Friday
Week D – Stage 1
Happy Friday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
bucket, basket or container
socks
pegs
ball, soft toy or pair of socks
paper and cardboard
sticky tape
ruler
scissors
A tin can
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Mindful posing
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Mindful posing
Duration: 1:11
English
You will need:
Sharing knowledge
Let's practise our speaking skills!
Listen to the instructions.
Think of a topic you know a lot about. For example dogs, swimming, planets, a TV show, or a game.
At your next catch up with your teacher, share what you know about this topic. Remember to use a clear voice and speak in a full sentence when you are sharing your knowledge.
What do you know a lot about?
Duration: 3:06
Week D-English-ES1 and Stage 1-Topic talks.m4aReading together
It's storytime!
Listen to the story 'Let's Go, Little Roo'.
Let's Go, Little Roo
Duration: 5:05
Let's do an activity!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
At the end of the story, Little Roo didn’t want to go home, he wanted to stay at the park. What do you think Little Roo and Wallaby wanted to do in the park?
In your workbook, draw what you think Little Roo and Wallaby would do in the park together.
Little Roo and Wallaby at the park
Duration: 1:13
Is this too hard?
Draw a picture of Roo and Wallaby at the park. You can pause the video and look at the pictures of the park in the story to help you.
Is this too easy?
Write a paragraph about what Roo and Wallaby would do in the park together.
Fun with syllables
Let's learn about syllables!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Find 5 things in your house. This could be a basket, jumper or a spoon.
Jump/hop/drum/clap out the syllables of these 5 objects just like they did in the video.
Check-in survey – English
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Brain break
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Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
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Brain break
Duration: 1:24
Sight words
You will need:
Focus words: friend
It's time to practise our sight words? Get your workbook and your pencil ready!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Sight words
Duration: 5:22
Education Live
Yoga lesson
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Shannon Herps and Eliza who will lead us in a fun yoga lesson. Watch the video and join in!
You will need:
space to move.
Mathematics
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How many paperclips?
This week we have been exploring numbers! Let's explore some more!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
About how many paper clips 1
Duration: 4:19
Draw your estimation of how many small paper clips it will take to measure the length of the paper.
About how many paperclips? – part 2
Let's explore part 2 of this activity!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
your drawing from the previous activity
pencils
your workbook.
About how many paper clips – part 2
Duration: 3:09
What did you notice?
Share your work with your teacher.
Basketball toss
Let's play 'Basketball toss'. You might remember playing it a couple of weeks ago!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
socks
bucket, basket or container
pegs.
How to play basketball toss
Duration: 1:03
Watch the video.
Setting up for basketball toss
Duration: 0:19
Here is an example of how you might keep track of how many socks land in the bucket or basket.
Once you have finished:
Draw a picture of your chart in your workbook.
Write down how many times your socks landed in the bucket or basket.
For those who like a challenge!
Other people in your family might have been playing basketball toss today too. If they are taller than you, they might have had their baskets in a different spot.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Using some blocks or spoons, work out how far you had to throw your socks and then work out how far someone else had to throw theirs.
Draw a picture to show your measuring.
Create a new game that your family and friends could play at home.
Basketball toss challenge
Duration: 0:24
The pictures might help you to set up your basketball toss.
Land of giants
Let's watch another episode of Numberblocks!
Watch the video.
STEM
You will need:
Paper table challenge
Today's STEM challenge is to design and build a paper table to support the weight of a tin can.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Rules:
The table needs to be at least 20cm tall.
The table needs to be strong enough to hold a tin can, such as tinned tomatoes or baked beans.
Paper table challenge
Duration: 2:32
You will need:
paper
piece of cardboard about the size of your workbook or side of a cereal box
can of tomatoes (or other canned food)
sticky tape
ruler
scissors.
Materials needed
Download the instructions for this task
Hint: triangles are strong shapes!
Example table design
For those who like a challenge!
Can you make the table taller?
How much weight can your table hold? Keep adding weights until it collapses!
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.