BALGOWLAH HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL TERM 3 PROGRAM 2021

Term 3 Week 10 - Home Learning Program Year 1

= PM Reader App = Mathletics Set Task = Seesaw activity or post work to Seesaw =Zoom MeetingAccess to printable resources

Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 SeptemberWednesday 15

SeptemberReduced Screen Time Day

Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September

Morningcheck-in

Class Zoom call 9:00am.Click your class for link:1G 1J 1M 1W

Class Zoom call 9:00am.Click your class for link:1G 1J 1M 1W

Check Seesaw for amorning message fromyour teacher.Stage 1 Grade Zoom2:00pm with Mr Shuster, MrsLockhart and Ms Rhodes-remember to wear a hat!

Class Zoom call 9:00am.Click your class for link:1G 1J 1M 1W

Check Seesaw for amorning message fromyour teacher.

Wellbeing

Activity

Zones of Regulation- FamilyCheck-In. What Zone are you in?Use your Check-In you created lastThursday!

Mindful Monday Smiling MindMindfulness 204 -Body Scanmeditation

My programs-7-9yrs-Mindfulness204-Body Scan meditation

Zones of Regulation- FamilyCheck-In. What Zone are you in?

Watch and join in Breathe WithMe - 5 tools/ strategies to helpyou return to the Green Zone(calm, focused, ready to learn).

Zones of Regulation- FamilyCheck-In. What Zone are you in?

Balloons Aloft- Use self controland keep a balloon in the air.Challenge is to keep it off theground for as long as possible.

Make someone laugh today bytelling them a funny joke.

Zones of Regulation- FamilyCheck-In. What Zone are you in?

Enjoy Freeze Dance which is afun game for self regulation.

Watch and learn a new breathingstrategy Square Breathing tostart your day in the Green Zone.

Zones of Regulation- FamilyCheck-In. What Zone are you in?

Watch and join in Belly Breathing.Place your hands on your belly andtake a deep breath in through yournose, blowing your belly up like aballoon, slowly exhale out of yourmouth. A great breathing strategy toreturn to the Green Zone! Use thisanytime.

Morning ENGLISH

Before Reading:Look at the front cover andread the first page. Tellsomeone in your family whatyou predict will happen inthe story.

ENGLISH

ReadingRead a fiction book on thePM reader app or a book ofyour own.

After reading:Tell someone

ENGLISH

ReadingRead a non-fiction book onthe PM reader app or abook of your own.

After reading: Be a verb

ENGLISH

ReadingRead a fiction book on thePM reader app or a book ofyour own.

After reading: Draw a

ENGLISH

ReadingRead a non-fiction book onthe PM reader app or onStory BoxUsername: BHPS1Password: library

ReadingRead a book on the PMreader app or a book of yourown.

10:00am RecognitionAssembly- this link isavailable at 10am for

viewing:https://youtu.be/aqrsz1NW

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FRUIT BREAKSpelling Unit 28

Complete the activity onSeesaw.

Move the words next to thematching picture.

Become a word detectiveand go on a word huntaround your house.

How many words can youfind that have this week'ssound?

Write them on the page.

Writing: Characters andSettingThis week year 1 will bewriting a story during ourwriting sessions. We aregoing to focus on writing onesection each day, and addon parts of the story as wego. Write each day on aseparate A4 pagethroughout the week. At the

in your family whathappened at the beginning,middle and end of the story.

FRUIT BREAKWriting: OrientationUsing our picture of ourcharacter and setting fromyesterday as a stimulus.year 1 will be writing theorientation to their storytoday.Click on the link to view ashort example with MissGoldrick

Orientation

On an A4 page, write ashort paragraph about yourorientation. Make sure toinclude● character

description(appearanceand personality)

● setting description● What are your

characters doing beforethe problem occurs

NOTE: Tomorrow we will bewriting about theproblem/what goes wrongfor our characters. So don’trace ahead!

Take a picture of yourorientation paragraph andsend it to your teacher.

detective. A verb is a wordthat tells an action.A verbtells us what we do.A verb isdoing word or an actionword, for example run, skip,play.‘I jump in the air.’ Jump isthe verb.

How many verbs can youfind in the story? Point outsome verbs to someone inyour family.

FRUIT BREAKWriting: ProblemToday year 1 will be writinga short paragraph explainingthe problem that goes wrongin their story. On a separateA4 page

● Could someonebecome lost? coulda special item bestolen?

● Could a nastycreature be on theloose?

● Could a magicalobject be causingtrouble?

● Could a specialplace be overtaken?

Make sure to read over yourwriting checking for capitalletters and full stops.Writing will be discussed intomorrow’s zoom meetingwith your classroom teacher.NOTE: Tomorrow we will bewriting about how theproblem is solved and story

picture of your favourite partof the story and discuss yourdrawing with someone inyour family.

FRUIT BREAK

Spelling Unit 28Choose 6 words from yourMonday brainstorm.

Write a word in the top ofeach box under the pictureof a dice.

Roll a dice and match thenumber you rolled with thenumber on the board.

Say the word under thenumber out loud.

Write the word in the box.Repeat until your page isfilled.

If you would like to do theactivity offline, you can:

- Print out the page.- Draw 6 columns on

a piece of paper andcomplete.

Writing: Solution andEndingToday year 1 will be writingthe final section on theirstory. Click on the link towatch the video with MissGoldrick with someexamples about how theproblem might get solved.

After reading: Whatinteresting facts did youdiscover? Share these factswith a family member

Spelling Unit 28Complete the word searchon Seesaw.

- Use the highlightertool to make sureyou can see theletters.

- Using the list wordson the right, highlightthe words inside thewordsearch.

- Cross out the wordonce you have foundit.

FRUIT BREAKWriting:Publication Day.CONGRATULATIONS! Youshould all by now have aone of a kind fantastic storyready to be published.Today you are going tomake some finishingtouches to your writingbefore presenting your book‘Mini Book” to your teachers.

1. Create a front cover foryour book. Make sure toinclude yourself as theauthor and illustrator.Give your story a title.

2. Create a back cover foryour book with a smallsummary explainingwhat the book is about

end of the week we willstaple all the pagestogether and draw someillustrations to go with thewriting.By the end of the weekstudents will have writtentheir own ‘Mini Book’ Whichthey are invited to share withtheir teacher at the end ofthe week.Click on this link to watchthe presentation with MissGoldrick on Characters andSetting and explain theweekly task.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wWo5D-tLGsDraw a picture of your maincharacter in the settingwhere your story is going totake place. In Your picture,write down some adjectives(describing words) that youare going to use intomorrow’s writing, when wecompose the storyorientation. make sure youinclude aspects of:

● Character appearance● Character Personality● Setting (what you can

hear, see, touch, smell)Keep this picture with yourdescriptive adjectives as wewill use it to write tomorrow'sorientation.

ending. Again, no need torace ahead.

Solution and Ending

On an A4 page explain theseries of events that takeplace to give your charactera happy ending to the story.Make sure to take sometime with this section and tryto add some tension to yourstory, making it interestingfor the reader.Read over your writing andget ready to publish yourwork tomorrow.

3. Make some picturesthat can go with thedifferent parts of yourwriting

4. Staple your pagestogether

5. Present yourmasterpiece to yourteacher by recording avideo on Seesaw

Break

Middle MATHEMATICS

Maths InvestigationBath Time on the Farm.

Investigate whether it ispossible for all of FarmerFred’s animals to fit into onebathtub, without the wateroverflowing.

You will work on thisinvestigation all week. Saveyour work on Seesaw eachday as a draft.

Watch Mr Archimedes' Bath

Choose an everydaycontainer to use as a bathfor this task.

Choose another containerthat can be used to fill thebath with water.

Make models of four farmanimals. (You could useplasticine, craft materials orrecycled materials/ sticks orleaves to make your model)

MATHEMATICS

Maths InvestigationBath Time on the Farm.

Continue to work on yourinvestigation. Remember tosave your Seesaw activity asa draft.

Fill the bath (container) withjust enough water to coverthe bodies of the farmanimals.

Place the models into thewater, one at a time.What happened?Take photos and use themicrophone to record youranswers of your first attempton Seesaw.

MATHEMATICSMaths Card GamesAll you need today for mathsis a packet of playing cards.

Have a look at the grid ofOffline Maths Card Gamesset for you to play all thisweek.

Choose one or more of thegames to play. It might beone you have played andenjoyed, a new one or asuggestion from aclassmate during zoom thisweek.

Some of these games youcan play by yourself andothers you will need a familymember to join in the fun.

You can find a copy of thegames on your maths thisweek or at the bottom of thisdocument.

MATHEMATICS

Maths InvestigationBath Time on the Farm.

Continue to work on yourinvestigation. Remember tosave your Seesaw activityas a draft.

Think about your results onTuesday. Was the water toolow or did it overflow?

Make some changes and tryagain.

Do you need to make morechanges and try again?

Take a photo and use themicrophone to record theresults of your second andthird attempt on Seesaw.

MATHEMATICS

Maths InvestigationBath Time on the Farm.

Complete your investigationand reflection.

When it is finished click onthe green tick on Seesaw tosend your work to yourteacher.

Choose a Maths CardGame to play when youhave finished.

Break

Afternoon SCIENCE

Today we are going to finishoff our diorama. Check outSeesaw for some tips tohelp you complete yourdiorama.

CREATIVE ARTSMusic

Go to the Google Slides linkbelow and choose an activityor two from each page.Have Fun!

Term 3 Week 10 Choice…

CREATIVE ARTSVisual Arts

Find an egg carton.Cut out 4 spots connected in asquare.Paint the inside of the eggcarton. Paint the middle yellowor glue on a pom pom or ascrunched up paper to makethe middle.Attach a paper straw or gluethe flower onto paper and drawa stem.

OrMake a butterfly folding a pieceof paper in half.Near the crease in the middleput different colours of blobs ofpaint on one half.Fold the paper in half andlightly squish the paint out.Unfold the paper to reveal yourbutterfly. Draw in eyes andantennae with a texta.

OrUse your pencils to draw aSpring picture. You couldinclude flowers, baby animals,bees, birds, sun and rain.

2.00pm Stage onezoom.: Join Mr Shuster, MrsLockhart and Ms Rhodes for

some afternoon games-

PDHPE

Watch Mr Smith’s Video.

This week’s PE lesson isabout YOU.

So far this term we havefocussed on

overarm throw, throwing ashot put, static balance,

dynamic balance, skipping,jumping, vertical jumping and

catching.This week I want you to

choose the activity you likedthe most to go out and do

again.

I have also linked a PE withJoe Video to make sure weare looking after our body.

GEOGRAPHYBush to Bowl

Watch Bush Tucker Garden

We have a bushtucker garden at our school.

Watch Clarence(Yaegl) and Adam(Garigal/Gadigal). They willtell us about Australia’snative plants and sharetheir traditional Aboriginalknowledge and culture.

Think about the features ofour native garden? Createa pictorial map of ournative garden.

Watch The RainbowSerpent and Tiddalick TheFrog

remember to wear a hat..Make sureyou havesubmittedto yourteacher:

● Spelling● Science

● Writing● Mathematics

● Spelling● Mathematics

● Spelling● Writing● Mathematics

Incorporate at least 20 minutes of independent reading into your daily routine.

Year 1 Class Zoom Links 9:00am Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

1G MaddisonGoldrick's Personal

Meeting Room9:00am

Join Zoom Meeting :https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/4185352586?pwd=ZlpTL3hwR01FLzRoZyt5Sk53cEZndz09Meeting ID: 418 5352586Passcode: bhps20

1W Ashlee Wyngaard'sPersonal Meeting Room

9:00amJoin Zoom Meeting:https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/2313810821?pwd=Z3NOd0wrK0w0M1RpU3RKNko2elAzZz09Meeting ID: 231 381 0821Passcode: bhps20

1J Monday/TuesdayJosie Conn's

Personal Meeting Room9:00am

Join Zoom Meetinghttps://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/69445678672?pwd=THVpWWZDWjQweTlCM

zVjVE5GYjdudz09

Meeting ID: 694 45678672

Passcode: 148904

1J ThursdayJustine Oakley's

Personal Meeting Room9:00am

Join Zoom Meetinghttps://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/63157417878?pwd=V1Z0d1IyQTY1cGVtbzBtTHRVNFVDQT09

Meeting ID: 631 5741 7878

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1M Linda McWhirter'sPersonal Meeting Room

9:00am

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Meeting ID: 480 036 0327

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Stage 1 Grade Zoom Link Wednesday 2.00pm: https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/64969392015?pwd=elJFSVNIT3BsSC9UTmh6ZzdURmt6UT09