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5/6E Home Learning Week 1 – Term 2
WEDNESDAY 29TH April 2020 A Sentence A
Day
Spelling – Word
of the Day
Write a sentence with the subject ‘Penguins’. Then add more to create a
descriptive paragraph. Remember to use challenging and complex
vocabulary. – see Sentence a day worksheet
‘ALTRUISM’
Complete the proforma on ‘Word of The Day’.
Remember your challenge is to use this word during the week in your writing
and in conversation.
Movement Break – 10x star jumps, 10x push-ups, 10x burpees (repeat x3)
Writing
Persuasive
This term you will be focusing on Persuasive Writing.
Attached are some hints and tips for writing interesting persuasive texts.
Persuasive texts need to make a point, or persuade the reader to agree with a particular
point of view. As such, their introductions need to be clear and summarise the main
message. The writer may use a title that is bold, inspiring or controversial. They must
engage the reader and their emotions so that they want to keep on reading.’ Merryn
Whitfield
What is persuasive writing?
Persuasive writing intends to convince the reader of a stated opinion or belief. Persuasive
writing has two main genres:
Argument/Exposition Arguments attempt to persuade the reader to agree with a certain
viewpoint and sometimes they also want action to be taken – they exhort people to take
action.
Discussion Discussions present two or more perspectives on an issue and can conclude with
a recommendation or prediction.
1. Examine the information slide and start planning your writing.
2. Begin with 10x Ideas and then circle your top 5.
3. From your top 5, write more detailed information eg. include how a
new function may work, detailed description of what may be included
on your new play equipment.
4. Create a mindmap/planning page for your persuasive text. Include
images if you wish.
LUNCH BREAK
Reading Read for at least 20 mins a book of your choice
Reading/
Comprehension
TASK TO BE
SUBMITTED
VIA GOOGLE
CLASSROOM
Go to Kids News (www.kidsnews.com.au) and find the “An Australian soldier’s
diary recounts the first chaotic days of the Gallipoli landing” article, or use
the link below:
https://www.kidsnews.com.au/history/an-australian-soldiers-diary-recounts-the-first-
chaotic-days-of-the-gallipoli-landing/news-story/b48a279279cf1fdd06abac00908e5f55
QUICK QUIZ
1. 1. Who did he live within the hillside dugout?
2. 2. How many days after his Gallipoli landing was he injured?
3. 3. What was he going back to get when he was injured?
4. 4. What was his hospital experience like?
5. 5. Did Philip Ayton come home from the war?
Design a Display
Imagine you have been asked to design a special display that will help kids
understand the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. Use the information in Philip
Ayton’s diary to help you create a plan and instructions for your display.
Your display can include posters, suggestions for items used by the
ANZACS, words, sounds, images, technology … anything you like!
Extension
Did you know that, at the time, people thought that World War I was ‘the
war to end all wars’? We know that this isn’t true. Write a reflection, or a
thoughtful piece of writing, on the reasons why you think that wars have
taken place since then. Include some things that you think people and
governments could do to help stop wars.
Movement Break – 10x sit-ups, 10x squats, 10x burpees (repeat x3)
Maths
Warm-Up
1. Number of the Day
Use one of the following websites to create a new number and complete the
activities.
https://mathsbot.com/starters/numberOfTheDay
https://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/
2. Write ten numbers that come between 699995 and 700020
Maths –
Patterns
Which Symbol?
https://nrich.maths.org/6777
What is an equation?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zghp34j/articles/z2p6tyc
How to solve missing number problems
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zghp34j/articles/z2p6tyc
Exploring Algebra
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH.
JR.PATT&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.PATT.ALG&lesson=html/object_interactives/a
lgebra/use_it.html
Red Dragon Mathematics Challenge
What kind of calculation do you get? (1), (2) & (3)
https://schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/20a29ac1-c6f3-4ca3-84b1-
2d8488a4cbcd/1/reddragonfly.zip/q6.html
Problem Solving
BREAK
History
Create a brainstorm on British colonisation and early Australian history.
Make sure you write down everything you know and everything you think you
know. You cannot write a wrong answer. This is for your teacher to
understand your prior knowledge.
Think of things like:
Who built the colonies?
What happened to the Aboriginal people?
What might life have been like for the convicts?
Why were the convicts sent over to Australia?
Watch this animated YouTube video briefly details early Australian history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIDDIDS2Tjk
Student
Reflection
Daily Learning Journal
Answer the following questions each day
I learnt that…
I was challenged by……
I found interesting……
My learning goal for tomorrow is……
A SENTENCE A DAY – 29/4/20
WORD OF THE DAY – 29/4/20
THURSDAY 30TH April 2020
WRITING – 29/4/20
READING – 29/4/20
An Australian soldier’s diary recounts the first chaotic days of the Gallipoli landing Philip Owen Ayton,April 22, 2019 7:00PMThe Weekend Australian Magazine Print Article
Philip Owen Ayton in 1915. Picture: supplied
HISTORY Reading level: Red
Philip Owen Ayton was 25 years old and working on the Sydney tramways when he
enlisted* in the 1st Field Company of Engineers soon after World War I was declared.
He took part in the Gallipoli landing and later fought on the Western Front, all described
in vivid* detail in a diary of about 106,000 words. His diary entries in five notebooks
have now been published for the first time.
On Saturday, April 24, 1915 Ayton was on the transport ship Ionian where final
preparations were underway for the Gallipoli landing the next day. In his diary he
describes the mood on board. Some soldiers were cheerful, others quiet. The
equipment they were ready to carry was very heavy but he wrote he was “in great
spirits”.
His diary entry of the Gallipoli landing of Sunday, April 25, 1915 is a detailed description
of the rush, chaos, noise and the death and injuries of his fellow soldiers.
On that first day he made his way though heavy gunfire, leaving the ship and getting
into the smaller landing boat. He waded through water that was, at first, above his waist
and ran up the beach to the scrubby bush and up the hillside to the trenches of the
Turkish soldiers. He wasn’t injured, though his backpack had a bullet hole through it
and his mate’s knuckles were chipped by a bullet.
Then the engineers including Ayton were ordered back down to the beach after the
initial landing to get their orders. One of their main jobs was to dig trenches to give the
soldiers some protection.
A photograph of two pages of Philip Owen Ayton’s diary. Picture: supplied
Below you can read part of Ayton’s diary, beginning April 26, 1915
Monday, April 26 — my 26th birthday
At day break the enemy started to pour shrapnel* into us and sent heavy shells* out to
sea at the ships. Nearly all that day a terrible cannonade* raged. The noise was beyond
description. I had a most awful headache from the row* and want of sleep and was
almost exhausted for want of rest. We had a short rest in the afternoon and I fell asleep
on top of my shovel. Most of my mates were the same. All the shells and bullets in the
world couldn’t have kept us awake. After that we worked on till dark, having, by that
time, some decent trenches dug, which the New Zealanders immediately occupied.
We dug ourselves in and went to sleep, completely knocked out. I felt like a new man
next morning after the good sleep and a feed.
We were ordered back to the beach then, so we collected our gear and tools, went
back and worked all day making dugouts for ourselves on the side of the hill. All day
the enemy shelled us and I had several narrow escapes while working.
Soldiers land on the beach at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, in the days or weeks after the initial April 25, 1915 landing. The ships carrying soldiers, supplies and equipment are just visible on the horizon. Picture: supplied
Before going into action I had been told that men nearly die of fright when they first get
under fire. I don’t believe it, because I can honestly say that I was not the least bit
nervous and plenty of others say the same. In the excitement a man does not think of
the danger and several times I have been spoken to for running unnecessary risks.
Others are the same. Our dugouts were under constant fire night and day yet we used
to sit about and talk as if we were at home. It may seem hard to believe, but it is true.
On Friday 30th I was sent with a party up to the front fire trench, to cut a dugout and
erect overhead cover for the 3rd Brigade headquarters. That afternoon the Turks made
a determined attack on our trenches. They came rushing through the scrub in
thousands. Our field artillery poured the shrapnel into them and as each shell burst I
could see the Turks fall in dozens. Our gunners were timing the shells splendidly and
they were bursting with terrible effect among the enemy at about 1000 yards
(914m). Still they came on and some got to within 50 yards (45m) of our trenches
before they went down before our rifle and machine gun fire. What was left of them fell
back on their own lines. The scrub and the barley field were full of dead. That satisfied
me that the Turks can fight and face certain death too. The way they came on that day
was marvellous. I have read in the papers that they are poor fighters, and easily
disheartened*. I don’t think so after what I have seen.
The beach at Gallipoli, Turkey, in April 1915, showing supplies stacked on the beach, the type of small boats the soldiers used to travel between the ships and beach and the steep hillside they had to climb up to dig trenches and fight. Picture: supplied
My mate Roy Denning and I had a cosy little home in the hillside and lived quite snug
and happy together. It was nearly blown up two or three times, but up till the time I left,
it was still there. Life in the dugouts is not at all bad. Roy and I had ours cut into the
hillside, and was about 4ft (1.2m) deep and 4ft broad by 6ft (1.8m) long. We put on a
roof with some props and smashed up biscuit boxes, and covered it with earth. It wasn’t
bomb proof of course, but it kept off shrapnel pellets, rain and the hot sun. We used to
sleep in our overcoats on our waterproof sheets. It was infernally* cold the first couple
of weeks and we could hardly sleep, but our blankets arrived at last. I used to cadge*
candles off the blue jackets (British navy men), so we used to lie back and read, quite
comfortably, the latest news from papers a month old also procured* from the ‘Tars’
(seamen). I used to get all sorts of little delicacies such as bread, tinned milk and jam
from the ‘Tars’ off the warships, in exchange for Turkish shells, rifles, etc. They wanted
them as souvenirs, to take home. We had plenty of tea, so that made up for a lot of
deficiencies. The Australian soldier likes his quart* of tea in the trenches.
Anzac Cove at Gallipoli, Turkey, more than 100 years after the Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed there. Picture: Frank Bessiere
On Friday May 14 we were busy working when the enemy began to shell us with
shrapnel and explosives. For nearly an hour they gave us hell, shell after shell
exploding all round us. It was impossible to work and we had to take shelter behind our
sandbag wall. Some of our artillery* opened on the enemy and at last they gave us a
spell. We were then broken off to get our midday rations and went to our dugouts. I
forgot my water bottle and went back to get it when I heard a distant boom and the
scream of a shell. I knew that it was from the same direction as before. There was no
cover, only the bank of a road and that was 20ft (6m) off, on the left. I dived for it, but
the next I knew was an explosion and I was pitched forward and rolled over and over.
There was dust and smoke everywhere and hissing pellets tore up the dirt all round. I
felt a blow on my leg and it was paining. I looked and saw blood running. I had been
hit. Well, I hopped off to the Casualty Tent which was only 100 yards (91m) off and
they dressed it up alright. It didn’t look much, but they said that it would give me trouble
as the pellets had gone through the sinews under the knee. My mate Roy brought down
my pack and I was sent out to the Seang Choon* with a lot of other wounded.
Everything seemed so quiet and peaceful as there was no bursting shrapnel and
hissing bullets flying about. After being 20 days in action and under fire all the time, I
was now out of the danger zone. I was transhipped* on to the Galeka bound for
Alexandria and we arrived on May 28. The wounded were taken out to a hospital on
the beach called Glymenopoulo Hospital No. 2.
My leg was soon straightened out and started to heal. The hospital surroundings were
lovely and all our wants were attended to. Everything helped to make us get well quickly
as well as to pass away the time, which hangs heavily when one is idle.
Sunday, June 6
This brings my notes up (to) the present time. I am still in the hospital but am nearly
better and hope to be discharged, fit and well, in a few days. I want to get back to the
boys at the front and see how things are going out there.
After the war Philip Ayton returned to Sydney and married Nellie Clarke, with whom he had
two sons and two daughters. He died in 1946 at the age of 57.
Edited extract from Hell of a Time — an Australian Soldier’s Diary of the Great War by
Philip Owen Ayton, edited by Elvala Ayton, introduction by Ross McMullin.
VIDEO: An Australian visitor gives his impression of Anzac Cove 100 years after the
landing
GLOSSARY enlisted: signed up vivid: clear and alive shrapnel: small pieces of metal shells: ammunition used by artillery cannonade: a period of continuous and heavy gunfire row: fight disheartened: lost enthusiasm or hope infernally: irritatingly cadge: borrow or beg for procured: got hold of quart: a quantity of liquid just more than a litre artillery: a type of heavy weapons Seang Choon: the name of a ship used to carry soldiers transhipped: transported by ship
THURSDAY 30TH APRIL 2020
Sentence A
Day
Spelling –
Word of the
Day
Write a sentence with the subject ‘Whales’. Then add more to create a
descriptive paragraph. Remember to use challenging and complex
vocabulary. – see Sentence a day worksheet
‘COPIOUS’
Complete the proforma on ‘Word of The Day’.
Remember your challenge is to use this word during the week in your
writing and in conversation.
Movement Break – 10x mountain climbers, 10x lunges, 10x burpees (repeat x3)
Writing Persuasive Writing
Using your plan from yesterday and the persuasive story graph, begin to
draft your persuasive text.
Remember to ‘chunk’ your relevant information into paragraphs and the last
argument should be your strongest! You want people to believe what you
are saying and agree with you!!!
Remember to use literary devices throughout your text to engage your
reader.
LUNCH BREAK
Reading Read for at least 20 mins a fiction chapter book of your choice
Reading/
Comprehension
Go to Kids News (www.kidsnews.com.au) and find the “Can you crack the 30
year-old CIA code?” article, or use the link below:
https://www.kidsnews.com.au/mathematics/can-you-crack-the-30yearold-
cia-code/news-story/f3c73558aa7a8871276672da100fb1a8
QUICK QUIZ
1. What does Mr Sanborn do? Who helped him create the code?
2. What is Kryptos and where is it?
3. Why is Egyptologist Howard Carter mentioned in this story?
4. What word clue did Mr Sanborn reveal in 2014?
5. What is the latest clue?
What’s the point?
Why do you think Jim Sanborn decided to create this sculpture, with
such a difficult coded message for the CIA? Write down as many reasons
as you can think of.
Extension
Create a special coded message or puzzle that could be placed in your
school playground for other kids to try to solve. Make it as tricky as you
can. (I can share these on Google Classroom so that you can solve each
other’s)
Movement Break – 10x star jumps, 10x push-ups, 10x burpees (repeat x3)
Maths
Warm-Up
1. Number of the Day
Use one of the following websites to create a new number and complete the
activities.
https://mathsbot.com/starters/numberOfTheDay
https://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/
2. Create a pattern starting at 2.05 that someone else can continue.
Maths
TASK TO BE
SUBMITTED
VIA GOOGLE
CLASSROOM
Complete the attached worksheets on Patterns.
You can either print the sheets and complete on them or write the answers
in a workbook, on a whiteboard, on the computer etc…
Problem
Solving
BREAK
Science
Our Place in Space
This term we will be looking at our place in space! Before we start though,
think about what you already know about space, the planets, the stars and
the solar system. Use either http://www.wordle.net/ or
https://www.wordclouds.com/ to create a word cloud using any words or
phrases you already know about space. Save it and upload into the Week 1
Science assignment in Google Classroom.
Observations of the Sky Go outside and have a look at the sky. What can
you see? When we look up into the sky, we are not just looking at things
that are part of our planet. We can see things a long way away. Over the
next few days, observe the sky outside your house. Make sure you look out
during the day and at night. Try to go out at least 3 or 4 times. Using the
‘Observations of the Sky’ Google Docs file (located in Week 1 Science in
Google Classroom), record your observations and answer the questions.
For many thousands of years, scientists have been observing objects in the
sky and presenting their ideas on how to explain the relationship between
the Sun, Earth and Moon. The movement of the Sun, Moon and stars across
the sky resulted in a major debate between early scientists. This led to
different theories about the Solar System. These are three theoretical
claims about the Solar System: Claim 1: The Moon and the Sun both circle
around the Earth. Claim 2: The Moon circles the Earth while the Sun circles
them both. Claim 3: The Moon circles the Earth while the Earth circles the
sun. Use your own observations to argue for or against each of the claims.
Upload into Week 1 Science in Google Classroom.
Student
Reflection
Daily Learning Journal
Answer the following questions each day
I learnt that…
I was challenged by……
I found interesting……
My learning goal for tomorrow is……
A SENTENCE A DAY – 30/4/20
WORD OF THE DAY – 30/4/20
WRITING – 30/4/20
READING – 30/4/20
Can you crack the 30-year-old CIA code? Harry Pettit,January 30, 2020 6:45PMThe Sun Print Article
Name:
Audience 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 How well you engage and
persuade the reader
Symbols only Short and simple Short but easy to read, some details to
support reader
Reader can follow text fairly easily
Tries to engage with language choices
Uses language and persuasive techniques
Controls reader
Structure 0 1 2 3 4 Must have
introduction, body and
conclusion
No evidence Minimal evidence
2 components only (intro/body/conclusion)
or all weak
Introduction, body and conclusion (2 well
developed)
Clear and controlled argument
Ideas 0 1 2 3 4 5 Are your ideas
relevant and detailed?
No ideas One idea OR ideas unrelated
to topic
One idea (simple details) OR ideas
related to topic (but no details)
Ideas with some details OR one idea
with developed details
Ideas are detailed and help argument
Ideas are highly persuasive
Persuasive Devices
0 1 2 3 4
Do you use persuasive
devices?
No evidence Personal opinion or 1-2 devices
3 or more devices (at least 2 types)
Uses devices that are effective (appeal to reason, values or
emotions)
Sustained and effective use of
devices
Vocabulary 0 1 2 3 4 5 Do you use a
range of helpful words?
Symbols only
Very short script (few content
words)
Mostly simple words 4 or more precise words/word groups
Sustained use of words/word groups enhance meaning
Precise and effective, match argument style
Cohesion 0 1 2 3 4 Does your argument
flow?
Symbols or drawings
No links, short script, confusing
Some links correct, or longer text with reader occasionally making
own links
Cohesive devices support reader,
accurate referring words, text flows
Range of cohesive devices enhance
reading, continuity of ideas, sections tightly
linked
Instructions!
1. Choose a different colour for each criterion. Colour the criterion heading in the first column in that colour. Next, find
evidence in your persuasive text that shows you have displayed that criterion. Underline the evidence in your text with that colour. It might be a word, a phrase or even a sentence or two! Use a coloured triangle to show paragraph starts.
2. Next, give yourself a score for each criterion. Use the same colour to colour in the box showing your score. Add your total score for the criteria and award yourself a total mark (out of 48) at the bottom of the table.
3. Finally, look at your results and set yourself three learning goals for your next narrative.
Effective learners always set themselves new learning goals!!!
It s Marking Time!
The puzzle at the CIA’s headquarter is made up of four segments, one of which remains unsolved. Picture: Getty Images
MATHEMATICS Reading level: Red
The final clue to a coded message unveiled 30 years ago has been revealed by the
code’s creator.
Artist Jim Sanborn built the copper sculpture, known as Kryptos, in a courtyard at the
CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, US, in 1990. The CIA is the US spy agency.
The coded sculpture has been outside the CIA Headquarters in the US since 1990. Picture: Rex features
The code is made up of four passages, three of which have been solved by code
breakers.
The fourth and final passage has never been cracked.
Sanborn has already handed out two clues to help push puzzlers towards a solution.
He’s now released what he says is the third and final clue for the segment, reports
the New York Times.
It is a word: “Northeast”.
Jim Sanborn has released what he says is the third and final clue for the segment.
Sanborn worked with retired CIA cryptographer* Edward Scheidt to create the puzzle.
Each passage of text follows a theme of concealment* and discovery, each more tricky
to unravel than the last.
The first reads: “BETWEEN SUBTLE SHADING AND THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT LIES
THE NUANCE OF IQLUSION.”
The last word, “illusion”, was misspelled on purpose to make the puzzle harder
according to Sanborn.
The location of CIA headquarters by latitude* and longitude* is included in the second
puzzle.
It asks: “DOES LANGLEY KNOW ABOUT THIS? THEY SHOULD: IT’S BURIED OUT
THERE SOMEWHERE. X WHO KNOWS THE EXACT LOCATION? ONLY WW.”
The “WW” is a reference to William Webster, who was CIA boss when the sculpture
was put in place.
Sanborn handed him a key for deciphering* the messages.
The third solved clue paraphrases* British Egyptologist* Howard Carter’s account of
opening King Tut’s tomb in 1925.
The text reads: “SLOWLY, DESPARATLY SLOWLY, THE REMAINS OF PASSAGE
DEBRIS THAT ENCUMBERED THE LOWER PART OF THE DOORWAY WAS
REMOVED. WITH TREMBLING HANDS I MADE A TINY BREACH IN THE UPPER
LEFT-HAND CORNER. AND THEN, WIDENING THE HOLE A LITTLE, I INSERTED
THE CANDLE AND PEERED IN. THE HOT AIR ESCAPING FROM THE CHAMBER
CAUSED THE FLAME TO FLICKER, BUT PRESENTLY DETAILS OF THE ROOM
WITHIN EMERGED FROM THE MIST. X CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING? Q”.
Again, spelling and punctuation errors were added in to make the puzzle harder.
The Kryptos and the key
UNSOLVED CODE
The final section remains unsolved, and is therefore a jumble of letters awaiting
decryption*.
“OBKRUOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVNORTHEASTOTWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLU
DIAWINFBBERLINCLOCKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR”.
Until recently, Sanborn had provided two clues in the form of words that appear in the
decrypted text.
In 2010, he revealed the word “BERLIN” appeared in the 64th through 69th positions
in the final passage.
Four years later, he disclosed* that the word “CLOCK” made up the next five letters.
THE FINAL CLUE
Now, Sanborn has revealed the word “NORTHEAST” appears at positions 26 through
34.
He has set up an email system through which anyone can submit solutions – though it
costs $US50 ($AUD74) a go.
The 74-year-old told The Times he wasn’t sure the puzzle would be solved before his
death.
“For the past few years I have been trying to figure out how to have this ‘system’ survive
my death,” he said.
“It has not been easy.”
This story was originally published in The Sun and was republished with permission.
Jim Sanborn isn’t sure the code will be solved in his lifetime. Picture: Rex features
GLOSSARY cryptographer: person who writes codes concealment: the action of hiding something latitude: the distance of a place north or south from the Earth’s equator longitude: the distance of a place east or west from a line on Earth’s maps or globes
called Greenwich meridian deciphering: decoding paraphrases: express in different words Egyptologist: an expert in studying ancient Egypt decryption: process of decoding, or converting a code back into its original meaning
EXTRA READING
Secret code hidden in new 50 cent coin
Invisible ink invention
Deadly curse fears as King Tut’s coffin is moved
MATHS – 30/4/20
SCIENCE – 30/4/20
SCIENCE – 30/4/20
FRIDAY 1st May 2020
A Sentence
A Day
Spelling –
Word of
the Day
Write a sentence with the subject ‘Birds’. Then add more to create a
descriptive paragraph. Remember to use challenging and complex vocabulary. –
see Sentence a day worksheet
‘AMBIGUOUS’
Complete the proforma on ‘Word of The Day’.
Remember your challenge is to use this word during the week in your writing
and in conversation.
Movement Break – 10x sit-ups, 10x squats, 10x burpees (repeat x3)
Writing
TASK TO
BE
SUBMITTE
D
VIA
CLASSROO
M
Edit and publish your persuasive text.
Include illustrations/designs if you wish to support your arguments.
LUNCH BREAK
Reading Read for at least 20 mins a book of your choice
Reading/
Comprehens
ion
Go to Kids News (www.kidsnews.com.au) and find the “Australian archaeologist
finds ancient African coin on NT island, prompting possible history rewrite”
article, or use the link below:
https://www.kidsnews.com.au/money/australian-archaeologist-finds-ancient-
african-coin-on-nt-island-prompting-possible-history-rewrite/news-
story/36cc091df9ce86892236674618724908
QUICK QUIZ
1. 1. Where is Kilwa? Where are the Wessel Islands?
2. 2. Did Ian McIntosh find anything when he went to the Wessel Islands?
3. 3. What happened in 1606?
4. 4. What other location have Kilwa coins been found outside Africa?
5. 5. What other coins did Isenberg find in 1944?
You will also need to read ‘A fossil jawbone from an early cousin of humans
solves a big mystery about adapting to high altitude’ article, or use the link
below:
https://www.kidsnews.com.au/science/a-fossil-jawbone-from-an-early-cousin-
of-humans-solves-a-big-mystery-about-adapting-to-high-altitude/news-
story/f5b80103129e3006b79bdd5234a09fa8
1.Compare and Contrast
Read this article carefully and then read (or re-read if you have read it
already) the article Ancient jawbone solves mountain puzzle. How are these
stories similar?
Draw up a chart with two columns (SIMILARITIES and DIFFERENCES). List
the ways that these news stories are similar and how they are different. For
example; both are about new discoveries.
2. How could this happen?
There are a number of ways that these coins could have ended up on a beach
on the Wessell Islands.
Come up with three plausible explanations for how they ended up there.
Which do you think is the most likely and why?
3. Extension
There are a number people who are known to have visited what we now call
Australia before Captain Cook officially claimed it in 1770. Use a world map
to locate where these people were from and write when they visited
Australia. Use Google Maps to measure the distance from their homeland to
where they landed in Australia.
Movement Break – Jog on the spot for 1 minute, 10x push-ups, 10x lunges (repeat x3)
Maths
Warm-Up
Number of the Day
Use one of the following websites to create a new number and complete the
activities.
https://mathsbot.com/starters/numberOfTheDay
https://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/
Maths –
Patterns
Complete the worksheets on Patterns
Remember - You can either print the sheets and complete on them or write the
answers in a workbook, on a whiteboard, on the computer etc…
Number Balls Algebra 1
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/Numberballs_algebra_I/numbe
rballsAlgebraI.htm
Problem
Solving
BREAK
ART Andy Goldsworthy lesson
View the videos below on the artist and sculpture Andy Goldsworthy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQKZghtyiY&t=27s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I59Ar1s4ZZE
http://www.artnet.com/artists/andy-goldsworthy/
Look through the PowerPoint (On Google Classroom) showing different artworks
created by Andy.
- What do you notice about his artworks?
- Create your own artwork inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.
- Collect some natural materials from your backyard or local park or reserve
(with an adult). These might include leaves, shells, rocks, pebbles, sticks,
bark, sticks etc.
You might want your artwork to have the same material e.g. leaves or a few
different types.
Use your imagination and create an interesting artwork using your materials.
NOTE: You might want to create a plan and draw your ideas down first.
Take a photo of your artwork!
Student
Reflection
Daily Learning Journal
Answer the following questions each day
I learnt that…
I was challenged by……
I found interesting……
My learning goal for tomorrow is……
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Australian archaeologist finds ancient African coin on NT island, prompting possible history rewrite
May 16, 2019 7:00PM Print Article
Darwin historian Mike Owen holds up a coin he believes is from Kilwa, off the coast of Africa. Picture: Keri Megelus
MONEY Reading level: Red
Copper coins up to 1000 years old found in Australia could completely rewrite the
story of our European history.
Archaeologist Mike Hermes found an ancient coin lying on a beach last year in the
Wessel Islands, which are part of the Northern Territory. Mr Hermes believes the coin
is at least 600 years old and from 10,000km away from Kilwa, an African island that
is now part of Tanzania.
“The Portuguese were in Timor in 1514, 1515 — to think they didn’t go three more
days east with the monsoon* wind is ludicrous*,” he told The Guardian.
“We’ve weighed and measured it, and it’s pretty much a dead ringer* for a Kilwa coin.
“And if it is, well, that could change everything.”
So far, tests on the coin haven’t led to a firm answer on where it came from.
In 1944, five coins were found in the Wessel Islands that were later proven to be
1000-year-old Kilwa coins, opening up the possibility that sailors from distant
countries landed in Australia much earlier than thought.
During World War II the Wessel Islands — an uninhabited group of islands off
Australia’s north coast — were an important place for defending the mainland from
attack.
Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg was stationed on one of the islands to operate a
radar station and spent his spare time fishing on the beaches.
Fishing on the beach in the Wessel Islands. In 1944 Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg was stationed on the Wessel Islands and found the coin while fishing from one of the beaches.
While sitting in the sand with his fishing rod, he discovered a handful of coins in the
sand.
He didn’t have a clue where they came from but pocketed them anyway and later
placed them in a tin.
In 1979 he rediscovered his “treasure” and decided to send the coins to a museum to
get them identified.
The coins proved to be 1000 years old.
Still not fully realising what treasure he held in his hands, he marked an old map with
an “X” to remember where he had found them and they were mostly forgotten for
another 34 years.
A coin found on the beach on one of the Wessel Islands many experts believe is from Kilwa. Picture: Keri Megelus
In 2013 anthropologist* Ian McIntosh led an expedition to the Wessel Islands, but this
time no more coins were found.
Aboriginal Australians are thought to have first arrived on the mainland by boat from
the Malay Archipelago* between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Captain James Cook declared Australia “terra nullius” (empty land) and claimed it for
the UK in 1770.
We know that Captain Cook wasn’t the first European to step on Australia’s shores.
In 1606, a Dutch explorer named Willem Janszoon reached the Cape York peninsula
in Queensland, followed a few years later by another Dutchman Dirk Hartog.
A parade in 2016 in Denham, WA, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Dirk Hartog’s landing in this part of the coast of Australia.
And the Spaniard Luiz Vaez de Torres discovered the strait* between Papua New
Guinea and Australia in 1606, which was later named Torres Strait in his honour.
However, none of these explorers recognised they had discovered the famed
southern continent, the “Terra Australis Incognita”, which was shown on many world
maps of the time.
According to a team of Australian and US historians, archaeologists,
geomorphologists* and Aboriginal rangers, the five coins found in 1944 date back to
the 900s to 1300s.
They are African coins from the former Kilwa sultanate*, now a World Heritage ruin
on an island off Tanzania.
Kilwa once was a wealthy trade port with links to India in the 1200s to 1500s.
The trade with gold, silver, pearls, perfumes, Arabian stoneware, Persian ceramics
and Chinese porcelain made the city one of the most powerful towns in East Africa at
the time.
The copper coins were the first coins ever produced in sub-Saharan Africa, and,
according to archaeologists, have only twice been found outside Africa: once in
Oman and the Australian find in 1944.
Archaeologists have long suspected there may have been early sea trading routes
that linked East Africa, Arabia, India and the Spice Islands even 1000 years ago.
Or the coins could have washed ashore after a shipwreck.
When Isenberg discovered the copper coins he also found four coins from the Dutch
East India Company — with one dating back to 1690.
A replica of the Duyfken, which means Little Dove. Willem Janszoon captained the original ship to Australia in 1606. Picture: AFP
GLOSSARY monsoon: season of storms in summer in tropical areas ludicrous: absurd dead ringer: exactly the same anthropologist: studies human behaviour through history archipelago: a group of many islands geomorphologist: science of how land forms sultanate: area ruled by a Sultan, who is a Muslim leader
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