Day 1
Welcome to Day 1 of the Koala 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 calculator
some leaves
a skipping rope
English
Word study – All about words!
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a dictionary
Listen to the instructions.
Is there a word on the list that you have not heard before or you are unsure of what it means?
Use a dictionary to look up the meaning of the word.
Complete the word map.
All about words!
Duration: 2:50
Word list from the above video (select arrow)
claw
paddock
platter
visor
huddled
scanned
gulped
chattering
cushion
stroll
ajar
scent
Reading and viewing – Describing a character
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Read or listen to ‘The dog without a name’.
As you read, visualise what the carer looks like.
Watch the video and complete the activities.
Draw a picture of the carer and label using adjectives.
Describe the carer.
Describing the carer
Duration: 2:32
Reading and viewing – Creating characters
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and complete the activity.
Make a list of your favourite characters. Think about what makes them special to you.
Identify if the characters are heroes or villains.
Creating characters
Duration: 3:09
Care and connect
Take 5 breathing
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Take 5 breathing
Duration: 0:42
Mathematics
Number – Australia's chocolate eating habits
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Australia's chocolate eating habits
Duration: 7:01
Instructions (select arrow)
Conduct a survey. This includes writing and posing (asking) your questions to at least 20 people.
Create a two-way table to organise your data.
Use a data display such as a side-by-side column graph to present your findings.
Use the research or find your own research about chocolate consumption worldwide to create another data display.
Compare your data (collected locally) with the data worldwide.
Reflect on your choice of data displays.
What are you now curious about?
How might you collect the data?
What would you refine for next time about your collection and recording methods and representations?
Number – Birthday trickery
You will need:
a calculator
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Test the calculator trick for your own birthday.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
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How to ‘calculate’ your birthday (select arrow):
Press the ‘C’ button to clear your calculator.
Enter 7.
Multiply by the month of your birth (e.g. January = 1, February = 2) and press equals.
Subtract 1 from that number and press equals.
Multiply that number by 13 and press equals.
Add the date of your birth (e.g. if you were born on the 21st add 21) to that number and press equals.
Add 3 and press equals.
Multiply your number by 11 and press equals.
Subtract the month of your birth (e.g. January =1, February =2) and press equals.
Subtract the date of your birth (e.g. if you were born on the 21st subtract 21) and press equals.
Divide this number by 10 and press equals.
Add 11 and press equals.
Divide this number by 100.
The remaining digitals should reveal the month and the date of your birth as a decimal.
Does this calculator trick work for your friends and family? Try it on someone else.
Explain how it works.
Challenge
Have a go at another maths trick!
Choose any number on the grid. Write it down.
Write down a second number.
Hint! It has to be in a different row and different column to your first number.
Record a third number. Again, it has to be in a different row and different column to your first 2 numbers.
Write down a fourth number. Once again, it has to be in a different row and different column to your first 3 numbers.
Add the four numbers together. Your sum is 34.
Did we guess it? How did we know what the answer was going to be?
Try it on someone else. Explain how this trick works.
Number grid
Brain break
Leaf rubbing
You will need:
paper or workbook
coloured pencils
some leaves
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Leaf rubbing
Duration: 1:47
Let's keep learning!
Personal Development and Health – Healthy food choices
You will need:
a pencil
a workbook or paper
Watch the video about the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
Duration: 1:39
What meals do you usually eat?
Identify meals that have 'sometimes foods' in them.
What are healthier options that could replace these 'sometimes foods'?
Let's think about some foods and meals you could include in a healthy eating menu.
Use the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating poster to design a weekly menu for your family.
You can choose to plan for 1 meal per day or include breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's up to you!
Physical Education – Skipping
You will need:
a skipping rope
Note: The video mentions a student logbook. This is not required.
Watch the video and join in.
Skipping
Duration: 20:20
Well done completing today's learning activities!
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