Kangaroo 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 – Sounds outside

  • Reading together – Characters

  • Phonics – z, zz, ng, y


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Cloud meditation


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – 6 is...

  • Number – Garbage!


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Paper challenge


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

PDHPE

  • Eating a rainbow of healthy food

  • Catching

Day 2

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Speaking – Describe the setting

  • Writing together – Planning for writing

  • Handwriting – The letter 'S'


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Butterfly breathing


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – One less than

  • Number – Go fish! relationships


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • I spy!


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

Science and Technology

  • Make some noise

Day 3

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Vocabulary – Word chain

  • Writing together – Beginning of a story

  • Sight words – when, how


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Try not to think about penguins


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – Imagining dots

  • Number – Handfuls


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Scavenger hunt


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

Creative Arts

  • Little Miss Muffet

  • Self-portrait

Day 4

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Vocabulary – Predicting

  • Writing together – Middle of a story

  • Word study – -ed suffix


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • 4, 3, 2, 1


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • 2D shapes – Tangrams

  • Tangram puzzles


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Swap hand scribble


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

Taronga Zoo Education

  • Writing a Ringtail Possum narrative

Day 5

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Listening – Gardening

  • Writing together – End of a story

  • Phonics – z, zz, ng, y


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Riddle challenge


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • 2D shapes – Quadrilaterals

  • Making quadrilaterals


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Balancing objects


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

Education Live

  • Fast Ed's food experiments

Environmental Education

  • Going on a micro hike

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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