Thursday
Week P – Stage 2
Good morning!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
coloured paper
scissors
a tall clear container
warm water
5 cups
a mixing spoon
salt
sugar
food colouring
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
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Facts and opinions
Let's explore facts and opinions!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
As the teacher in the video shares each statement, decide whether it is:
a fact
an opinion.
Create your own statements that are facts and opinions.
Facts and opinions
Duration: 4:30
Share your work with your teacher.
Public service announcements
Let's learn about public service announcements!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Brainstorm where you have seen announcements like the ones shown in the video.
Select one of the shared public service announcements:
What information is being given?
What is the purpose of this announcement?
Who is the audience?
Public service announcements
Duration: 6:05
Share your work with your teacher.
Create your own public service announcement
It's your turn to create your own public service announcement!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
a digital device (optional).
Create a public service announcement. Hint! You may create your announcement on paper or digitally.
Choose an issue or topic that would benefit the public (e.g. bullying, littering, pollution or covering your mouth when sneezing).
What information is being shared?
What is the purpose/message?
Who is it for (audience)?
Create your own public service announcement
Duration: 3:01
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
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
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The king
Let's explore patterns on a number chart!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a hundreds chart (optional)
(PDF file, 28 KB)paper
a pencil
your workbook.
ReSolve – The king
Duration: 13:39
© Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Adapted from reSolve.
Explore whether this understanding would apply to any chart. For example:
What if the king is moving on a calendar? Would the same thing happen?
What about a chart with just 1−8 on the top row? Would the same thing happen?
Share your work with your teacher.
Pop up paper!
Let's create a symmetrical pop out animal card!
Watch the video.
You will need:
coloured paper
scissors
pencils.
In the episode, we saw a chicken, an octopus, a shark, a dinosaur, a lion and a tiger. What animal would you like to make?
Create your own pop up animal card by following the steps below.
Step 1
Choose two pieces of coloured paper.
Fold the first piece of paper in half.
Step 2
Make the mouth by cutting a small line (about 5cm) in the middle of the card.
Step 3
Two flaps will be formed near the cut.
Fold these to form two triangles.
Step 4
Unfold the card.
With your finger, lift the triangles to form a mouth shape.
Step 5
Close the card with the triangles folded inside.
Step 6
Fold the second piece of paper and glue it to the back of your card.
Step 7
Fold your card.
Hint! You should see coloured paper through the open mouth.
Step 8
Decorate your card.
Draw an animal’s face around the mouth.
Make sure your drawing is symmetrical (the same on both sides).
Step 9
Describe your animal:
What shapes and lines can you see?
Is your animal closer to a two-dimensional (2D) shape or a three-dimensional (3D) object?
For those who like a challenge!
Experiment with other pop up card designs.
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
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Show me your stripes
Let's investigate the properties of liquids!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
a tall, clear container
warm water
5 cups
a mixing spoon
salt
sugar
food colouring.
Show me your stripes
Duration: 17:02
Method:
Add water to each mixing cup.
Add 2 drops of food colouring to each cup. Use a different colour for each.
Keep cup 1 as water – do not add any salt.
Cup #2 – add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix well.
Cup #3 – add 2 teaspoons of salt and mix well.
Cup #4 – add 4 teaspoon of salt and mix well.
Cup #5 – add 6 teaspoon of salt and mix well.
To create the coloured density layers:
Add cup # 5 to your tall clear container.
Gently pour in enough vegetable oil to make a 1-2cm layer.
Starting from cup #4, very slowly pour in enough salt water to make a 1-2cm layer.
Wait until the layers have settled.
Repeat this with cup #3. Wait until the layers have settled.
Repeat this with cup #2. Wait until the layers have settled.
Repeat this with cup #1. Wait until the layers have settled.
Observation:
What do you notice?
Do you see a number of layers of colour?
Have the colours mixed together?
Optional activity
Repeat this investigation but replace layers of salt water with:
olive oil
detergent
vinegar
fresh water
vegetable oil
milk.
What do you notice?
How many layers can you observe this time?
If you shake the mixture, do all of the layers reappear?
Have you seen these types of layers in your everyday activities?
Have you ever noticed density layers in a bowl of soup? In a pool of water? In a milk shake?
Explain your observations to an adult. Explain why you did or did not see different layers of liquid.
For those who like a challenge!
If there are density layers in water, could there be density layers in the air as well?
Watch the sky and think about layers of air.
What do you notice about the layers in the sky that might be explained by thinking about density?
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.