Here are some resources that may assist parents with maintaining productive home working environment for their child.

SCHOOL ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS WHEN INTERNET IS DOWN

(OR LIMITED)

KINDERGARTEN

Read readers that are provided

• Parents read books to children- children draw pictures and write sentences about characters in stories. Practise using descriptive language.

• Fine Motor Activities:

  • Playdough- use to create Magic 100 words, roll to make chocolate chip cookies

  • Kinetic sand

  • Lego- smaller pieces

  • Tennis balls and marbles

  • Tweezers and split peas

  • Hole punching paper

(complete the fine motor booklet shared in Term 1 pack - complete extra activities provided in the booklet: cutting, tracing, dot to dot)

• Practise letters on whiteboards

• Have a parent say a 2, 3 or 4 letter word that can be sounded out and spelled.

• Handwriting ( book in Term 2 pack)

• Write postcards/ letters to friends and family

• Practise letters/sounds ( use letter tiles)

• Practise Magic 100 words ( more words provided in Term 2 pack).

Play games such as:

• Memory

• Snap

• Talk, Draw, Write

• Make find-a- word

• Write from memory on whiteboard and check answers

• Time how long it takes them to say all sight words. See if they can beat their record

• Write words using play dough

• Create books- some children with writing and illustrations, others just with illustrations.

• Keep a daily diary or diary entries of things you have done throughout the week.

• Print off STEM activities and choose an activity from the grid each day (on google classroom)

• Make a board game (Maths, English, general knowledge)

• Offline Booklet (Term 2 Pack)

• To Know Worship and Love prayers ( see text Term 2 pack)

• Roll two dice and add or subtract the numbers away from each other

• Create an ‘I wish jar’, where you put down something you wish you could do (e.g go for a playdate). Put it in the jar and when isolation is over re look at the jar and do all activities.

• Follow the 30 Day Lego Challenge

• Baking/following recipes

• Watch favourite movies, draw favourite part/ parts and then write words associated with favourite parts.

• Painting

• Play Mr Squiggle - get a family member to draw a squiggle on a piece of paper and students turn it into a picture.

• Colouring/designing Easter Eggs

• Make obstacle course for your family to enjoy

YEAR 1

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  Get creative with playdough - make spelling words with playdough.

• Play with puzzles, blocks and board games, LEGO

• Fill up family members' buckets by being kind!

• Play some music and dance (google: Just Dance), practise singing

• Baking and cooking with a parent

• Colouring in, word searches, crosswords

• Draw, Talk, Write

• Chore time - help your parents do some chores around the house!

• Write a letter to someone special

• Write poetry

• Write a story, staple some paper together to make a book

• Read, read, read! Parents ask their children lots of questions about the book. Assist their child in oral language development. Write about the book.

• Review Sight Words from Term 1

• Finish the Premier’s Reading Challenge

• Draw, make artwork, Easter craft

• Print out the STEM activities in advance, choose an activity each day

• MATHS - Practice counting (practise counting numbers 1-100 forwards and backwards from a given number, counting in 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, arranging 2 digit numbers in order (ascending/descending), work on solving maths addition and subtraction sums, practice recalling the months of the year, seasons, telling the time, sharing a group of objects into equal groups...etc

YEAR 2

• 
  Read a book

• Make your own book

• Catch bugs & observe them

• Make up a dance to a song

• Have a dance party

• Write your own song

• Play Hide and Seek in your backyard or house….with a toy (hide the toy)

• Have an indoor picnic

• Draw a self portrait

• Write a song

• Draw your favourite place

• Stretch together

• Play Simon Says

• Play UNO, cards or a board game, Invent your own Board game or play Solitaire so you can always play

• Make puppets, they could be sock puppets and put on a show

• Do a jigsaw puzzle or make your own Jigsaw puzzle

• Play dress ups or make a costume out of paper

• Colour in, make your own crossword or word search

• Play LEGO

• Build a robot from recycled goods

• Write a play and then put it on for others

• Do some baking with your parents or learn to cook a meal with your parents, design a menu and turn your dining room into a restaurant

• Do a random act of kindness for your parents like unpack the dishwasher or fold the laundry

• Imaginative play - maybe you’re an astronaut going into space, or a fashion designer or a teacher taking class

• Make a display in your bedroom

• Do a mindful exercise or some Thai Chi you have learnt at school

• Write your own comic book or graphic novel

• Make a collage from old magazines

• Make Easter and Birthday cards

• Write a prayer

• Facetime grandparents or friends and read them a storybook

YEAR 3

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  Finish the Premier’s Reading challenge

• Handwriting

• Home School Booklet / Glorious Grammar Booklet

• Write an imaginative story and illustrate it.

• Times Tables

• Lego

• Board Game/card game

• Do some baking with your parents

• Gardening

• Colouring in

• Make an Easter basket

• Make an Easter bunny headband

• Keep a Daily Journal … it may be published one day as part of a History lesson!

YEAR 4

• 
  Handwriting

• Write a newspaper article report

• Learn all Times tables

• Make a memory card game to learn times tables

• Play Board Game/Card Game

• Read a novel then write an alternative outcome if you were the author

• Solve a puzzle

• Make a meal with mum or dad and write down the instructions and recipes

• Pray the Rosary and learn the mysteries by heart.

• Keep a daily journal

• Exercise (refer to the picture for inspiration)

• Spellodrome booklet

• Do housework

• Pick a passage from the bible and write down 3 main points or draw a picture as a response.

• Practise breathing exercises for meditation (4 seconds in and 4 seconds out)

  • Using the word ‘Maranatha’ to set the rhythm

YEAR 5

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  Device free list - heaps of ideas on here

• Handwriting

• Write a narrative and illustrate it. Plan your main character (strengths, weakness, quirks, fears) and use the rock, pebble, boulder strategy we have learnt.

• Read a book!

• Spellodrome booklet

• History Research task

• Learning from Home booklet that was sent home (Reading Comprehension, Maths activities)

• Memorise all times tables

• Finish the Premier’s Reading challenge

• Do some baking with your parents and write the recipe ingredients and method, including all measurements of ingredients.

• Write a poem based on something you can see at home.

YEAR 6

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  Device free list - heaps of ideas on here

• Handwriting

• Write a narrative and illustrate it

• Make a board game involving your multiplication or division facts

• Do some cooking or baking & write the recipe & a recount

• STEM activities

• Science experiments

• Create a domino effect

• Create a comic strip

• Make a collage from magazine cutouts

• Make a model of the solar system

• Times Table booklet - practise, practise, practise!

• Write a poem

• Read books! - Premier's reading challenge (You can also use ORBIT)

• Write a daily journal

• Meditation

• Artwork/craft

• Help with the chores