Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the Kangaroo 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

sticky notes

two 0-9 sided dice or playing cards (Ace-9)

a pair of socks

English

Listening – Sounds outside

You will need:

pencils or a recording device

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Sit outside for 2 minutes and listen carefully.
What can you hear?
Draw or list everything you can hear. This may include human and natural noises.

Hint! If you can't sit outside, try and sit near an open window.

Sounds outside

Duration: 3:25

Reading and viewing – Visualising the setting

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Listen to the instructions.

Visualising the setting – instructions
Duration: 0:53

Read or listen to the story, 'Mr Kessel’s Bush Tucker Garden' from The School Magazine.

'Mr Kessel’s Bush Tucker Garden' – The School Magazine

Audio duration: 17:31

Watch the video and complete the activity.

Visualise the setting in the story, including the house and the garden.
Draw and label what you think the house and garden look like.

Visualising the setting – activity
Duration: 3:27

Writing – Describing a setting

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Look at your image of Mr Kessel's house and garden.

Write a description about this setting.

Hint! Try to include adjectives and at least one simile in your description.

Describing a setting
Duration: 2:53

Challenge!

Include a metaphor in your descriptive writing about the setting.

Care and connect

Cloud meditation

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Cloud meditation

Duration: 0:44

Mathematics

Number – Finding numbers on a number line

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Finding numbers on the number line
Duration: 8:06

What is point A on our number line? How can you prove it?
Find 0 on our number line. How can you prove it?

Number – The place value game

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

sticky notes to make a gameboard

paper

Choose one:

two 0-9 sided dice
a set of playing cards from Ace-9
a 0-9 spinner (PDF file, 199 KB)

Watch the video to learn how to play.

Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.

The place value game
Duration: 5:22

Instructions (select arrow)

This game is for 2 or more players. You could also use a toy to represent another player, and play both parts.
Make a gameboard for each player, using the example to help you.
Take turns to throw the 2 dice (or spin your spinner).
Use the numbers you roll to create a 2-digit number, for example a 5 and a 2 could be recorded as 25 or 52.
Record your number somewhere along the path from 0 and 100.
Numbers must be placed in order from 0 – 100 so you must think carefully about the best place to put your number!
If numbers cannot be placed, you miss your turn.
Continue taking turns to roll the dice, creating numbers and filling in the pathway on the gameboard.
The winner is the first to fill all of the places!

Reflect:

Explain why you chose to create a particular number. For example, when you rolled 5 and 2, why did you choose to create 52 instead of 25?
How did you decide where to place numbers on the gameboard?
Imagine you have a space available between 34 and 41. What are all of the possible numbers that could be placed on those two spaces? What are you hoping to roll so you can fill it?
What numbers, if any, could you make where you know exactly where to put them almost every time? Which numbers are they? Where would you put them? Why?
If you were to replay this game, are there any things you would do differently? Why?