Sugar Glider 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)

  • Reading – Introduction to information texts

  • Reading – Information texts: Elephants

  • Word study – Zoology


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Sensory sensations


  • Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – Titch and Ted do maths: Fractions

  • Number – Look Kool: Origami


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Crazy tongs


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

History

  • The Eureka Stockade

Day 2

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Responding – Mind maps

  • Viewing – Zoo information: Videos and signs

  • Representing – Create a zoo enclosure information sign


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Tap and wink


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – Imagining fractions

  • Number – Tangrams: Investigating fractions


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Garden shadows


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

STEM

  • Build a bridge challenge

Day 3

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Reading – Information texts: Meerkats

  • Writing – Creating an information text: Meerkats

  • Representing – Meerkat exhibit poster


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • What can you see?


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number – Colour in fractions


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Number hunt


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

Dancing

  • West African dance

Day 4

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Viewing – Diagrammatic information: Park signs

  • Representing – Information map of your house or park

  • Representing – Information sign for a park or a zoo


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Pretend you are a superhero


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Number– Decimats


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Colour search


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

Taronga Zoo Education

  • Kangaroo Haiku

Day 5

English (Approx. 45-60 minutes)

  • Listening – Websites

  • Writing – Planning and creating your webpage


Care and connect (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Stretches for any time of day


Mathematics (Approx. 30-45 mins)

  • Area – Investigating area and perimeter

  • Area – Design a vegetable patch


Brain Break (Approx. 5-10 minutes)

  • Senses search


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

Education Live

  • Meerkats and Binturongs


Environmental Education

  • Virtual excursion – International Space Station

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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