Stage 3 Term 3 Week 8 Learning Activities (Monday 30 – Friday 3 September)

You will need access to a digital device and help from a parent/carer to complete some of the following activities. If you are unable to access a device, please record and complete work in anotebook/ workbook of your choice. Keep a copy at home to bring in to your teacher when face to face learning resumes. You may also take a photo and email your teacher. Work throughwhat you can and just do your very best. This symbol indicates that the work can be completed on Google Classroom.

Monday 30/8 Tuesday 31/8 Wednesday 1/9 Thursday 2/9 Friday 3/9

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Read: With Thongs in Their Arts

Answer the here, hidden,

head and heart questions.

Here:

What is being washed up on the

beaches in Nairobi?

How many people in the world

wear thongs?

How many thongs did Ocean Sole

recycle last year?

Hidden:

What is Ocean Sole?

Who is benefitting from the Ocean

Sole program?

Head:

What is the main purpose of this

text?

Heart:

What feelings do you have after

reading this text?

What is your opinion of the Ocean

Sole program?

9.30 -10.00am

Class Zoom

Writing: Newspaper Reports -

Concluding paragraph & Features

of a newspaper

Look at the newspaper example

and highlight all the main features.

Read: The Fabulous Ferris

Wheel - Built in a Blink,

Destroyed in an Instant

Here:

Why was the Eiffel Tower not

destroyed like the Ferris Wheel?

How long did it take to go

around on the ferris wheel?

What issues did engineers think

the wheel would face?

Hidden:

Was Burnham easy to please?

Was the idea of a Ferris Wheel

liked initially?

Head:

What does the term ‘white

elephant’ mean?

How has George Ferris’ design

stood the test of time?

Heart:

Was George Ferries a

determined person?

Do you think George Ferris was

treated fairly?

Can you think of any more

questions that you have after

reading this text?

9.30 -10.00am

Class Zoom

9.30 -10.00am

Class Zoom

Wellbeing WednesdayHi girls and boys,Onceagain today you will haveyour normal Wednesdayzoom with your teacher,then spend the rest of theday choosing activities fromthe grid. Choose as manyas you like. Try differentones to Week 6. We hopeyou have fun doing them.You can even do themtogether with yoursisters/brothers. Pleasetake photos and uploadthem to your GoogleClassroom or email them toyour teacher.Happy Wednesday!

Read: From Bottle Tops to

Benches

Brainstorm as many questions

from the text as you can try to

get at least 3 in each column

What? When? Who? Where?

Why? How?

Try and work out if they are

Here, Hidden, Head, or Heart

questions and add them under

the subheading.

Here:

Hidden:

Head:

Heart:

9.30 -10.00am

Class Zoom

Writing: Newspaper Reports -

Draft Plan

Using your planning sheet from

Tuesday, write up a draft of your

newspaper plan in more detail

using the same headings.

Library: Miss Compton

https://youtu.be/B09QhUqT6eIHope is a verb!Life has its ups and downs.Our imaginations are morepowerful than we realise andour thoughts can shape howwe feel about situations weexperience.Feelings pass like clouds in thesky, we can notice them andjust let them move on.Look at the great video MissCompton has created on thelink above.

9.30 -10.00am

Class Zoom

Writing: Newspaper Reports -

Final Newspaper Report

Using your draft plan from

Thursday, write your actual

Newspaper Report.

Remember to include all the

key features that we have

looked at over the past few

days. You could put your

report in 3 columns.

Spelling:

Complete a pre-test to select your

words for the week. Complete the

Must Do prefix activity, followed

by the Should Do and Can Do

activities.

Writing: Newspaper Reports -

Planning a Newspaper Report

Pick a character/realperson/event and write anewspaper report based onthem. PIck something thatinterests you and you couldwrite a newspaper report. Planyour report on the given plan.

Spelling:

Complete the Must Do prefix

activity, followed by the Should

Do and Can Do activities.

Continue with your Wellbeing

Wednesday tasks

Spelling:

Complete the Must Do prefix

activity, followed by the Should

Do and Can Do activities.

Spelling:

Rewrite the incorrect passages

with correct spelling and

punctuation.

10:00 Education Live: NSW Department of Education Live Stream Access it HERE

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Learning ActivityYear 5: Chance and Probabilitymaths page.Year 6: Describing likelihood

Learning ActivityYear 5: Chance maths page.Year 6:Chance/tree diagram

Learning ActivityYear 5: Rotate, translate andreflect.Year 6: Rotate, translate andreflect.

Learning ActivityYear 5: Constructing objects.Year 6: Rotate, translate andreflect.

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Geography:A Tale of Two CitiesLast week we looked atwhy people live wherethey do. Some reasons areclimate, families, work,geographical features, culture andhistory.

Today’s Geography lesson asks youto research to compare andcontrast two cities.We are going to look at Sydney,your home town & Las Vegas, acity in Nevada, USA.

Complete your work on the googledoc provided for you.

These websites might assist withyour research

Sydney, New South Wales —kidcyberLas Vegas Facts for KidsKiddle - visual search engine forkids

Music: Mr StevensSeven Nation Armyemail tomark.stevens15@det.nsw.edu.au

Yellow belt task:Play along with Mr. Stevens on abucket drum version of SevenNation Army by White Stripes.Use a bucket drum or bodypercussion: Stomp, clap, click ormake up your own sounds.

Red belt task:Play along with Mr. Stevens on abucket drum version of SevenNation Army by White Stripesusing an instrument of yourchoice to play the guitar riff.Remember if you are using a Bbor Eb instrument (clarinet, saxor trumpet) you will need totranspose the notes to thecorrect key. This will be up twosemitone or down threesemitones depending on yourinstrumentRiff: EEGEDCB, EEGEDCDCB (seevideo for more info)If you need an online piano youcan google one or try thechrome music lab version (usethe middle line of yourcomputer keyboard buttons askeys ASDFGHJKL:”)

Continue with your Wellbeing

Wednesday tasks

Music from Tuesday afternoonBlack belt task:Using the structure infographic,analyse and write down thestructure of this piece. Compareit to the structure of one of thepieces you have analysedpreviously. Describe what issimilar and what is different?Remember to only discuss theuse of structure, notinstrumentation, pitch, rhythms

and other musical concepts.

Science: The Power of the SunPart 2Using what you learned lastweek about the power of theSun and the provided web links,try to find two facts about‘What would happen if the sunwent out?Links to get started:What wouldEarth be like without the Sun?Survival, What would happen ifthe Sun stopped Shining?The Sun has been important tomany civilisations overthousands of years.Choose one of these ancientcivilisations; Mayan, Egyptian orGreek and find out how the Suninfluenced one aspect of theirlife. This could include daily life,customs, rituals or beliefs.Share your research in yourGoogle Doc or make aninfographic using Canva, ormake your own slides.Links to get started:Mayan and MayanEgyptian and EgyptianGreek and Greek

PE: Mr Killingworth’s PE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtOcu17qXSs&t=20s

Exercise CircuitWarm up20 x Slow starjumps20 x Star Jumps30 Seconds running on thespot30 Seconds pretend skippingropeRepeat x 2 and get a drink ofwaterCircuit30 x High knees30 x Heel flicks20 x Sit ups20 x Bodyweight Squats10 x Reverse Lunges40 x Shadow boxing punches20 x Jumps15 x Push upsRepeat x 3 and get a drink ofwaterBalloon SoccerWith your parents’ permissioncreate two goals in your house(Balloons would be perfect touse as goals). You will be usinga balloon as your ball.If you have a sibling, vs themin walking soccer using thesegoals. Remember it is walkingsoccer, no running!If you are by yourself, practiceyour kicking by shooting aballoon into the goals. Tryusing both feet as well askicking the inside and outsideof the balloon and seeingwhat happens.Equipment needed: Balloons

Writing Activities

Monday - Features of a

Newspaper

Price: 1 magic bean Sunday, 22nd August

WICKED WOLF GETS HIS JUST DESSERTSYESTERDAY afternoon, a young girl and her grandmother miraculously survived a run-in with a ravenous wolf. Little Red Riding Hood was visitingher grandmother’s cottage in the forest when both were swallowed alive by the creature. However, luck was on their side, as a local woodcutter wason hand to cut them free.

At approximately 1:15 p.m. on 22nd August, witnesses claimed that they saw Miss Riding Hood, a young girl aged 10, skip into the forest carrying abasket of cupcakes. The path from the village through the forest is a well-trodden route, used by everyone from school children to village elders.Local resident Goldilocks (12) of Porridge Drive said, “I’ve used that path hundreds of times and it’s always seemed perfectly safe.” Mr Hansel (35),who runs the village orphanage, commented, “Of course, I warn the children not to approach any gingerbread houses. But avoid the woods entirely?Nonsense.”

Miss Riding Hood claims that she was nearly at her granny’s cottage when she was approached by a wolf posing as a polite gentleman. She reportsthat the wolf acted kindly at first, and even pointed out a shortcut to her granny’s cottage. However, all was not as itseemed. Miss Riding Hood explained that from the moment she arrived at her granny’s cottage, she could sense thatsomething was not quite right.

Once inside, Riding Hood found her granny in her nightgown, tucked up in bed, apparently ill. However, aftera short bout of questioning, Red soon realised that the person to whom she was speaking was not hergranny at all, but the wolf in disguise.

Miss Riding Hood alleges that both she and her granny were gobbled whole by the cunning beast. “I found Granny alive,but very uncomfortable, inside the wolf’s stomach,” she told The Once Upon a Times. After ten traumatic minutes inside thewolf, the pair were freed by an axe-wielding woodcutter.

“As soon as I saw the wolf on the bed, I knew that something was wrong,” stated the heroic woodcutter. “You didn’t have to be a genius to work outwhere Granny and Red had ended up. He’d had the old lady for starters and her granddaughter for the main course.”

Miss Riding Hood and her grandmother are now staying with Miss Riding Hood’s mother in the village, where they are said to be recovering well.Meanwhile, Mayor Gretel has announced plans for an investigation into the cunning, wolfish activity in Fairytale Forest. If she fails to act, could ourbeloved forest be lost forever? Pinocchio, Junior Correspondent

Tuesday - Newspaper Report Plan

List Words - Unit 25Choose your level or ask someone at home totest you! These areyour list words forthe week.

Spelling - Week 8Each day complete the Must Do task, then use your list words for the Should or Can Do activities for that day.

If a task has a⭐ it can be completed on Soundwaves www.soundwaveskids.com.auSoundwaves log in codes: Year 5 - read094 Year 6 - blue290

You might like to complete these on paper then post a photo on GC or use your ‘Spelling Activities’ doc.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday

saw

small

fall

more

morning

talk

fourteen

forty

horse

born

form

door

poor

short

story

reporter

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drawn

haunted

crawling

broad

stories

storey

brought

cause

awful

quarter

force

course

thoughtful

accordingly

audible

auditory

authentic

authorised

autobiography

awfully

cordial

disorganised

extraordinarily

flawless

forcefully

mournful

orphanage

porcelain

Must Do HomophonesBrainstorm words thatsound the same but havedifferent meanings. (Withthe focus sound e.g. sure,horse, saw)

PrefixesBrainstorm words with theprefix “auto -”. Find themeaning of the words andthe meaning of the“auto-” prefix.

ComparisonAdjective: goodComparative: betterSuperlative: bestAdd the comparative andsuperlative to theadjectives: kind, fresh,happy, bad, little

CorrectionsRewrite the incorrectlyspelled sentences withcorrect spelling andpunctuation.

ShouldDo

Phoneme ChainPick a word from your list.Come up with a word thatstarts with the same soundyour word ends with.Continue until you can’t thinkof any more! For example:grass – still – lamb – maybe –even – knot – time – mud –deer.

Reading Treasure HuntRead a page from a bookand count the number ofwords that contain the focussound. Make a list of thewords.(or, ore, a, aw, au)

SynonymsUsing your list words,brainstorm words withsimilar or the samemeanings.

Match Up: List WordBeginnings and Endings⭐Log onto Soundwavesand complete this activityfor Unit 24.

Can Do Segmenting Tool⭐Segment the graphemesin each of your words.Write how many sounds ineach word.

Define it!Use a dictionary (hardcopy or online) to writedefinitions for your words!

Word SearchCreate your own wordsearch or crossword usingall the words on yourspelling list.

https://thewordsearch.com/maker/

Unjumbler⭐Log onto Soundwavesand complete this activityfor Unit 24.

Year 5 Maths:

Year 6 Maths:

Geography Task Answer in detail and with sentences. Please don’t feel you need to fit the task onto 1 page.

A tale of Two Cities. Your task is to research information to compare an Australian city, Sydney and a North American city, Las Vegas.

These sites might help Las Vegas Facts for Kids Sydney, New South Wales — kidcyber Kiddle - visual search engine for kids

Name: Sydney, Australia The city’s Population is Name: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The city’s Population is

Describe Sydney’s climate:

average temperature range is average rainfall per year is

Describe Las Vegas’ climate:

average temperature range is average rainfall per year is

Sydney is famous for Las Vegas is famous for

Sydney’s natural landmarks are Las Vegas’ natural landmarks are

Things to do in Sydney Things to do in Las Vegas

Historical facts that you found Historical facts that you found

Location Map: Insert or draw a map of Australia and mark Sydney Location Map: Insert or draw a map of USA and mark Las Vegas

Based on your research, where would you rather live, Sydney or Las Vegas ? Why?

Extension: Describe the similarities and differences that you notice between Sydney and Las Vegas.

Science

The Power of The Sun

1. Using what you learned last week about the power of the Sun and the provided web links, tryto find two facts about ‘What would happen if the sun went out?Links to get started:

What would Earth be like without the Sun? Survival, What would happen if the Sun stoppedShining?

Fact:Fact:

2. The Sun has been important to many civilisations over thousands of years.Choose one of these ancient civilisations; Mayan, Egyptian or Greek and find out how the Suninfluenced one aspect of their life. This could include daily life, customs, rituals or beliefs.Share your research in your Google Doc or make an infographic using Canva, or make yourown slides.

Links to get started:Mayan and Mayan Egyptian and Egyptian Greek and Greek

Week 8 Library Friday Morning Miss Compton’s Library Lesson

Stage 3

https://youtu.be/B09QhUqT6eI

Hope is a verb!

Life has its ups and downs. Our imaginations are more powerful than we realise and our thoughts

can shape how we feel about situations we experience.

Feelings pass like clouds in the sky, we can notice them and just let them move on.

Positive thoughts help the trickier feelings move on more quickly and hope is an action we can

choose. It is easy to find negatives during difficult times but if we look around and use our imaginations, we can often find

something positive hiding in plain sight!

Fold a blank piece of paper in half.

Think of a sad or difficult moment in your life and draw a picture or image which represents this moment on one side of the

paper. (The picture does not have to be literal, it can be anything that you feel that represents your thoughts- this exercise is

just for you).

On the other side draw what reminds you of happiness so that you never forget your hope or happy moments.

On another piece of paper, draw a 3 ‘fingered’ leaf shape, think of 3 people in your life that you can talk to if you feel sad or

lonely and write their names on each finger of the leaf. Think of a hope or dream that you have and write it down on the

other side of the leaf. Colour your leaf red and place your leaf somewhere special in your room- this is your symbol of hope!