel into an empty cup and the other end into a cup with coloured water.
Repeat this so that there is a piece of paper towel joining each cup to the next cup.
Hint! Your rainbow cups should look similar to the picture below
Wait and observe what happens for the next 2 hours.
Observation:
What do you notice about the cups that were empty?
What do you notice about the colours?
Explain how the water moved into the empty cups.
For those who like a challenge!
Place a flower in each cup and observe what happens to it over 2 hours.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.