Embedded Files
Welcome to Day 1 of the Cockatoo pack!
Welcome to Day 1 of the Cockatoo pack!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 1 video
Duration: 0:56
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
2 dice
a small bouncy ball (e.g. a ping pong or tennis ball)
a plastic cup, bucket or container
English
English
Reading and viewing – Historical voices
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video 'Historical voices' with author Jackie French.
List three sources we can use to hear historical voices.
Historical voices
Duration: 3:04
Reading and viewing – Predictions
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activities.
View the:
image
heading
first 3 sentences of the story 'Finding Out' from The School Magazine.
Predictions – The School Magazine
Duration: 5:40
Read the story 'Finding Out' from The School Magazine.
'Finding out' by David Hill – The School Magazine
Writing and representing – Planning a letter
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activities.
Plan a letter from Uncle Fred to his family. Use the planning template to describe:
the activities you have been doing
the smells
the sounds
the sights
your feelings.
Hint! You will use this plan to write a letter tomorrow.
Planning a letter
Duration: 6:12
Care and connect
Care and connect
Square breathing
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Square breathing
Duration: 0:55
Mathematics
Mathematics
Number – Heads or tails?
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a coin
6-sided die
Conduct the chance experiment yourself (flip a coin up to 20 times and record the results).
The probability of the coin landing on ‘heads’ was a one in two chance (otherwise known as one half or 50%). List 3 other events that have a 50% chance of occurring.
Hint! Think about sports games, dice experiments, playing cards, spinners etc.
Number – Pig dice game
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
2 dice
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Pig dice game
Duration: 11:32
Instructions (select arrow)
Set a target number (e.g. 100).
Hint! As the object of the game is to reach this number, make it large (e.g. 100) so you can play more rounds.Players take turns rolling the two dice as many times as they want within each round.
Keep adding up what you've rolled. Keep a running total until you decide to stop.
When a player decides to stop, they bank their total by recording their score, but be careful:
if you roll a 1, your turn ends and you get zero for that round.
if you roll a double 1 (this is called 'snake eyes'), your turn ends and your entire banked score goes back to zero.
Players take turns swapping rolls after each round and keeping track of how much they've banked. The aim is to be the first person to reach your chosen target number.
Reflect:
Do you think it's certain that a player will roll a snake eyes and lose everything that they’ve banked? Explain.
How likely is it to roll a 1 on your turn? Represent this as a fraction, decimal or percentage.
What are some strategies that you used to help you keep your running (or cumulative) total?
Did you know when you could win on your next turn? How likely did you think it would be?
If you were to play this game again tomorrow, what would you do differently?
Brain break
Brain break
Ball bounce
You will need:
a small bouncy ball (e.g. a ping pong or tennis ball)
a plastic cup, bucket or container
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Ball bounce
Duration: 0:52
Let's keep learning!
Let's keep learning!
History – Australian gold rush
You will need:
pencils, crayons or textas
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
The Australian colonies – the gold rushes of the 1850s
Duration: 1:42
Play 'Can you strike it rich during the Gold Rush?', an interactive game created by the National Museum of Australia.
Choose the character you wish to represent:
A British miner
A Chinese miner
A woman with a family
A police officer.
During the game you will need to make choices depending on the situation you find yourself in on the goldfields.
Hint! Every choice has a consequence.
Questions to consider while you are playing the game.
What were the conditions like on the goldfields for the different groups of people from the 1850-1890s?
What were other ways that you could make a living on the goldfields?
What was unpopular at the goldfields?
What made the miners feel that they were being treated unfairly and how were they treated by the police?
What were the social, economic and political impacts of the discovery of gold in the Australian colonies?
Well done completing today's learning activities!
Select the home icon below to return to the main page.
Page updated
Report abuse