Day 5

It's your last day using the Cockatoo pack!

Watch the video to help you get started.

Day 5 video

Duration: 0:58

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a tea towel

a small object (e.g. peg, pencil)

grid paper (PDF, 33KB)

six paddle pop sticks (or rectangular paper)

a ruler or measuring tape

English

Listening and viewing – Listen up!

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch and listen to the video 'What is your secret for a happy life?' from 1959.

Hint! This video is interviewing people on the street in Melbourne.

What is your secret for a happy life?

Duration: 4:25

Watch the video and join in the activities.

List some things that the respondents believe are the secret to a happy life.
Do you think these would be the same answers if we interviewed people today?
What do you think the answers today would be?

Listen up!

Duration: 2:42

Reading and viewing – Imagery used

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Read or listen to the story 'The Girl from Barellan' from The School Magazine.

'The Girl from Barellan' by Neridah McMullin – The School Magazine

Duration: 6:32

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Explore the imagery used with the teacher in the video.
Draw or represent the image that is evoked from the descriptive language.

Imagery used

Duration: 3:14

Writing and representing – Descriptive paragraph

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

What might the Barellan tennis courts have sounded like, looked like, felt like and smelt like?
Write a descriptive paragraph about the Barellan tennis courts, creating an image for the reader. Try to use alliteration, adjectives or onomatopoeia to help the reader visualise the courts.
Draw an image of the courts.

Descriptive paragraph

Duration: 4:46

Care and connect

How to do a magic trick!

You will need:

a tea towel

a small object (e.g. peg, pencil)

Watch the video and join in the activity.

How to do a magic trick!

Duration: 1:37

Mathematics

Shapes and angles – Six internal right angles

You will need:

different coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

grid paper (PDF file, 33KB)

six paddle pop sticks (or rectangular paper)

Watch the video and join in the activity.

ReSolve – Six internal right angles
Duration: 5:37

A polygon:

is a flat 2D (two-dimensional) shape
has straight sides
is fully closed (all the sides are joined).

Examples of polygons

Regular polygons:

all sides are the same length
all angles are the same.

Examples of regular polygons

Irregular polygons:

sides have different lengths
and/or
there are different sized angles.

Examples of irregular polygons

Chevron, trapezium, rhombus and a shape that resembles lightning

Using grid paper, draw some closed shapes that have exactly 4 internal right angles.
How could you change these shapes to create a shape with 6 internal right angles?
Could you join some together to create a shape with exactly 6 internal right angles?

Example – closed shape with 4 internal right angles

A rectangle with an arrow pointing to the right angle inside the shape where the vertex (corner) is.

Example – shape with 6 internal right angles

An octagon (8 sided shape) resembling a capital letter 'T'.

Use grid paper to help you draw different octagons (8 sided shapes) that have 6 right angles and 2 angles of 270°. How many can you think of?
Sort the different shapes that you have made. Hint! It may be helpful for you to cut out your shapes and physically sort them into groups.

Internal angle – equal to 3 right angles (270°)

Capital 'T' shaped octagon. Demonstrating that the internal (reflex) angle is 90 + 90 + 90 degrees = 270 degrees.

External angle equal to 1 right angle (90°)

Same shape as above image (capital T octagon). Demonstrating the remainder of the reflex angle, the external angle, is 90 degrees.

Area – Paper folding challenge

You will need:

pencils

paper (square)

a ruler or measuring tape

Watch and join the activity.

Hint! You can make a square from A4 paper. Use the video to learn how.

How to make a square
Duration: 1:58

Activity adapted from Youcubed and Driscoll 2007.

Construct a square with exactly ¼ the area of the original square and convince someone that it is a square and has ¼ of the area.

Hint! You can convince someone in your family or record your thinking.

Your argument might sound like:
"I folded the paper into 4 equal pieces. Each piece was a square because they have 90 degree angles and the side lengths were all the same."
Construct a triangle with exactly ¼ the area of the original square. Convince someone in your family or record your thinking.