Day 1
Welcome to Day 1 of the Emu 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
paper
scissors
26 items (e.g. Lego, blocks, pencils or pegs)
a shoelace or piece of string
English
Listening – Words, feelings, images and ideas
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Think about what words, feelings or pictures come to mind when you hear the following words:
invisible
Australia
magic
bush.
Record these words, feelings or pictures.
Words, feelings, images and ideas!
Duration: 6:59
Reading together – Beginning, middle and end
You will need:
pencils
paper
scissors
Read or listen to 'Possum Magic' by Mem Fox.
'Possum Magic' by Mem Fox
Duration: 6:55
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Create a beginning, middle and end flipchart with the teacher in the video.
Beginning, middle and end
Duration: 5:03
Phonics
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Complete the activities with the teacher in the video.
Phonics – Lesson 3: z, zz, ng, y
Duration: 9:30
Care and connect
Challenging your brain
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Challenging your brain
Duration: 2:25
Mathematics
Number – 6 vs 6 dot talk comparison
You will need:
coloured pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
6 vs 6 dot talk comparison
Duration: 6:00
What do you notice that’s different between the two collections of 6?
What is the same about the two collections of 6?
Draw a representation (picture) of 6 that shows 6 is one less than 7.
Number – Number busting
You will need:
coloured pencils
a workbook or paper
26 items (e.g. Lego, blocks, pencils, pegs, or counters)
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Number busting 26
Duration: 1:53
Organise and describe your collection.
Reorganise and describe your collection as many times as you can in 5 minutes.
Draw and record all of your ways of thinking about your collection.
Challenge!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Number busting with lego
Duration: 2:49
Were you surprised by all the different ways to make your number?
What did your structure (e.g. a ten frame or dice pattern) help you to notice?
What did you find interesting in this activity?
Brain break
Shoelace knot
You will need:
a shoelace or piece of string
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Shoelace knot
Duration: 1:30
Let's keep learning!
History – Present and past family life: School
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
The past means it’s already happened.
The present means what is happening right now.
The future is what might happen next week, next month, next year and beyond!
School life
Duration: 4:29
Draw parts of your school. You might like to draw:
the office
your classroom
the playground.
What are some of your favourite school playground activities?
Look at the photos below from schools in the past.
Hint! The photos are also in the video that you just watched.
What are some things that you can see in the photos that are the same as your school now?
What can you see that is different?
Brighton-le-Sands Public School - a game in the grounds
NSW State Archives – no known copyright
Moree Public School - Infants School
NSW State Archives – no known copyright
Tamworth Church of England School - Hockey practice in the spacious sports ground attached to the school
NSW State Archives – no known copyright
Cootamundra Public School - Year 2
NSW State Archives – no known copyright
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