Day 1
Welcome to Day 1 of the Cockatoo pack!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 1 video
Duration: 1:06
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a collection of objects (e.g. blocks or dried pasta)
a small bouncy ball (e.g. a ping pong or tennis ball)
a plastic bucket, cup or container
English
Writing – What's outside your window?
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look outside a window.
Describe what you see.
Think about:
colours (adjectives)
shapes (adjectives)
sizes (adjectives)
action words (verbs).
Hint! You can record what you see in your workbook or on a device.
What's out your window?
Duration: 1:38
Reading and writing – Describing words
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch and listen to the story 'Ginger' by Charlotte Voake.
'Ginger'
Duration: 5:41
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Complete the sentences about 'Ginger' and the kitten by adding a describing word.
Hint! Remember, describing words are called adjectives.
Describing words – 'Ginger'
Duration: 7:35
Phonics
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.
Phonics – Lesson 1: oi, oy
Duration: 9:29
Care and connect
Square breathing
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Square breathing
Duration: 0:55
Mathematics
Number – Let's talk 4
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! There are 2 parts to this activity. This is part 1.
Let's talk 4 – part 1
Duration: 11:54
Watch the next video and join in the activity.
Let's talk 4 – part 2
Duration: 4:37
What other quantities can you find that are equivalent (the same) in value to 8 + 8 + 6?
Number – Let's explore patterns!
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a collection of objects (e.g. blocks or dried pasta)
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Sorting patterns 1
Duration: 7:36
What are some different ways to sort your collection? Record as many ideas as you can think of.
Look at the picture of the yellow and green blocks.
Describe the pattern.
How do you know it is a pattern?
How would you describe the part that repeats?
Make your own AB pattern.
Use the interactive blocks below. If you have blocks or Lego, you can use those.
Hint! Click and drag the blocks to move them around the board.
Look at the picture of the two patterns.
How are these patterns the same?
How are these patterns different?
Challenge!
Look at the picture of the ABB pattern.
Hint! The pattern in the picture is ABB because it has one colour and then two of the next colour (yellow, green, green).
Make, copy or extend an ABB pattern.
Use the interactive blocks below. If you have blocks or Lego, you can use those instead.
Hint! Click and drag the blocks to move them around the board.
Brain break
Ball bounce
You will need:
a small bouncy ball (e.g. a ping pong or tennis ball)
a plastic bucket, cup or container
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Ball bounce
Duration: 0:52
Let's keep learning!
History – Present and past family life: Communication
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the photographs in the video of different forms of communication. For each photograph:
name the form of communication
decide whether it is from the past or the present.
Hint! The photographs shown in the video are also below if you need them.
The past in the present
Duration: 7:43
Compare a form of communication from the past with one from the present. You can choose either telephones or letters and emails.
Identify the similarities.
Identify the differences.
Explain how your chosen form of communication has changed over time.
Hint! You can present your work in a list, a table or a Venn diagram.
"Old Phone, New Phone" by CJ Sorg is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Australian Red Post Office Mail Box" by jay galvin is licensed under CC BY 2.0
"Walkie-talkie" by Knowledge at Dutch Wikipedia is licensed under CC BY 3.0
"Old Post Cards 1900-1910" by hannibal1107 is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Challenge!
Write a postcard or a letter to a friend and post it to them. Ask them to write back to you for fun!
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