Emu Pack

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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

  • 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.

Day 1

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Listening – Words, feelings, images and ideas

  • Reading together – Beginning, middle and end

  • Phonics – z, zz, ng, y


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Challenging your brain


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – 6 vs. 6 dot talk comparison

  • Number – Number busting


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Shoelace knot


Let's keep learning! (Approx. 30-60 mins)

History

  • Present and past family life: School

Day 2

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Speaking – Sydney

  • Writing together – If you were invisible...

  • Handwriting – The letter 'T'


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Paper planes


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – 2 truths. 1 lie.

  • Number – Empty number chart


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Numbers all around us


Let's keep learning! (Approx. 30-60 mins)

STEM

  • Marble run

Day 3

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Speaking and listening – Interview a character

  • Sight words – because, by, have

  • Phonics – z, zz, ng, y


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Sketch your surroundings


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – Counting to 100

  • Number – Order! Order!


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Indoor mountaineering


Let's keep learning! (Approx. 30-60 mins)

Music

  • Colourful melodies

Day 4

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Vocabulary – Key words

  • Reading together – Similarities and differences

  • Word study – -ing suffix


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Clever colours


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Length – Woolly worms (part 1)

  • Length – Woolly worms (part 2)


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Action switch


Let's keep learning! (Approx. 30-60 mins)

Taronga Zoo Education

  • Spiky simile poems

Day 5

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Reading together – Onomatopoeia

  • Writing – Why do you think..?

  • Handwriting – The letter 'A'


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Gratitude tree


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Length – About how many paper clips?


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Paper folding


Let's keep learning! (Approx. 30-60 mins)

Education Live

  • Creepy crawlies

Environmental Education

  • Virtual excursion – The Royal Botanic Garden

Information for parents and carers

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

  • English – approximately 45-60 minutes each day

  • Care and Connect – approximately 5-10 minutes each day

  • Mathematics – approximately 30-45 minutes each day

  • Brain break – approximately 5-10 minutes each day

  • Let's keep learning! – approximately 30-60 minutes each day.


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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