Monday, 30th August, 2021

Monday, 30th August, 2021

STAGE THREE REMOTE LEARNING TASK BOARD

READING WRITING MATHS MINDFUL

MRS BERTSOS READING ROOM

HISTORY PODCAST BE ACTIVE

READING

READING CONTINUED

Complete 30 minutes of reading of a novel of your choice. You will need a fiction text for this activity. There are lots available online if you are limited in what you can access at home.

Characters develop throughout the course of a narrative, you will use the Creative and Critical Thinking tool called ‘SIT’ to analyse some of the qualities or characteristics of a character from your text.

SIT stands for ‘Surprising, Interesting and Troubling’

MUST: Record three ideas for each of the ‘Surprising, Interesting and Troubling’ categories. SHOULD:Record five ideas for each of the ‘Surprising, Interesting and Troubling’ categories.COULD: Record more than five ideas for each of the ‘Surprising, Interesting and Troubling’ categories.

READING CONTINUEDTEXT USED: CHARACTER SELECTED:

SURPRISING INTERESTING TROUBLING

WRITING

Watch this video about ‘Diamante’ Poetry.

Write your own diamante poem, about two topics that are important to you. Make sure that you pay special attention to the

structural and grammatical features of the form.

WALT: Experiment with the ‘Diamante’ form of Poetry.

WAGOLL:

WRITING Record your Diamante poem on this slide.

MINDFULNESS

RECORD SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL GRATEFUL FOR IN THE GREEN TEXT BOX BELOW

Complete the ‘Five Mindfulness Exercises for Kids’ video, featuring Jamie from Cosmic Kids Yoga. Even though this video looks like it might be for younger children, there are some super-helpful strategies for managing

your thoughts. Ms Littlewood, learnt a thing or two from it.

Watch and complete this ‘Pilates for Kids’ video, it is a good introduction to the basic Pilates exercises.

PODCASTListen to today’s episode of

the,‘Squiz Kids’ News podcast.

MRS BERTSOS READING ROOM

Follow this link to access Mrs Bertsos’ Reading Room.

Listen to the story and complete the Monday

activity.

Upload your work to the following Slide

UPLOAD YOUR WORK

MRS BERTSOS READING ROOM

Add your work from Mrs Bertsos’ Reading Room to this Slide.

HISTORYYOUR TASK:

● View the short documentary entitled ‘Lycett and Wallis: Unlikely Preservers of Aboriginal Knowledge’.

● Have a look at the Joseph Lycett Artwork, ‘Corroboree at Newcastle’.

● Use the Creative and Critical Thinking tool, ‘Layered Inference’ to unpack this source.

WAGOLL: ‘Layered Inference’ Activity.

HISTORY‘Corroboree at Newcastle’ - Joseph Lycett

HISTORY CONTINUED

1. What does this source tell me?

2. What can I infer from this source? What guesses can I make?

3. What does this source not tell me?

4.What else would I like to find out? What other questions do I need to ask? Where will I get the information?

BE ACTIVE Complete the ‘Kids HIIT’

workout, this will certainly get your blood pumping.

‘Kids HIIT workout’

AND

‘Locomotor Skills Bop-It Challenge’

MATHS

MATHS CONTINUED

Complete the 3D Space activities your teacher has assigned for you in Mathletics.

Have a go at solving the Nrich ‘Cut Nets’ activity, record the

pairs in the text box below.

MATHS Can you use the, ‘Insert Shapes’ function on Google Slides to create nets for the following 3D objects; pyramid, rectangular prism, cylinder

and cone. Make them on this page.

Tuesday, 31st August, 2021

DRAMA

STAGE THREE REMOTE LEARNING TASK BOARD

READING WRITING MATHS MRS BERTSOS

ART PODCAST ’BE ACTIVE

READING- Valiant Vocabulary

Your job:Read the next chapter of your novel for 30 minutes. Use Sentence Phrase Word to help expand your vocabulary.

Reading continued

Sentence Phrase WordoI can identify sentences, phrases and words that captured my attention.oI can explain and justify why I chose sentences, phrases and words.o Going Beyond:oI can explain how I could use these in my writing.oI can consider how other people viewed these.

Sentence Phrase Word

Write a sentence that captures the core of the text.

Write a phrase that moved, engaged or provoked you.

Write a word that grabbed your attention.

Why did you choose this sentence?

Why did you choose this word?

Why did you choose this word?

WRITING- Graffiti Street

Writing continued

WRITING- Graffiti Street

Graffiti street has been described as ‘A feast for the senses’. Imagine that you have stumbled across ‘Graffiti Street’ while exploring the city. Describe your experience using your 5 senses and feelings.

Writing continued

WRITING- Graffiti Street

Writing continued

Success Criteria Graffiti Street

Sight

Taste

Smell

Feelings

At least 3 examples of figurative language

At least 7 sentences.

Connectives to form compound/ complex sentences

Squiz Kids- PodcastJot down 3 VIPs from today’s Squiz

Kids Podcast -

MATHS- 3D Objects Complete the ‘3D Objects’ Mathletics activities that your teacher has

assigned for you.

Optional Maths task: 3D models

1. Using materials from your home e.g. cardboard, tape, toothpicks, plasticine, blu tac. Can you build the following 3D objects?

Maths continued

MATHS

Maths continued

Upload a photo of your 3D models here.

DRAMA BREAK Mirror me

With a sibling or parent, face one another. One of you is the person, the other is the mirror. The person needs to make different movement and the mirror needs to copy them. Here are some examples of what you can re-enact.

a) Brushing your teethb) Brushing your hairc) Singing on stage in front of a huge audienced) Surfing a wavee) Playing tennisf) Riding a horse

g) Putting your shoes on

Art- Keith Haring

Art continued

Keith Haring is known for his bold, graphic style of art. He was born in a small town in Pennsylvania in 1958. He loved Dr. Seuss and Walt Disney and learned basic cartooning from both current culture and his father.

Art- Keith Haring

Art continued

Haring devoted much of his time producing art to promote cultural messages. He is

considered one of the most important

artists of our generation.

Art- Keith Haring

Art continued

Art- Keith Haring

Art continued

Art- Keith Haring

BE ACTIVE- Dance Party

Get active continued

Just Dance Party in your living room! No access to internet? Turn on the radio and play freeze!

MRS BERTSOS READING ROOM

Follow this link to access Mrs Bertsos’ Reading Room.

Listen to the story and complete the Tuesday

activity.

Upload your work to the following Slide

UPLOAD YOUR WORK

MRS BERTSOS READING ROOM

Wednesday, 1st September, 2021

*To come from Mr Howell.*

STAGE THREE REMOTE LEARNING TASK BOARD

READING WRITING + SPELLING

MATHS HEALTH

VIRTUAL EXCURSION

1 - WAR MEMORIAL

10AM

ACTIVE BREAK WELLBEINGVIRTUAL

EXCURSION 2 - PORTRAIT

GALLERY 2PM

READINGRead a book of your choice for 30 minutes. It might be the next

section or chapter of a book you have already started.

Super Summariser; Headliner - create a newspaper headline to summarise what you have read of the text.

● I can write a headline which sums up the most important aspect that should be remembered.

● I can use 3-6 sentences to explain why this headline sums up what we have read so far.

● I can write a newspaper article which outlines the VIPs (very important points)

READINGSuper Summariser WAGOLL

VIRTUAL EXCURSION 1Exploring the Australian War

Memorial10AM

The virtual excursion can be accessed through the following link:

https://edu.nsw.link/DARTLearning/CanberraAWM

meeting ID – 666 5081 9172

password – dart

WRITING Write 5 detailed points describing 5 things that you learnt from the War Memorial Excursion:

SPELLINGUsing this list of words:

1. Sort them into how many syllables they have 2. Identify the syllables 3. Identify the phonemes, using rainbow phonemes

*You can use the following slides to record your answers or recreate them on paper

abandon

acceptance

addition

alphabetical

charity

choreography

classify

completion

designer

dialogue

equilateral

geometrical

obligatory

proposition

reality

registration

satisfaction

situation

terminology

textuality

topographical

transformation

understanding

variation

SPELLING

3 syllables 4 syllables 5 syllables

ac/cep/tance

MATHS 1. Complete the 3D Space Mathletics activities that your teacher has

assigned for you OR complete 2-3 pages of the printed Mathletics booklets

2. Play a round of The Numbers Game.3. Use the following slide to identify the features of 3D objects in your

home

Take a photograph of any of your working-out and add it to the final Maths slide.

MATHS 2. Play a round of The Numbers Game.

MATHS 3. Identify the features of 3D objects in your home.

3D OBJECT + NAME FACES VERTICES EDGES

Rectangular prism, tissue box

6 8 12

MATHS Put the photo of any other working out on this slide:

HEALTH*To come from Mr Howell. *

VIRTUAL EXCURSION 2Exploring the National Portrait

Gallery2PM

The virtual excursion can be accessed through the following link:

https://edu.nsw.link/DARTLearning/CanberraNPG

meeting ID – 665 1302 5037

password – dart

ACTIVE BREAKDIGITAL ACTIVITY:

Participate in a virtual dance break. This could include:

- Just Dance - Go Noodle

NON-DIGITAL ACTIVITY:Find your favourite, song, blast it at top volume and boogie for the whole song!

WELLBEING

DIGITAL AND NON-DIGITAL ACTIVITY:Today’s wellbeing activity is looking after your spiritual

wellbeing (this is all about what you believe in, your morals and values).

Challenge: write a list of affirmations, e.g. I am capable of making it through this tricky time, I know good times

will come in the future.

Thursday, 2nd September, 2021

SCIENCE

STAGE THREE REMOTE LEARNING TASK BOARD

READING WRITING MATHS MINDFUL

READING ROOM

PODCAST BE ACTIVE

READING

Read a text of your choice (30 min). After you have finished reading, view the

next slide where you will read a poem and answer the questions on it.

Reading continued

READING CONTINUEDQuestions

How does the narrator of the poem feel about dragons? How can you tell?

Can you identify the similes in the poem? (Write them down)

What do all the words at the end of each line rhyme with?

What is the dragon’s tongue compared to?

Which line of the poem makes the dragon seem blood thirsty?

Upload your work

WRITING On the next slide the original version of Mamma Mia is written out on the left. On the right hand side is Mr Davidson and Mr Homer’s version. This is an example of what we want you to do!

Find a song and change the words and make it into your own about whatever you want. You will have a few days to complete this so don’t rush!

Upload your work

WRITING

WRITING TASK:Picture of your completed work

MATHS

Complete this activity and take a photograph of your working-out and add it to the slide.

Complete the ‘3D’ Mathletics activities that your teacher has assigned for you.

Upload your work

MINDFULNESS

THINK ABOUT...

Today we will be watching a 10 minute daily calm video.

Mindfulness is like exercise for the brain. Meditation is a breath practice. Mindfully paying attention to the breath cultivates self-awareness and the ability to sustain

focus.

Think about how it made you feel?

Did you feel like you were floating?

Did it clear your mind?

Reading RoomFollow this link to access Mrs Bertsos’

Reading Room.

Upload your work

Reading RoomAdd your work from Mrs Bertsos’ Reading Room to this Slide.

PODCAST Listen to today’s episode of the,‘Squiz Kids’ News

podcast.

BE ACTIVE

Get Creative!

Come up with a game that involves tape and send a photo of you doing it, on the left are a few examples!

Click on the following link for this weeks science with Mr Ligtenberg.

SCIENCE

Friday, 3rd September, 2021

GENIUS HOUR

STAGE THREE REMOTE LEARNING TASK BOARD

READING WRITING MATHS MINDFUL

READING ROOM

PODCAST BE ACTIVE

READINGRead a text of your choice (30 min). After you have finished reading, view the

next slide and complete the activity.

Reading continued

READING CONTINUEDHow has repetition been used in the poem?

Can you write down three examples of alliteration in the poem?

1. _______________________________

2._______________________________

3. ______________________________

What do you think ‘mister mayhem-multiplier’ means?

How many verses are there? ____________

How many syllables in the first line in each verse? _______________

How many stars would you give this out of 5? (Circle them)

* * * * *Why?_______________________

WRITING

Upload your work

Continue on from yesterday's task

Attach a photo of your work to Slide 8

MATHS

Take a photograph of your working-out and add it to slide 9.

Sketch (draw) these three-dimensional objects.- Cube- Cone- Cylinder- Square based pyramid- Rectangular prism

MATHS PUT THE PHOTO OF YOUR 3D SHAPES

ON THIS SLIDE

Attach a photo of your work to Slide 8

Complete the ‘3D’ Mathletics activities that your teacher has assigned for you.

MATHS

Take a photograph of your working-out and add it to slide 9.

MINDFULNESS

THINK ABOUT...

Watch this 10 minute mindfulness video at the following link.

Mindfulness is like exercise for the brain. Meditation is a breath practice. Mindfully paying attention to the breath cultivates self-awareness and the ability to sustain

focus.

Were you able to focus on your breathing some of the time?

Did your mind think about other things too? What did you think about?

Were you able to recognise when your mind had wandered and tune back in?

Reading RoomFollow this link to access Mrs Bertsos’

Reading Room.

PODCAST Listen to today’s episode of the,‘Squiz Kids’ News

podcast.

BE ACTIVE Watch this video and learn how to juggle!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYDZDlcO6g

GENIUS HOURWatch this video for inspiration to create something, anything you want! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COF-bqZuE-I

This link will take you to 50 example ideas you can do!https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/articles/50-ideas-for-genius-hour/