Thursday
Week F – Early Stage 1
Good morning!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
pencils
counters
a medium-sized ball that bounces (e.g. basketball)
zip lock bag
dried beans (soaked overnight)
paper towel
sticky tape
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
What I miss most
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
What I miss most
Duration: 1:19
English
You will need:
Vocabulary – predicting
Can you guess what word will be used?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the image of a ‘pretend’ book cover.
What words do you think will be in this book?
Write the words that you think will be in this book.
Predict the language
Duration: 4:14
Is this too hard?
Draw a picture of what words you think will be in this book.
Is this too easy?
Write the words that you think will be in the 'pretend' book.
Predict what you think the story will be about, what will happen in the beginning, middle and end?
Reading and writing together
Let's do some reading and writing!
Watch this video and then listen to the story below.
Once you have listened to the story below:
Draw or write what happens in the middle of the story.
Write a sentence about your picture.
The middle of Bluey: The Creek
Duration: 2:44
Listen to 'Bluey: The Creek'.
Bluey: The Creek.
Duration: 5:54
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.
You will need:
a clear, safe space to move.
Be careful – some of these poses are a bit tricky! The main thing is to have fun and stretch out your body.
Brain break
Duration: 1:25
Phonics
Phonemes and graphemes: h, b, f, ff
Let's practise some phonemes and graphemes.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
How many sounds do you know?
Explicit phonics instruction
Duration: 14:22
Education Live
Storytelling through movement
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Playschool's Rachael Coopes!
Let's learn about storytelling through movement. Watch the video and join in!
You will need:
space to move.
Mathematics
You will need:
Subitising
Let's practise counting!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
counters
Subitising (more, less, or the same)
Duration: 6:08
The number 9
Let's explore the number 9!
Watch the video.
Numberblocks – Nine
Duration: 5:00
Check-in survey – Mathematics
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
GetActive@Home
You will need:
Bouncing and dribbling
Are you ready to move?
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a medium-sized ball that bounces (e.g. a basketball).
Bouncing and dribbling – part 2
Duration: 29:10
Check-in survey – GetActive@Home
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Science and Technology
You will need:
Growing beans – part 1
Let's learn about what living things need to survive by growing some beans!
Watch the video.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
zip lock bag
dried beans (soaked overnight)
paper towel
sticky tape
camera (optional).
Growing beans – part 1
Duration: 5:01
Follow the steps below with a parent or carer.
Wet the paper towel slightly. If it’s too wet, carefully squeeze the paper towel so that the excess water comes out.
Open the zip lock bag.
Fold the paper towel and put it in the zip lock bag.
Put the beans inside the zip lock bag. Make sure the beans are next to the paper towel inside the zip lock bag.
Close the zip lock bag and tape it to a window.
For those who like a challenge!
Improve your investigation by repeating the steps to make 5 bean growing bags.
Set up 5 bags with 1 bean and the wet paper towel in each bag.
Number your bags from 1 through to 5.
Growing beans – part 2
Now it's time to record your observations.
Watch the video.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Growing beans – part 2
Duration: 3:23
Predicting
Talk to your parent or carer about what you think might happen with the bean seeds.
Record your prediction.
Observing
Over the next 5 days, record what is happening to your bean. You can draw your observations, take pictures or record your voice with a device.
Reflecting
What do you think your bean needed to grow?
Talk to your parent or carer and then record your ideas.
For those who like a challenge!
Improve your investigation by making 5 bean bags.
Set up 5 bags with 1 bean and the paper towel in each bag.
Number your bags from 1 to 5.
Place all bags in a bright window.
What changes happened after 5 days?
Did all of the beans change in the same way?
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.