| NSW Department of Education - St Johns Park Public School Name: ____________________________ Class: _________
Stage 1 (Year 2) – Learning From Home – Week 7 – Wellbeing WeekMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Morning FitnessFollow fitness activity:https://youtu.be/I9sciRMnE1c
ORTry to do each of theseactivities for 20 secondswithout stopping. Take a 10second break, then repeatthis twice more.
Activity 1: Hip Circles/ToesTouch and ReachWith your hands on your hips,circle your hips like you havea big hula hoop around yourwaist. Circle in one directionfor 10 seconds, and back theother way for 10 seconds.Then, with straight legs, try toreach down and touch yourtoes, then reach up to the sky.Repeat.
Activity 2: Sit and ReachSit on your bottom with yourlegs touching and straight outin front of you. Start with yourarms above your head,reaching for the roof. Next,touch your shoulders, knees,then toes. Repeat this.
FitnessFitness activity:https://youtu.be/23Eya6X_3rs
ORTry to do each of theseactivities for 20 secondswithout stopping. Take a 10second break, then repeatthis twice more.
Activity 1: Hip Circles/ToesTouch and ReachWith your hands on your hips,circle your hips like you havea big hula hoop around yourwaist. Circle in one directionfor 10 seconds, and back theother way for 10 seconds.Then, with straight legs, try toreach down and touch yourtoes, then reach up to the sky.Repeat.
Activity 2: Sit and ReachSit on your bottom with yourlegs touching and straight outin front of you. Start with yourarms above your head,reaching for the roof. Next,touch your shoulders, knees,then toes. Repeat this.
FitnessFitness activity:https://youtu.be/-awsIZBtwOs
ORTry to do each of theseactivities for 20 secondswithout stopping. Take a 10second break, then repeatthis twice more.
Activity 1: Hip Circles/ToesTouch and ReachWith your hands on your hips,circle your hips like you havea big hula hoop around yourwaist. Circle in one directionfor 10 seconds, and back theother way for 10 seconds.Then, with straight legs, try toreach down and touch yourtoes, then reach up to the sky.Repeat.
Activity 2: Sit and ReachSit on your bottom with yourlegs touching and straight outin front of you. Start with yourarms above your head,reaching for the roof. Next,touch your shoulders, knees,then toes. Repeat this.
FitnessFitness activity:https://youtu.be/xZV1J8VLcsQ
ORTry to do each of theseactivities for 20 secondswithout stopping. Take a 10second break, then repeat thistwice more.
Activity 1: Hip Circles/ToesTouch and ReachWith your hands on your hips,circle your hips like you havea big hula hoop around yourwaist. Circle in one directionfor 10 seconds, and back theother way for 10 seconds.Then, with straight legs, try toreach down and touch yourtoes, then reach up to the sky.Repeat.
Activity 2: Sit and ReachSit on your bottom with yourlegs touching and straight outin front of you. Start with yourarms above your head,reaching for the roof. Next,touch your shoulders, knees,then toes. Repeat this.
FitnessFitness activity:https://youtu.be/ZypH3TwWDew
ORTry to do each of theseactivities for 20 secondswithout stopping. Take a 10second break, then repeatthis twice more.
Activity 1: Hip Circles/ToesTouch and ReachWith your hands on yourhips, circle your hips like youhave a big hula hoop aroundyour waist. Circle in onedirection for 10 seconds, andback the other way for 10seconds. Then, with straightlegs, try to reach down andtouch your toes, then reachup to the sky. Repeat.
Activity 2: Sit and ReachSit on your bottom with yourlegs touching and straight outin front of you. Start with yourarms above your head,reaching for the roof. Next,touch your shoulders, knees,
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Activity 3: Tree SwingsStand with your legs apartand straight, and bendforward at the hips. Let yourarms hang down towardsyour toes and gently swingyour body side to side.
EnglishReading: Your class teacherwill assign activities either onthe PM readers or ReadingEggs.
Spelling: Read through thespelling list which focuses onthe digraph “nd’’. Write theheading ‘Monday Spelling’ inyour workbook and practisewriting your spelling words.You may also choose to typeit and post on Seesaw.
Choose 2 activities from thespelling grid to complete. Youmay share a photo of youractivity on Seesaw.
Writing: Plan & ComposeHunwick’s Egg by Meme Fox.This task will be done onZoom with Year 2 teachers.Students who do not connectto Zoom can follow the stepsbelow.LI- I am learning how to writea descriptive setting.SC- I can use my five sensesto write a descriptive settingfor the story about Hunwick’sEggWatch this video 2X
Activity 3: Tree SwingsStand with your legs apartand straight, and bendforward at the hips. Let yourarms hang down towardsyour toes and gently swingyour body side to side.
EnglishReading: PM readers orReading Eggs assignedactivity.
Spelling: Choose 2 activitiesfrom the spelling grid tocomplete. You may share aphoto of your activity onSeesaw.
Speaking: See Monday
Writing: Hunnwick's EggRevise and edit yoursentences.Comprehension:Read and listen to the story“Hunwicks Egg” again.
*Answers must be in FULLsentences.Q1. How was Hunwick beinga good friend?Q2. Why were Hunwick’sneighbours worried?Q3. What clues throughoutthe story tell you that the ‘egg’was actually not an ‘egg’?Q4. Why did Hunwick takethe egg back to it’s home?Use your own backgroundknowledge and clues in thebook to help you answer this.
Activity 3: Tree SwingsStand with your legs apartand straight, and bendforward at the hips. Let yourarms hang down towardsyour toes and gently swingyour body side to side.
EnglishReading: PM readers orReading Eggs assignedactivity.
Spelling: Choose 2 activitiesfrom the spelling grid tocomplete. You may share aphoto of your activity onSeesaw.
Writing: Hunwick's EggPublish by recording yourresponse and upload toSeesaw. No written responsefor the setting to be uploaded.
Speaking: See Monday
Grammar: You will beparticipating in a Zoom withyour teacher and taking partin a Kahoot.www.kahoot.it
Activity 3: Tree SwingsStand with your legs apart andstraight, and bend forward atthe hips. Let your arms hangdown towards your toes andgently swing your body side toside.
EnglishReading: PM readers orReading Eggs assigned activity.
Spelling: Choose 2 activitiesfrom the spelling grid tocomplete. You may share aphoto of your activity onSeesaw.
Speaking: See Monday
Handwriting: Watch thefollowing video.https://youtu.be/7JacBZxCUyk
You will need a tray and eithersome salt/sugar/flour/rice. Filla thin layer of eithersalt/sugar/flour/rice in the tray.Practice writing the followingusing your finger and take aphoto when you think youhave the most perfect lookingwork and upload ontoSeesaw.1. Letters “nd”.2. One of the spelling words
from this week that you
then toes. Repeat this.
Activity 3: Tree SwingsStand with your legs apartand straight, and bendforward at the hips. Let yourarms hang down towardsyour toes and gently swingyour body side to side.
EnglishReading: PM readers orReading Eggs assignedactivity.
Spelling: Participate in theKahoot with your classteacher.www.kahoot.it
Speaking: See Monday
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Hunwick’s Egg (4 minutes)https://youtu.be/Tj1nWOu3xWwSetting: Hunwick lives in adesert. View the video aboutdeserts. What is a desert?https://youtu.be/ht1JqhmtCEQUse the information from thevideo to give a detaileddescription of where Hunwicklives. Use your 5 senses tohelp you. What do you see,hear, smell, taste and feel?Use interesting words andadjectives.Task- Write 2-4 sentencesabout the setting in the story.(Hunwick’s habitat)Speaking: You will beparticipating in a Zoom withyour teacher and respondingto questions on the settingfrom the story Hunwick’s Egg.SC: I can use my five sensesto respond to questions aboutthe setting of the storyHunwick’s Egg.
You will be watching the storyHunwick’s Egg and will bediscussing the setting of thestory. You will also be showna video about deserts to giveyou more information, whichwill help you describe thesetting of the story.
Your responses will bemarked using the speakingcriteria attached to thislearning pack.
Grammar: You will be
think is the hardest towrite.
3. Write a sentence usinganother spelling word fromthis week. This shortsentence can not go morethan 4 words.
4. BONUS: The answer forthe following riddle.
Riddle: I’m tall when I’myoung, and I’m short whenI’m old, what am I?
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participating in a Zoom withyour teacher and taking partin a Kahoot.www.kahoot.it
Break Break Break Break Break Break
Middle
MathematicsNumber:Choose 2 activities from the‘Equal Groups’ - math menuand upload onto Seesaw.
Mangahigh: Login towww.mangahigh.com andcomplete assigned activity -‘Addition VII - JetstreamRiders’
MathematicsNumber:Choose 2 activities from the‘Equal Groups’ - math menuand upload onto Seesaw.Note: Please pick differentactivities everyday.
Mangahigh: Login towww.mangahigh.com andcomplete assigned activity -‘Subtraction VII - JetstreamRiders’
MathematicsNumber:Choose 2 activities from the‘Equal Groups’ - math menuand upload onto Seesaw.Note: Pick pick differentactivities everyday.
Mangahigh: Login towww.mangahigh.com andcomplete assigned activity -‘Division by 2 - JetstreamRiders’
MathematicsMeasurement andGeometry:Topic: Area
Watch video to revise andlearn about area:https://vimeo.com/584673233
or scan QR code:
Activity: Choose 4 surfacesto find the area of, make surethey are completely flat.Once you have chosen yoursurfaces, go to Seesawactivities and click on “Week7 - Area 1 lesson template”,and write the names in column1.
Look at how much space thefirst surface takes up.Estimate the area of thisspace in your chosen unit.Picture covering the surfacewith the (playingcards/post-it notes/paper)and write this estimate in thesecond column on the next
MathematicsMeasurement andGeometry:Topic: Area 2
Activity: ‘Hidden Squares’
Go to SeeSaw activities andclick on “Week 7 - Area 2lesson template”.
Look at the grid on the nextpage. There are colouredshapes on the grid. Eachshape has straight sides thatfit within the lines of the grid.
You are going to use yourunderstanding of repeatedunits in rows and columns tohelp you work out the area ofeach shape.
You will need to count thenumber of grid units, hiddenby the shape, to work out thearea.
Before you start, estimate thearea of each shape using thesmall squares as measuringunits.
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page next to the name of thefirst surface.
Cover the surface side-by-sideso that they are touching butnot overlapping or leavinggaps. Once you have finished,count the number of unitsused. Think of strategies thatyou can use when counting.For example, you could userepeated addition or even skipcounting such as in 2’s or 5’sto help you count more quicklyand easily.
Mangahigh: Login towww.mangahigh.com andcomplete assigned activity -“Understand, use, and relatethe 5 and 10 times tables”
shape. Next, find the area ofeach shape. A good strategyis to draw in the missing gridlines to help you. Then countthe number of grid units, thisis the area.
Once you have finished, writethe area of each shape onthe “Week 7 Area 2 lesson”template.
Mangahigh: Login towww.mangahigh.com andcomplete assigned game - “5times table Jetstream Riders”
Break Break Break Break Break BreakAfternoon Science & Technology
How do animals move?
https://youtu.be/WDoPu7WCrvo
Complete the activity onSeesaw “How animals move”
Record a video of yourselfmoving like different types ofanimals and post your videoon Seesaw. You couldpretend to be a fish, turtle,
PDHPEView the following posterabout preventing the spreadof germs.
https://bit.ly/2XiE5LS
Create your own poster toinform others how to preventthe spread of germs.
Ensure that your posteris/has:
TitlePictures/icons
Creative ArtsWarm-up:Footsteps: Follow theinstructor and dance to:https://bit.ly/3yEL5An
Dance:Watch the Macarenahttps://bit.ly/2VyZLCu
GeographyInvestigating Australian
Places
Students use GoogleEarthhttps://earth.google.com/web/to find where the states,suburbs and popularlandmarks are in Australia.
Use the streetview to explorewhat natural and man-madefeatures are present in thatplace.
Think about how people mighttravel to that place anddiscuss what problems couldarise.
Catch up session for allincomplete tasks
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elephant, sloth, or any otheranimal of your choosing. Pickat least five animals. Askyour family to guess whatanimal you are.
Coloured Practice the dance.Film your best performanceand upload on Seesaw.
Optional:ZOOM Creative ArtsActivity with Classteacher
Listen & Draw: Living Things
Materials required:
● Colour pencils● Listen & Draw worksheet
Complete the activity onSeesaw “InvestigatingAustralia using GoogleEarth”
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Activity Grid
Recycled Words Go outside, find natural resources such as twigs, rocks, leaves or flowers that has fallen to the ground. Make your spelling words out of these resources.
Air Write Write your spelling words in the air with your finger. Ask someone to read your words as you write. You could also ask someone to air write while you read their words.
Letter Jump Create letter flashcards and lay them on the ground. Jump to each letter to spell the word.
Jumping Jacks
Spell the words aloud as you starjump – one jump for each letter.
Funny Voices Spell each word aloud in a funny voice. For example, a robot voice or a squeaky voice.
Word Jumble Using your letter flashcards from the “Letter Jump” activity, jumble the letters of your words up and ask someone to unjumble them. Check their answers. Swap roles.
Typing Practise your typing skills by typing all your spelling words on a computer.
Extension Words 1. happiness 2. grateful 3. mindful
4. wellbeing 5. positive
nd
Spelling Words
1. across 6. kind 11. thousand 2. should 7. remind 12. recommend 3. made 8. depends 13. understand 4. end 9. pretend 14. comprehend 5. sand 10. second 15. background
Spelling Flower Find a flower or tree and have a go at drawing it. Write each spelling word on the petals or leaves.
Student’s name _________________________ Date ________________
Speaking Criteria B S H O No
attempt
retells key details or points from a text viewed or heard
uses appropriate or mainly appropriate word order
organises key ideas in logical sequence
elaborates on ideas using a short sequence of sentences
speaks audibly and clearly to a familiar audience
uses adjectives to describe
experiments with vocabulary drawn from a variety of
sources
(Taken from the Learning Progressions)