Penguin

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Welcome to this week's Digital Learning Pack.

Hint! More information for parents and carers can be found at the bottom of this page.

Timetable of learning activities

  • Always start with Day 1, regardless of what day of the week it actually is.

  • The following day, select Day 2. Continue to work through the days, as required.

  • Students should make sure they take water, food and bathroom breaks, as required.

English

Approx. 45-60 minutes

First Nations' perspectives

  • Somebody's Land

  • Open questions

  • Vocabulary – acknowledgement


Exploring our world

  • Squirrel Monkeys and Lemurs


Mathematics

Approx. 30-45 minutes

  • More, less or equal

  • Fraction flag design

  • Equivalent fractions


Active break

  • 10@10 Tennis


Creative challenge

Approx. 30-60 minutes

  • Create a jingle


Wind-down activity

  • Waterfalls soundwalk

English

Approx. 45-60 minutes

First Nations' perspectives

  • Through Our Eyes

  • Aboriginal astronomy

  • Writing a paragraph


Exploring our world

  • Brainy Bites


Mathematics

Approx. 30-45 minutes

  • Combining fractions

  • The restaurant – food and number fractions


Active break

  • West African dance


Design challenge

Approx. 30-60 minutes

  • Design a playground


Wind-down activity

  • Nature map

English

Approx. 45-60 minutes

First Nations' perspectives

  • Ash Barty

  • Patty Mills

  • Writing a biography

  • Yulunga Traditional Indigenous Games


Exploring our world

  • Mission Biosecurity – Ladybugs


Mathematics

Approx. 30-45 minutes

  • Splat!

  • Parts and whole

  • Shape fractions with parts and wholes


Active break

  • GoNoodle Yoga


Active challenge

Approx. 30-60 minutes

  • Design a 'Minute to win it' game


Wind-down activity

  • Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood author interview

English

Approx. 45-60 minutes

First Nations' perspectives

  • Yaama Ghubhii Connect Song

  • Vocabulary – connect

  • Baker Boy


Exploring our world

  • Languages of our Land – Magpie


Mathematics

Approx. 30-45 minutes

  • Creating robots

  • Robot combinations

  • Grouping robots

  • Checking combinations

  • How many ice-cream toppings?


Active break

  • Fresh Start Fitness


STEM challenge

Approx. 30-60 minutes

  • Make a kite


Wind-down activity

  • 'Shine Together' song

English

Approx. 45-60 minutes

First Nations' perspectives

  • Cooee Mittigar

  • Comma catastrophe

  • Research


Exploring our world

  • How does cake mix work?


Mathematics

Approx. 30-45 minutes

  • What are the chances?

  • Flipping coins

  • Creating a probability tree


Active break

  • 10@10 Football


Problem solving challenge

Approx. 30-60 minutes

  • Design a way to protect penguins


Wind-down activity

  • Behind the News shorts

Information for parents and carers

Each day, students will complete activities from each of the following areas:

  • English – approximately 45-60 minutes each day

  • Mathematics – approximately 30-45 minutes each day

  • Discovery challenge – approximately 30-60 minutes each day

  • Mini breaks – approximately 5-10 minutes each.


If the teacher is available, they will reach out to students via Teams or Zoom.


Students should make sure they take water, food and bathroom breaks, as required.

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