Emu 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 – Words, feelings, images and ideas

  • Reading – Unknown words

  • Writing – Favourite season


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Challenging your brain


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – 2 truths. 1 lie.

  • Number – Closest to 100


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Shoelace knot


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

History

  • Australian Colonies

Day 2

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Speaking – Samoan beach huts

  • Reading – Positive and negative feelings

  • Writing – Sensory writing


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Paper planes


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – Which one would you do in your head?

  • Number – 101 and you're out!


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Numbers all around us


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

STEM

  • Marble run

Day 3

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Speaking and listening – Interview a character

  • Reading – The reef

  • Word study – -graphy


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Sketch your surroundings


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – Mathematic-tac-toe

  • Number – Dicey addition


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Indoor mountaineering


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

Music

  • Colourful melodies

Day 4

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Vocabulary – Key words

  • Reading – Adjectives, alliteration and onomatopoeia

  • Writing – Last paragraph


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Clever colours


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Length – Jump! What if?


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Action switch


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

Taronga Zoo Education

  • Echidnas

Day 5

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Reading – Onomatopoeia

  • Reading – How did they know?

  • Writing – The rain is finally here!


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Gratitude tree


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Length – Look Kool measurement

  • Length – Look Kool aerodynamics


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Paper folding


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

Education Live

  • Creepy crawlies

Environmental Education

  • Virtual excursion – 360 Aboriginal Storytelling: Dorrigo National Park

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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