stage 2 week 7 term 3 home learning

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Stage 2

Week 7 Term 3

Home Learning

Week 7 – Word of the Day Complete the activities for one word, each day.

sensitive

Definition: Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

Number of syllables: _____________________

Write each phoneme (sound) in a box:

Synonyms (similar meaning): _________________, __________________, ________________

Antonyms (opposite meaning): ________________, __________________, ________________

Word building (adding prefixes and suffixes):

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Use the word in a sentence:

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scatter

Definition: Throw or move in various random directions.






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woe

Definition: Great sorrow or distress.






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revive

Definition: Restore to life or consciousness or give new strength or energy to.






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Definition: Move backwards or to make something the opposite to what it was.






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Week 7 Writing

The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef. It is one of the most complex natural

ecosystems on the planet.

The Great Barrier Reef is close to the coast of Queensland, Australia. It consists of nearly 3 000

coral reefs and over 900 islands. As a result, it stretches a distance of 2 300 kilometres (1 400

miles). Due to its size, the reef is able to be viewed from space.

The Great Barrier Reef is home to 14 000 different plant and animal species including many

that are endangered. Some of these organisms include whales, sea turtles, birds and coral.

Because of this, the reef is a popular tourist destination. Over two million people visit the reef

every year.

If the reef is not protected, it may

deteriorate. The health of the reef is

already at risk due to environmental

factors such as climate change. Other

threats to the wellbeing of the reef

include water pollution, increased

coastal development and illegal fishing.

Due to its incredible beauty, the Great

Barrier Reef has been named one of the

Seven Wonders of the Natural World.

Places and Spaces

You are going to write an informative text about a place.

Informative texts provide factual information about a particular topic.

Think: Which place are you going to describe? Think about a place that you are familiar with.

This could be a man-made structure, a natural environment or a famous landmark. It could

even be your home!

What does the place look like? Who goes to this place? What do people do when they go

there? Why is this place special? These are all questions you should answer in your writing.

Plan your writing before you begin. Decide which facts you are going to include. You can use

the planning sheet to help.

Success Criteria:

Remember to include:

• An introduction – a general statement about the place. Pretend you are writing for

someone who has never heard about your place, you need to explain a bit about what it

is before you can tell them all your facts.

• A series of factual paragraphs describing the place. At least three paragraphs that cover

the topics of… ▫ Where is your place and what does it look like?

▫ Who goes to your place and what do they do when they are there?

▫ What makes the place special? You can add any fun or unusual facts here!

• A conclusion – a summary statement about the place.

• Plenty of subject specific language! These are words that are only really used when

talking about your topic, such as … For a castle you could use words like… turret, royalty, ancient, throne

For a forest you could use words like… trees, wildlife, mossy, lush

For a shop you could use words like … customers, storefront, products, selling

• Accurate punctuation and spelling.

• Accurate sentence structure and grammar.

Brainstorm and make notes about your chosen place, on the next page.

Use these notes to write an information report on the next page. Remember to check the

success criteria.

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Week 7 Speaking and Listening

Interview an adult. This could be someone who lives with you or someone you can speak to on the

phone or on a video call.

Success Criteria:

• Ask questions that generate detailed responses. (conversational and exploratory questioning)

• Listen to someone speaking and remember what they said. (active listening)

• Record notes after listening. (critical listening)

Record 5 questions you are going to ask the adult. Try and ask questions that will give detailed

answers rather than just one word or short answers.

Use the Question Grid (below) to help you write “good” questions. Use one of the words on the left

and one of the words across the top to create a question. Red questions should give the most

detailed answers, followed by yellow and then blue. Try not to ask all blue questions. Blue questions

could be asked spontaneously during the interview for clarification or to get more detail.

Before the interview record the questions you are going to ask. You can ask questions to find out about their

life or you could ask their opinion on something. After the interview record the main points the speaker gave

you, to show what you found out. You could ask questions such as:

How did you get to school when you were a child and how long did it take you to get there?

Why should people recycle?

Ask questions that you are interested to find out about.

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Did any of the answers surprise you? If so, which one/s?

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Week 7 Reading

Read the text and answer the questions.

BOOK WEEK CHALLENGE CARDS

Choose one activity to complete each day and explore new and old worlds through books! Have fun!

Complete activities below and on the following lined and blank pages. You might need to add more paper from

home.

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Read the text and answer the questions.

Answer each question in full sentences with correct punctuation. If using a word from the text, copy

the spelling correctly.

Week 7 – Mathematics (Measurement – Time)

Complete Activity 1 OR 2 (Choose the one that best suits your ability.)

ACTIVITY 1

Write the time in words and then write the digital time to match each analogue time.

half past 4 4:30

quarter past

quarter to

ACTIVITY 2

Record the digital time shown on each analogue clock. The first one has

been done for you.

2:05

ACTIVITY 3 Answer each question. Make sure you record the units (e.g. hours, minutes, seconds).

1. How long does it take the minute hand to move from 3 to 4? _______________________________

2. How long does it take the minute hand to move from 12 to 6? _______________________________

3. How long does it take for the minute hand to complete one revolution? _________________________

4. How long does it take for the hour hand to move from one numeral to the next? __________________

5. How long does it take for the second hand to move from 10 to 11? ____________________________

6. How many hours are there in a day? _______________________________

7. What is the duration from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm? _______________________________

8. What is the duration from 8:30 am to 10:00 am? _______________________________

9. How long does it take for the second hand to complete one revolution? _________________________

10. Hong long does it take for the hour hand to move from 6 to 7? _______________________________

ACTIVITY 4

Please help the teachers plan an excursion to a place called Treetop Village. Because we are travelling a long

distance to get there, time is limited. Therefore, it is important that we have a well-planned schedule to follow.

• You must allow time for bus travel, walking, lunch and recess.

• All the students will be watching a short video when they first arrive.

• The rest of the time will be spent touring the two main areas of Treetop Village: the area surrounding

the lake and the main street. The teachers would like the students to spend an equal amount of time in

both areas.

• The bus will leave the school at 7:30 a.m. and needs to return by 2:00 p.m. 1. What is the total duration of the excursion? Remember to record the units.

2. Create a timetable for the day. Include time for travel, lunch, recess, video, visiting the lake, visiting the

main street and time spent walking between the two areas. Remember to record am or pm. (Add extra

rows to the table if needed.)

7:30am Depart school

3. Write 3 facts about your excursion timetable. e.g. 20 minutes will be spent on lunch. It will take 45

minutes to travel to Treetop Village. The departure time from Treetop Village is 1:05 pm.

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Week 7 – Mathematics (Multiplication and Division) Qs 1 – 15 are easier, Qs 16 – 30 are more difficult.

Choose questions to best suit your ability. Make sure you challenge yourself. Each day pick at least 3 questions to complete. If you are having trouble, use this multiplication square to help you solve

questions.

Question 1 Answer the following questions.

Question 2

Finish these snail counting patterns.

Question 3

Fill in this mixed grid as quickly as you can.

Question 4

What’s Missing: Fill in the missing numbers to make the number sentences true.

Question 5

Read the following questions. Record your working out.

Question 6

Question 7

Answer the following questions.

Question 8

Fill in the answers

Question 9

Divide the numbers by the middle number.

Question 10- Multiplication Dice Game

Question 11

What’s Missing: Fill in the missing numbers to make the number sentences true.

Question 12

Question 13

Question 14

Answer the following questions.

Question 15 Cross Number Puzzle- Solve the clues and fill in the puzzle.

Questions 16 – 30

When you are working out each question, record how you worked it out. It could be a picture or a number sentence.

Question 16 - My friends and I share an amount of money equally among us. We each got $1.20. How much

money was there and how many friends might I have? Show your working below.

Question 17 - I went to get $100 out of the bank. What are the different ways I can ask for this amount of

notes? Draw the combinations below.

Question 18 - Scientific calculators cost $40 and basic calculators cost $12. How much might it cost for a class

set of 30 of some basic and some scientific calculators? Show your working.

Question 19 - I paid $60 for six tickets to a concert. How many adults and children are there and how much are

each ticket? Show your working below.

Question 20 - Jessie is planting some carrots in her vegetable garden. She is going to plant 150 seeds. How

could she plant the seeds so that each row has the same number of seeds? Show your working below.

Question 21 - There are 96 tennis balls in a box. How could you arrange the tennis balls to make them easier

for someone to count? Show your working out below.

Question 22 - Kate has 72 cupcakes to share equally into cake boxes. What are the different ways that Kate can

share her cupcakes so that each box has the same amount? Show your working out below.

Question 23 - The answer to a division question is 5. What could the division sentence be? Write down the

possibilities as number sentences.

Question 24 - Maggie’s grade is going on a school excursion. There are 96 students in her grade. The students

must be placed in small groups during the excursion. There must be no less than 2 students in a group. There

must be no more than 16 in a group. Each group has to be equal. Write down the group possibilities as

number sentences.

Question 25 - The answer to the multiplication question is 72. What could the multiplication sentence be?

Write down the possibilities as number sentences.

Question 26 - Lara was given a set of cards that she could use to multiply together to get 84. What numbers are

on her cards?

Question 27 - A baker has enough mixture for 84 cupcakes. Each tin has an equal number of cupcake holes.

What could his tins look like?

Question 28 - Would you rather have 3 boxes with 16 lollies in it or 5 boxes with 9 lollies in it? Explain you

reasoning.

Question 29 - The answer to a division question is 9. What could the division sentence be? Write down the

possibilities as number sentences.

Question 30 - The answer to a multiplication question in 224. What could the multiplication sentence be? Write

down the possibilities as number sentences.

Week 7 Creative Arts – Music

Read the information on the next 2 pages and then listen to 2 pieces of music and complete the questions.

Understanding Music: Key Features of Broad Genres

There are now many, many genres of music from baroque to dark bass and each one has many features.

Here’s a list of some popular and broad genres and some of their key features. Even these genres can be

broken down into many other sub-genres.

Understanding Music: Tempo

The ‘tempo’ of music means how fast or slow it is. It can be measured in BPM (beats per minute).

‘Happy Birthday’ is about 85 BPM.

In formal music, there are special words that tell you how fast to play something:

Understanding Music: Dynamics Dynamics of music mainly means how loud or quiet it is. The letters ‘p’ and ‘f’ are used to show this:

• ‘p’ stands for ‘piano’, which means quiet

• ‘f’ stands for ‘forte’, which means loudly • ‘pp’ means even quieter

• ‘ff’ means even louder A ‘crescendo’ is shown on music as an increasing sign: < This is when something starts off quietly and gets louder and louder until it reaches a big, loud ending. A ‘diminuendo’ (or decrescendo) is the opposite of this and shown as a decreasing sign: > This is where something starts very loud and gets quieter and quieter

See the next page for more information on Dynamics.

Dynamics Chart

Listen to 2 pieces of music and fill in the next two pages in response to these pieces. Fill in as much

information as you can. Don’t worry if you can’t answer each question or fill in each section.

Listening to Music for Detail

Title of the piece:

Performer(s):

Composer/writer:

Year composed/written:

Genre/Type of music (look at the

information provided):

How do you know it is this genre?

What instruments can you hear?

e.g. guitar, drums, tambourine,

flute, trumpet, whistle

piano/keyboard.

What is the tempo? How fast or slow is the music? Describe any changes during the piece.

Beginning: Middle: End:

Dynamics: Are there quiet and loud parts? If so, where?

Beginning: Middle: End:

Does the music sound happy or sad? These are called keys.

• major (happy) • minor (sad) • happy and sad (major and

minor)

Did you like the piece? Explain

why or why not.

Week 7 PE

Each day pick at least two activities from the grid below to complete. If you don’t have access to a ball

find something else that you can use or create a ball by scrunching up a scrap piece of paper.

Record the date you completed the activity in the box and colour/highlight it.

10x squat jumps

20x star jumps

10x sit ups

15x push-ups

10x lunges Repeat x 3

Draw a bullseye on the ground or on a piece of paper. Take three big steps back from the bullseye and throw a ball, aiming for the middle circle. If you hit it take a step back.

Create your own dance. Teach it to someone at home.

Throw a ball up in the air. Before you catch it, can you say the whole alphabet? Keep a record of the letters that you get up to.

10x star jumps

8 x burpees

1-minute skipping (with or without a rope) 10x push ups

Repeat x 3

Student choice – Choose your own activity. Fill in the space below with what activity you did.

Create a starting line and a finish line. Move like your favourite animal between these two points. Change animal and complete again. Maybe get a friend or family member to suggest an animal for you.

Complete a Just Dance if you have access to the Internet. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Vlhde7N5uGDIFXXWWEbFQ/videos

What’s your name activity. Look at the image on the next page. Spell your name by completing the activities that match each letter. Challenge: Spell your whole name (first, middle and last).

Find some items to set up in a row leaving one big step between them. Whilst kicking a ball, move between the items in a zig-zag pattern. Challenge: Make the gaps between the items larger and smaller.

Complete a cosmic yoga session if you have access to the Internet. https://www.youtube.com/c/CosmicKidsYoga/videos

Egg and spoon race. Find a spoon and something to balance on the spoon (don’t use an actual egg). How quickly can you move between two points without dropping the object? Challenge: Change the way you move e.g. skip.

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Week 7 PD/Health – Drug Safety

A drug is any substance (except food and water) which, when taken into the body changes the way

the body works (Adapted from the World Health Organisation definition.)

Drugs can be used for medical and non-medical reasons. Medicines are a form of drug that can help

people if taken correctly or cause harm if taken incorrectly. For example, adrenalin is a drug found in

an EpiPen which helps individuals who are having a severe allergic reaction.

It is important that we are making safe choices when using medicine. Many medicines can look like

lollies and can lead to people taking them without realising what they really are.

Activity 1: Brainstorm and list ways that you can make safe choices about medicines.

Activity 2: For each of the following scenarios identify if it is safe or unsafe. Give some suggestions of

why it is safe or how it could be safer.

Scenario Safe or Unsafe (circle)

Things that were done well or improvements

Susan has a headache. She knows that her mum has special tablets which she takes for her headaches given to her by a doctor. Susan takes some tablets without telling her mum.

Safe

Unsafe

Bob notices that his grandfather left his medicine on the dining table and his little sister is trying to reach them. Bob moves the medicine out of the way and tells his grandfather.

Safe

Unsafe

Tommy has a bad cough. His knows his dad keeps the medicine in the cupboard above the fridge in the kitchen. Instead of getting the medicine himself, Tommy asks his dad if he can get him some cough medicine.

Safe

Unsafe

Activity 3: Find a word

Week 7 Geography

Australia’s Neighbours

Complete the cloze exercise by filling in the missing words. Refer to the map above to help you.

Copy the spelling and punctuation for each word accurately.

rainforests eastern Highlands Pacific islands earthquakes north Torres Strait

Papua New Guinea lies to the ________________ of Australia. The island of New Guinea is made up

of two parts. The western part belongs to Indonesia, but the _____________ part is an independent

country that was once governed by Australia.

It is separated from Australia by a body of water called the ______________ and lies in the

__________ Ocean.

The capital city, Port Moresby, and Lae, another large town, are located on the main island. There are

other large ______________ including New Ireland, New Britain, Manus and Bougainville.

A mountain range called the New Guinea ___________________ runs all the way down the centre of

the main island. Many tropical __________________ cover Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea experiences ___________________ and tsunamis.

Look at this map and answer the questions in full sentences with correct punctuation. Make

sure you copy the spelling of words on the map correctly and use a capital letter for all proper

nouns.

What are the three smaller seas around Papua New Guinea?

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What is the name of the mountain on the map of PNG?

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This is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea and it is 4 509 m (elevation). Mount Kosciusko is

the highest mountain in Australia. Its elevation is 2 228 m. It snows at Mount Kosciusko. Do you

think it would snow at PNG’s highest mountain as it is over 2000m higher than Mt. Kosciusko?

Explain your answer. (Think about where PNG is located in terms of climate zone and how close it

is to the equator.)

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What do you think the star symbol marks on the map? (Hint: Look at the information in the cloze

exercise on the previous page.)

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Stage 2 History Weeks 6 and 7

(If you completed this last week you don’t need to do it again this week.)

Name: ____________________ Class:_______

Australian Celebrations and Commemorations – Research

You have 2 weeks to complete these activities

We have been looking at the unit Celebrations and Commemorations in class. We have examined the

differences between a celebration and a commemoration and looked at flags, symbols and emblems

and their significance.

Australians celebrate and commemorate many special days. Some of these days remember

important events in Australia’s history. Others mark important religious days, and some celebrate

Australia and its people.

Task 1:

Many special days are marked on our calendars. Find a calendar. What special days can you find?

Record the Australian special days below.

What days are important to us?

January

February March

April

May June

July

August September

October

November December

Task 2:

1. Read the research information on Australian celebrations and commemorations.

2. Choose a special day and using the provided organiser, prepare a report on it. You are to

focus on the critical questions of Who? When? What? Where? Why? and How?

You could choose one of the national days in the provided information, one that you found on your

calendar, or a day that is important in your family or community.

Australia’s Special Days (Research information)

Stage 2 History Weeks 6 and 7 Name: ____________________ Class:_______

(If you completed this last week you don’t need to do it again this week.)

Celebrations and Commemorations - Research

My special day is…

Its date is…

It celebrates or commemorates…

To mark it, people…

Its special symbols are…

An interesting fact about it is…

I chose it because…

Science

Elastic potential energy

We are going to look at energy. There are many different forms of energy. Examples of these are: light energy,

heat energy, mechanical energy, gravitational energy, electrical energy, sound energy, chemical energy,

nuclear or atomic energy and so on. Remember energy can’t be destroyed only converted or changed into the

other forms.

Today we will experiment with elastic potential energy. For this you input potential (stored) energy into the

rubber band system when you stretched the rubber band back. Because it is an elastic system, this kind of

potential energy is specifically called elastic potential energy. When the rubber band is released, the potential

energy is quickly converted to kinetic (motion) energy. This is what we will use today to power our inventions.

Activity

Your task is to design and make something that uses elastic potential energy. That is, it is powered by a rubber

band. I have provided a few sample ideas, however your creative and scientific thinking skills will be greatly

beneficial here.

Steps:

1. Design something that is powered by rubber bands. Complete your design on the design page.

2. Collect the materials. Try and use everyday items you have at home.

3. Make and test your design.

4. Record how your first test went.

5. Make any necessary modifications and retest.

6. Record how your second test went.

When completed, turn in your design and results. If you are completing this offline. Return your work to the

school office when convenient. If you have the ability to include a photo of your completed design feel free to

do so, although this is not essential. If you would like to bring in your completed design when school resumes

to share with the science class that would also be acceptable.

Be creative and have fun!

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Design Page

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Test One Results:

Test Two Results:

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