STAGE 2 Home Learning Pack Monday 11th October 2021- Week 2

9am-11am Words Their Way – complete your sort and then find dictionary meanings or write a sentence for each of your list words. Writing – complete the fact or opinion activity and then plan for your next information report. Speaking and Listening – Read the BTN transcript and answer the focus questions on the Amazon Fires.

Recess Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

11.30am-1pm Maths – Year 4: Maths Pathway modules. Year 3: Mathematics work in your Google Classroom

Lunch Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

1.40pm-3pm Art – complete the activity and create your own magic colour wheel

Monday Words Their Way Activity – Dictionary Meanings or Sentence Writing

WALT: Look at word meaning or put the word into a sentence

WILF: Meanings of words and words used in complex sentences

Word Sentence or Dictionary Meaning

Monday Writing – Fact or Opinion

WALT – Understand that information reports contain facts.

WILF – Identify whether sentences are facts or opinions

TIB – Information reports give us factual information about a topic.

Read the information report on Turtles and then complete the fact and opinion activity on the next page.

Turtles Turtles are reptiles. They are cold-blooded, so they need sunlight to keep them warm and active.

Turtles have a hard shell on their back. This protects them from their enemies. Some turtles can even hide their heads inside their shells if they are being attacked!

Turtles lay their eggs on land. Some turtles lay their eggs in the sand, then leave the eggs to hatch on their own. When they hatch, the baby turtles scramble down into the water. They have to be quick so that they don’t get eaten by larger animals.

Most turtles eat plants that grow in the water. Some turtles also like to eat meat. These turtles eat small insects, snails and worms.

Many species of turtles are endangered, which means they are at risk of becoming extinct. Humans must work to protect these beautiful creatures for future generations.

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Monday Writing

Fact or Opinion – Turtles

Fact: A thing that is known or proven to be true

Opinion: A view or judgement is made that is not necessarily based on facts or knowledge

Read each sentence below and decide if it is a fact or opinion.

Circle your answer.

Turtles have a hard shell. fact/opinion

Turtles are very cute. fact/opinion

Turtles eat plants and some eat insects, snails and worms. fact/opinion

Turtles have a sharp beak for eating. fact/opinion

They are the best animals at a zoo. fact/opinion

Many species of turtles are endangered. fact/opinion

Turtles are better than fish. fact/opinion

Turtles lay their eggs on the sand. fact/opinion

Turtles are cold-blooded and need sunlight to keep them warm. fact/opinion

I love turtles. fact/opinion

Monday Writing – Information Report

Natural Disasters This week, you are going to write an information text about a natural disaster/phenomenon.

Remember that information texts provide factual information about a topic. Natural disasters could include: volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tornados, cyclones, flooding, bush fires, earthquake.

Today, you will only need to think about what you would like to write about this week. You will begin planning tomorrow.

Plan Which natural disaster are you going to describe/write about? Plan your writing before you begin How does this natural disaster happen? Decide which facts you will use Why does it happen? Where does it happen? How does it effect humans?

Remember to include An introduction – a general statement about the natural disaster. A description – a series of paragraphs describing the natural disaster. A conclusion – a summary statement about the natural disaster.

Remember to use Remember to check Paragraphs Spelling and punctuation Formal and factual language Sentence structure

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Monday Speaking and Listening – Amazon Fires WALT: We are learning that living things depend on each other and the environment to survive. WILF: I can investigate the importance of the Amazon rainforest and what makes it unique. TIB: As well as the vivid beauty that comes with the great diversity in plants and animals, rain forests play a practical role in keeping our planet healthy

https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/amazon-fires/11460664 Transcript: Have you ever heard of a pink river dolphin? How about a black spider monkey? Or a peanut head bug? Well, I bet you have heard of a jaguar, a piranha and an anaconda, am I right? They're just a few of the millions of incredible and sometimes creepy creatures that call the Amazon home. As you probably already know, the Amazon is a big, old rainforest. And I mean big. It's the world's largest rainforest and river system stretching across 5.5 million square kilometres of South America, mainly Brazil. It's the most biologically diverse place on Earth. It's also home to about a million indigenous people. But, right now, the Amazon is facing a huge crisis. US REPORTER: The Amazon is burning. LEIGH SALES, ABC NEWSREADER: Fires could have planetary wide implications. CNN NEWSREADER: Those fires swallowing the Amazon rainforest. Tens of thousands of fires have been raging here for weeks now. Reports show that about three soccer fields worth of forest is burning every minute and the smoke can be seen all the way from space. At one point, the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo was blanketed by so much of it, its skies went dark like night time. This NASA satellite picture shows a of cloud of carbon monoxide; a harmful gas that's being produced by the fires. Experts say most of these fires have been deliberately lit by farmers trying to clear land for their animals and crops. Land clearing with fires or machinery has been going on in the Amazon for years and some say that's a big problem. Rainforests play an important and complex role in the health of our atmosphere. They suck up carbon dioxide and turn it into oxygen through a process called photosynthesis and while the plants and soil also take in oxygen and produce CO2 in a process called respiration, overall, the Amazon acts as a carbon sponge helping to clean the air. It also has a big effect on rainfall in the region. Over the past decade or so deforestation in the Amazon has gone down dramatically thanks to changes to Brazilian laws and national and international programs and agreements to try to protect the Amazon. But this year Brazil got a new President, Jair Bolsonaro. He says he wants more development in the Amazon and to weaken environmental laws and that's made many people angry. Some conservationists and celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Ariana Grande have called for action to put out the fires and protect the Amazon. Many world leaders have also spoken out about it. BORIS JOHNSON, UK PRIME MINISTER: We've seen in the Amazon rainforest a tragic increase in fires which are made more likely by deforestation. Last week, some of those leaders offered Brazil nearly 30 million dollars to help tackle the fires and suggested replanting some of the trees. But President Bolsonaro has so far turned down the money saying his country will handle it. The Brazilian government says it's put billions of dollars towards fighting the fires and it's sent in tens of thousands of soldiers to help out. It's a huge task and one the world will be watching closely, in the hope that they'll be able to protect this amazing natural wonder and the creatures that rely on it.

Monday Speaking and Listening FOCUS QUESTIONS: 1. What do you know about the Amazon rainforest?

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2. Why is the Amazon rainforest special?

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3. Brainstorm a list of features that make it unique.

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4. Why is the Amazon rainforest in danger?

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5. Why do we need to protect the Amazon rainforest?

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6. Which South American country has most of the Amazon rainforest?

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10. What harmful gas is being produced by the fires?

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Monday Art - Magic colour wheels WALT: Experiment with different Art materials to consider colour blending and mixing outcomes

WILF: Your ability to follow instructions and answer outcomes of Art experiments

TIB: Art and colours are a part of our everyday world, it is important to understand and appreciate how they work

Instructions:

1.Trace two circles the same size onto cardboard (about 8-10cms wide). You can use a drinking glass to trace around to get a perfect circle. Decorate your circles, be sure to use large amounts of colour.

2.Cut out the coloured circles and glue them back to back.

3. Poke two holes into the centre of the cardboard circle and thread through string and tie at the end.

If you do not have string you can poke one hole in the centre and use a toothpick or pencil to spin your colour wheel.

5. If you used string – take a piece of string in each hand with the circle in the middle, spin in circles to get the rope twisted. Then pull it outwards -it should now spin fast.

If you used a pencil or a toothpick, spin your colour wheel by twisting it and releasing it like a spinning top. If you used a pencil or a toothpick, spin your colour wheel by twisting it and releasing it like a spinning top.

Record your results below

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STAGE 2 Home Learning Pack Tuesday 12th October 2021- Week 2 9am-11am Words Their Way – complete your sort

and put your words in alphabetical order. Writing – plan an information report on a natural disaster/phenomenon. Research facts to help gather information.

Recess Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

11.30am-1pm Maths – Year 4: Maths Pathway modules. Year 3: Mathematics work in your Google Classroom

Lunch Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

1.40pm-3pm Science – Complete the lesson and investigation on states of matter.

Tuesday Words Their Way Activity – write your words in alphabetical order

WALT: Put our words in alphabetical order

WILF: Your list words are placed in correct alphabetical order

Tuesday Writing – Information Reports WALT – Understand the parts of an information report.

WILF – Research your topic and record important facts. TIB – Information reports give us factual information about a topic.

Natural Disasters This week, you are going to write an information text about a natural disaster/phenomenon.

Remember that information texts provide factual information about a topic. Natural disasters could include: volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tornados, cyclones, flooding, bush fires, earthquake.

Plan Which natural disaster are you going to describe/write about? Plan your writing before you begin How does this natural disaster happen? Decide which facts you will use Why does it happen? Where does it happen? How does it effect humans?

Remember to include An introduction – a general statement about the natural disaster. A description – a series of paragraphs describing the natural disaster. A conclusion – a summary statement about the natural disaster.

Remember to use Remember to check Paragraphs Spelling and punctuation Formal and factual language Sentence structure

Think

Tuesday Writing – Information Report

Research

Write the natural disaster you will be researching in the space above (facts about___________)

Reasearch your topic on the internet and answer the questions in this plan. Remember to include facts and details.

How does this natural disaster happen (cause)?

Why does this happen?

Where does this happen?

How does this natural disaster effect humans?

Natural Disaster Research Task

Facts about ____________________________________

Science Term 4 Week 2 In this lesson, students are introduced to the main three states of matter. WALT: Identify and recognise the three states of matter.

WILF: Identify and explain the 3 states of matter.

TIB: States of matter help us to understand solids, liquids and gases.

What is everything made from? Look at the images.

What is similar about the ocean, tree and steam? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ What is different about the ocean, tree and steam? _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Everything is made of matter. Solids, liquids and gases are the three main states of matter.

Can you name each state of matter?

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Science – Tuesday

Some materials are hard to classify as a solid, liquid or gas.

Investigation: Solid or liquid? (Only do the investigation if you have the ingredients) Predict: Custard powder is a solid. Water is a liquid. What do you think will happen when you mix them together? I think that… __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Step 1: Fill half a cup with water.

Step 2: Tip the water into a bowl.

Step 3: Using a different cup, fill one cup with custard powder.

Step 4: Gradually add the custard powder to the water, stirring the mixture with a spoon until the water and powder are fully combined.

Observe: Use your hands to explore the custard. What happens when you… Poke it softly:

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Punch it hard: __________________________________________________________________________

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Squeeze it: __________________________________________________________________________

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Hold it: __________________________________________________________________________

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STAGE 2 Home Learning Pack Wednesday 13th October 2021 – Week 2 9am-11am Words Their Way – complete your

sort and then write your words in rainbow writing or fancy fonts. Writing – Plan and draft your information report from yesterday’s research.

Recess Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

11.30am-1pm Maths – Year 4: Maths Pathway modules. Year 3: Mathematics work in your Google Classroom

Lunch Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

1.40pm-3pm Geography – complete the activity on people and their environment.

Wednesday Words Their Way Activity – Fancy fonts or rainbow words WALT: Write our words in rainbow writing or fancy fonts

WILF: Focus on how to spell each word

Write your words in different fonts (cursive, upside down, block letters) or use colour pencils to write out your words. Think about the spelling of each word as you write them.

Wednesday Writing – Information Reports WALT – Write information reports.

WILF – Use your research from yesterday to plan and draft an information report.

TIB – Information reports give us factual information about a topic.

Wednesy Writing – Information Reports

Natural Disasters This week, you are going to write an information text about a natural disaster/phenomenon.

Remember that information texts provide factual information about a topic. Natural disasters could include: volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, tornados, cyclones, flooding, bush fires, earthquake.

Plan Which natural disaster are you going to describe/write about? Plan your writing before you begin How does this natural disaster happen? Decide which facts you will use Why does it happen? Where does it happen? How does it effect humans?

Remember to include An introduction – a general statement about the natural disaster. A description – a series of paragraphs describing the natural disaster. A conclusion – a summary statement about the natural disaster.

Remember to use Remember to check Paragraphs Spelling and punctuation Formal and factual language Sentence structure

Think

Wednesday Writing – Natural Disaster Information Report • Task - This is the presenting part where you will need to have a look at how

information reports are structured. Use your research from yesterday to plan your information report.

Introduction (introduce and classify your natural disaster)

Describe (describe how this natural disaster happens, why and where it happens and how humans are effected)

Conclusion (summarise the main findings of your report)

Bibliography (list the sources of information that you used)

Visuals (list the pictures or diagrams that you might like to use in your final copy)

Stage 2 - Term 4 Week 2

Geography Lesson: People and their environment

It is important for people to value and protect their environment. People’s immediate and long-term actions of their environment will affect the survival and ongoing existence of their natural resources, vegetation and living things eg. overfishing, pollution, industrial, loss of habitat and agricultural runoff……

Learning Task: Write in the bubble ways we could look after our environment by filling in the bubbles below. Give examples for each bubble.

Geography Extension:

People mine the earth for natural resources to support them in everyday life. Oil is a natural resource that is found deep under the earth’s surface. Oil is used to make many things. Circle the things you have used that are made from oil. petrol- for cars, boats, trains and planes, chewing gum, shampoo, soccer ball, toothpaste, paint, plastic toys, computer, perfume, lipstick, basketball, bike tyre, headache tablet, socks, drink bottle.

Extension Task:

STAGE 2 Home Learning Pack Thursday 14th October 2021 – Week 2

9am-11am Words Their Way – complete your sort and then create a find a word for your sort. You may like to get your parents or siblings to try to find them. Tears in the Jungle – Read the information and then answer the questions to investigate habitats and threats.

Recess Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

11.30am-1pm Maths – Year 4: Maths Pathway modules. Year 3: Mathematics work in your Google Classroom

Lunch Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

1.40pm-3pm PDH – complete the activity sheet attached on belonging.

Thursday Words Their Way Activity – Find A Word

WALT: Spell our list words in a find-a-word

WILF: Use common letters to link your words (up and down)

List your words to find here:

Thursday: Tears In The Jungle Investigating habitats and threats

WALT (We Are Learning To) – understand the impact of ‘deforestation’on the Borneo area.

WILF (What I’m Looking For) – create a summary of the deforestation text and identify its impacts.

• Look at the following image of the forest to view the deforestation of Borneo over time.

• Read the following section on deforestation based on the WWF article on Threats to Borneo forests.

Deforestation Illegal logging Illegal logging has become a way of life for some communities, with timber being taken from wherever it can be accessed, sold to collectors and processed in huge sawmills.

Scale of the problem Satellite studies show that 56% of protected tropical rainforests in Kalimantan were cut down between 1985 and 2001 to supply global timber demand – that’s more than 29,000 km² (almost the size of Belgium). Protection laws are in effect throughout Borneo, but are often not followed, frequently without any consequences.

Oil palm development One of the biggest causes of deforestation is the growth of oil palm plantations in response to global demand for palm oil, the most important tropical vegetable oil in the global oils and fats industry. Within Indonesia, oil palm production expanded from 600,000 hectares in 1985 to over 6 million hectares by 2007.

Tropical deforestation Without the maintenance of very large blocks of connected forest, there is a risk that hundreds of species could become extinct. Large mammals such as orangutans and elephants are particularly affected because of the large areas they need to survive. For example, the Borneo elephant has increasingly come into conflict with the growth of human agriculture activities in its natural habitat. Road construction through protected areas leads to further separation of habitat ranges and provides easy access for poachers to some of the more remote areas of remaining forest.

Oil palm threats in Borneo As palm oil is the cheapest vegetable oil, the demand for it as a source of food and energy is expected to rise rapidly. The demand for food alone is expected to double in the next decade, and the Indonesian government has set a target to increase oil palm production from 20 million tonnes in 2009 to 40 million tonnes in 2020.

If the Heart of Borneo were cleared for oil palm plantations, this would seriously affect the region’s water catchment role and would impact the region’s unique biodiversity. The unsuitability of the land may also result in large-scale soil erosion, flooding and increase the risk of fire.

© naturepl.com/Juan Carlos Munoz / WWF

Climate change Deforestation and forest degradation make up 20 per cent of global man-made CO2 emissions. If the island of Borneo continues at its current rate of deforestation, it will be severely affected by climate change through the increased risk of floods and forest fires, human health impacts, changes in agricultural crops and damage to infrastructure. It is also believed that a future rise in sea level rise would cause widespread damage to population centres, causing economic damage to local governments, communities and businesses. Write a summary of the article. Include in your summary some of the reasons why the Borneo jungle is being cut down and what are some of the consequences of the deforestation. ___________________________________________________________

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What are some things we do to help stop this deforestation from happening?

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Thursday – PDH Sense of Belonging

WALT: Identify a sense of belonging in different situations

WILF: Draw places that you feel that you belong

TIB: If we can identify the places that we feel that we belong, we can create more opportunities to feel like we belong.

Draw 4 places that you feel like you belong in the boxes below.

STAGE 2 Home Learning Pack Friday 15th October 2021 – Week 2

9am-11am Words Their Way – complete your sort and then write your words with play dough, shaving cream, food or whatever you can find. Record the words you spelled out in the table. Tears in the Jungle – Investigate the health of habitats on our local area.

Recess Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

11.30am-1pm Maths – Year 4: Maths Pathway modules. Year 3: Mathematics work in your Google Classroom

Lunch Stretch your legs and have something delicious.

1.40pm-3pm Sport – pick activities from the matrix attached.

Friday Words Their Way Activity – Write your words with chalk, play dough, shaving cream, glitter or whatever you have at home. Record the words that you write out WALT: Spell our list words

WILF: Spell your words with anything that you can find

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Friday: Tears In The Jungle Investigating habitats and threats

WALT (We Are Learning To) – investigate and assess the health of habitats in our local area

WILF (What I’m Looking For) – identifying the health of habitats in our local area?

Today you are going to go outside and undertake a habitat assessment of your back yard by completing a survey.

Backyard mini-creature survey This survey records the mini-creatures living in your yard, for example, spiders, caterpillars and lady beetles (Remember that we are only observing these creatures and are not touching or picking them up. Only complete this activity under the supervision of a parent or carer). Three common methods of conducting a mini-creature survey are through observation, tree shakes and leaf litter hunts.

Observation Examine tree trunks, shrubs and the ground looking for mini creatures or evidence of their presence, for example, spiders’ webs, ant holes. Use a list or table to identify sightings and record observations. Note the area of the backyard in which observations were made.

Tree shakes Place a light-coloured piece of paper under a branch or a shrub or tree. Have a parent or carer shake the branch to dislodge any mini creatures. Identify the creatures and put your findings in a list or table also noting the types of plants they came from.

Leaf litter hunts Use a stick to gently scape away a small section of the top layer of leaf litter or mulch at the base of a plant. Observe any mini creatures uncovered and record your findings in a list or table.

Look at your results Analyse the results of the surveys looking for any patterns you might see. Compare the results for the different areas of your yard. Are there some areas that had a greater number of mini-creatures compared to others? Can you think of any reason why this is? What does a greater number of mini-creatures in one area tell us about the health of this habitat?

TASK

• Create a map of your backyard and label the areas you surveyed and the types of creatures you found there.

EXTENSION TASK

• Create a ‘report card’ on the health of the habitats investigated.

BACKYARD SURVEY

WHAT I OBSERVED WHERE I OBSERVED IT

BACKYARD MAP Draw a map of your backyard here and label its important features including any plants and where you found your mini creatures.

Tears In The Jungle

Extention Task: Create a ‘report card’ on the health of the habitats investigated.

Games with a Friend Fitness Activities Outdoor Fun Get Creative Minute to Win it that’s right minute to win it is back! Click on the minute to win it tile above. Watch the teachers complete the challenge and attempt it yourself! Don’t forget to film it!

Quiz Shooter dodge ball games Teacher/Coach asks easy questions, players buzzer and aster questions. If right, they go to collect a point, but only keep it, if they get over the finish/starting line without being shot by the opponent. If the player's answer is wrong, the other team goes for the point while trying not to get shoot.

The Shoe Balance Challenge! Click the link and attempt to complete this challenge. This challenge works your core muscles and also requires hip and legs flexibility. If you have difficulties, maybe you could try some exercises to improve you flexibility.

Captain America Fitness Grab your shield and keep up with captain America himself. Who can complete the full fitness session!

Mystery Sound Fitness Can You Guess The Mystery Sound? Fitness Trivia Brain Break Challenge. A brain teaser quiz everyone can enjoy!

Toilet paper head challenge Watch the link and attempt the challenge. This is not that easy! Some people have reported taking more than 20 attempts before getting it done. Can you do it? How many attempts it took you? Leave a comment down below!

Basketball Trick Shots Watch this new ping pong ball trickshot video and get some inspiration for your own trickshot **Ensure you are being safe!

Two hand striking skills Grab a bat or racquet and practice your striking skills. Watch this video to ensure you are completing the skill correctly.

The Shoulder Twist Challenge It is very important to warm-up properly. Your shoulder flexibility and strength will play a great role in overcoming the challenge. This challenge sometimes feels physically impossible and maybe it is when you first try it. A good stretching routine will improve your chances to overcome the challenge.

Coin Magic Tricks Watch this video and attempt one of these awesome magic tricks. There are 27 to choose from! Film it and post on the social stream.

Make a Tin Can Phone Watch this video and try making these phones. You will need an adult to help you with this. Set up in different rooms and see if the phones work!

Practice your Skateboarding Skills Click into the above skateboarding tile. Here you will find new and old skills to work on! Post your success in the social stream.