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Welcome to Day 1 of the Emu pack!
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
a dictionary
a shoelace or piece of string
English
English
Listening – Words, feelings, images and ideas
You will need:
pencils or a recording device
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Think about what words or connotations (ideas or feelings) come to mind when you hear the following words:
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring.
Record these words, ideas or feelings.
Words, feelings, images and ideas!
Duration: 5:10
Reading and viewing – Unknown words
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a dictionary
Read the story 'The Rainy Season' by Sue Gibbison from The School Magazine.
'The Rainy Season' by Sue Gibbison – The School Magazine
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Identify 5 unknown words from the text (e.g. woven, turquoise, parallel, lagoon, tarmac).
Use a dictionary to:
define each of these words
write each word in a sentence.
Unknown words
Duration: 1:38
Writing – Favourite season
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
What is your favourite season?
Write a description of your favourite season. Include the:
sights
smells
tastes
feels
sounds.
Favourite season
Duration: 1:49
Care and connect
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
Mathematics
Number – Strike it out! Let's play!
You will need:
3 different coloured pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Instructions:
Start by drawing a number line from zero to 20.
Player 1 chooses two numbers from the number line and crosses them out.
They then circle the sum or difference of the numbers and records the calculation.
Player 2 must start their turn by crossing out the number circled by the first player.
They then cross out a second number not already used.
Next, they circle the sum or difference of the numbers and record the calculation.
Reflect:
Is there a way Michelle can still win?
If not, what could Michelle have done differently in her game to increase her chances of winning?
Number – Strike it out! Let's investigate!
You will need:
3 different coloured pencils
a workbook or paper
Play Strike it out! again.
What are some of the strategies you used to try to help you win?
Were you able to win every time you played?
What different moves could have been done to have crossed out more numbers?
Can all of the numbers on the number line be used in the same game?
Did you notice anything about 0?
What if the number line went from 0-19, or, from 1-20…could all the numbers be crossed out then? What could the game look like…what could the moves be?
What if you could use multiplication and division…test it out and see how that changes the game.
Brain break
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!
Let's keep learning!
Geography – Natural environments
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Name all of the places in the video.
Hint! The pictures are also below in case you need them.
Describe what you see in each of the environments or what you can remember from a time you have been there. Things you might describe are:
what you can see
the climate
any flora/fauna found in the environment.
Natural environments
Duration: 9:35
Eucalypt forest
"Eucalypt forest on basalt 081126-7501" by Tony Rodd is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Challenge!
From this list, choose a National Park to go on a virtual tour of. You might like to find one close to where you live, or a different one in another part of NSW.
Identify what type of environment it is, and how you know.
Sydney – Aboriginal Heritage Walk in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
North Coast – Barrington trail in Barrington Tops National Park
South Coast – Pretty Beach to Snake Bay walking track in Murramarang National Park
Country NSW – Belougery Split Rock walking track in Warrumbungle National Park
Snowy Mountains – Kosciuszko National Park – Jillabenan Cave at Yarrangobilly Caves OR Thredbo Alpine Village
Outback NSW and Murray-Riverina – Walls of China in Mungo National Park.
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