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Early Stage 1 – Term 3, Week 7 (Non - Digital) 23rd of August – 27th of August

You will need help from a parent/carer to complete the activities below.

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Morning English

Practise reading and writing the new sight words for the week:

will, what, of

Feel free to practise more words if you wish.

If you are still learning Term 1 and 2 sight words, please focus on those before moving onto Term 3 words.

Practise saying the new sound of the week:

‘ng’

Say it 5 times (said at the back of the throat). Practise writing it.

English

Revise your new sight words for this week. Write each of these words 5 times. Can you write your sight words using tomato sauce or mustard?

Feel free to practise more words if you wish.

If you are still learning Term 1 and 2 sight words, please focus on those before moving onto Term 3 words.

Review the sound of the week: ‘ng’.

Get a grown up to read “Ning Nang Nong”

Have a look at the poem. Can you see any words that

English

Revise your new sight words for this week. Write each of these words 5 times.

Writing:

Write 2 sentences. One about what you do in the day time and another about what you do at night. Draw pictures to match each sentence.

Read:

Read a book to a grown up or have them read one to you. Tell them what happened in the story. Was there a problem in the

English

Revise this week’s sight words. Practice reading them. Do look, cover, write, check. You can either write or type each word 5 times.

Feel free to practise more words if you wish.

If you are still learning Term 1 and 2 sight words, please focus on those before moving onto Term 3 words.

Writing:

Try and write your 4 sight words in a sentence each. Remember your capital letters and full stops.

English

Get a grown up to say the Term 3 sight words you have learnt this term so far. How many do you know without copying? Practise the ones you don’t know. Do you know more than you did last week?

If you are still learning Term 1 and 2 sight words, please focus on those before moving onto Term 3 words.

Writing:

Continue practising your first and last name. Can you write your whole name without copying?

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Discuss the ‘ng’ sound with an adult.

Can you think of any words that have the ‘ng’ sound?

Handwriting:

Complete the Aa-Zz handwriting worksheet following the letter formation prompts.

Writing:

What did you do on the weekend during lockdown? Watch TV? Go for a bike ride? Play at the park? Draw a picture of what you did on the weekend. Write a sentence about your weekend starting with “On

you know? How many “ng” words are in the poem?

Can you think of some silly words that rhyme with ning, nang, nong? Try and write these silly words down. How many silly words can you think of?

Writing:

If you are still learning to write your whole name, keep practicing. Don’t forget your middle name. Perhaps you could try and type it too.

Read:

Read a book to a grown up or have them read one to you. Answer these questions: What is the book about? Who is in the book? What was your favourite part of the book? Draw a picture of your favourite part of the book.

story that someone had to fix? How did they solve the problem? Draw it.

Handwriting:

Complete the Aa-Zz handwriting worksheet following the letter formation prompts.

Read: Do you have a book at home that has a farm animal in it? Read it to a grown up or get them to read you the book. What was the book about? Which farm animals were in the book? Draw as many farm animals as you can and try and write the word.

Play ‘Snowman’ with your sight words. Pick a sight word secretly and draw lines for each letter. Have a partner guess a letter. If they identify one correctly, write it on the appropriate line. If not, draw one part of a snowman (as seen below). Keep going until someone guesses the word or the snowman drawing is finished.

Review the sound of the week: ‘ng’. Can you find objects around your house or backyard that have the ‘ng’ sound? Draw a picture of these objects and try and write the word.

Writing:

What do you know about cows? What do they look like? Where do they live? What do we use cows for? Can you think of 3 things about cows? Tell a grown up 2 or 3 things about cows. Write 2-3 sentences about cows. Remember your capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.

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the weekend…” Can you write the beginning of the sentence without copying?

Check: Does your sentence start with a capital letter and end with a full stop? Do you have finger spaces between your words?

Break Eat some fruit and/or vegetables. Drink some water.

Eat some fruit and/or vegetables. Drink some water.

Eat some fruit and/or vegetables. Drink some water.

Eat some fruit and/or vegetables. Drink some water.

Eat some fruit and/or vegetables. Drink some water.

Middle Mathematics Number: Practise counting to 50. Count backwards from 20 OR 30 if you can do that already. Get a grown up to say a number between 1 and 100. Write the number down. Count forwards and backwards from that number. Using a deck of cards (remove the non-number cards), flip over two cards and place them in the centre of the players. The first person to add the numbers correctly and

Mathematics Number: Practise counting to 50. Count backwards from 20 OR 30 if you can do that already. Play Number Wars. You’ll need a deck of cards (remove the non-number cards) and a partner. At the same time, flip two cards each. Rearrange the cards to make the biggest number possible, for example, 2 and 8 could be 28 or 82. Compare the numbers. Whoever has the biggest number gets to keep the cards. Keep going until there aren’t any cards left.

Mathematics Number: Practise counting to 50. Count backwards from 20 OR 30 if you can do that already. Using a deck of cards (with the non-number cards removed), flip over two cards and make a 2 digit number, e.g. 4 and 5 could make 45 or 54. Write the number that comes before and after it. Do this 5 times. Time: Practise saying your days of the week with a grown up.

Mathematics Number: How fast can you count to 100? Race someone to see if you can beat them! Can you write the words for your numbers to 10? E.g. one, two, three. Get a grown up to help if you need. Using a deck of cards (with the non-number cards removed), flip over 10 cards (5 on top, 5 on the bottom). Take turns with a partner to match two cards that make Friends of 10, e.g. 5+5, 6+4, 9+1, etc. Replace the cards that are

Mathematics Number: Get a grown up to say numbers to 20 in random order. Write the numbers as they say them. Once you have done all numbers to 20, check them. Have you written them all with no reversals? Fix any that you got wrong. Can you write your number words to 10 or even 20 without copying? Get a grown up to test you. Time: Practice saying your days of the week with a grown up. Can you read the days

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shout out the answer is the winner and gets to keep the two cards. Keep playing, flipping two cards at a time. The person with the most cards at the ends, wins. Time:

We use terms such as

'daytime', 'night-time',

'yesterday', 'today',

'tomorrow', 'before',

'after', 'next', 'morning'

and 'afternoon'.

Practice saying your days of the week with a grown up.

Talk with an adult about the words ‘day’ and ‘night’. How do you know when it is daytime and night time? What do we do during the day and what do we do at night? Using the day/night sheet, draw a picture in each box something you do at those times, e.g. you might draw a picture of you playing during the day and another picture of you

Person with the most cards at the end, wins. Time: Practice saying your days of the week with a grown up.

Discuss morning and afternoon with a grown up. Draw 3 things that you do in the morning and try and write the words underneath your pictures. Draw 3 things that you do in the afternoon and try and write the words underneath your pictures.

Revise: Night and day with a grown up. What sort of things do we do in the day time? What do we do at night time?

Complete the ‘Day & Night’ worksheet by sorting the pictures into day and night.

taken. Keep going until no pairs can be found. Whoever has the most cards at the end, wins. Time: Practise saying your days of the week with a grown up. Can you read the days of the week? Using the days of the week labels provided, can you put them in order? Jumble them up and try again.

Discuss with a grown up or partner these words: yesterday, today, tomorrow. What do they mean? Can you say each one in a sentence? E.g. Yesterday I went for a walk. Today I am doing my school work. Tomorrow will be Friday.

of the week? Using the days of the week labels, can you put them in order? Jumble them up and try again. Discuss with a grown up some things that take a long time to do and some things that take a short time. Draw an activity that takes a long time to do and an activity that takes a short time to do. Label both activities.

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going to bed at night time.

Break LUNCH

Get involved with making your lunch. You might be able to make a sandwich, chop some fruit or prepare the drinks.

LUNCH

Play musical statues with your family.

LUNCH

Free play outside.

LUNCH Do 10 jumping jacks and 10 squats.

LUNCH

Play tips with a grown up or sibling.

Afternoon PDHPE Choose 5 different exercises from the sheet to complete. Do the same exercise routine at least 3 times.

HSIE

The farm:

Children design their own farm on paper thinking about:

• What do you need on a farm?

• Who lives on the farm?

• How can you keep animals safe and happy?

• What equipment/ buildings are on a farm?

If you have Lego or blocks, perhaps you could use those to make your farm

Wellbeing Wednesday

Take the time this afternoon to take a break from schoolwork and do something fun with your family. Play your favourite board game, go for a walk or a ride or help prepare for dinner. Perhaps you could help cook dinner tonight? Or just relax and do nothing! Your choice.

Science and Technology Hibernation

See the ‘Science’ activity that is in your pack.

Creative Arts

Have a go at drawing a cow. Label the cow if you can.

Use this one to help you if you need.

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instead of drawing.

Or you can colour in this one:

Label it once you’ve coloured it in, e.g. hoof, leg, tail, udder, ears, eyes, nose, mouth.

A a B b C c D d Wri t ing the Alphabe t

E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l Mm Nn Oo Pp Q q R r S s T t Uu Vv Ww Xx

Yy Zz

Choose at least 5 activities from this chart to do.

Do them at least 3 times.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Getting Ready for Hibernation Read the following to find out about animals and hibernation.

I just got up from a long nap.

It feels really great to get

some rest.

1

And outside, there are lots of

animals just getting ready for a

very long rest, because it’s

going to be winter soon. 2

Animals like groundhogs!

3

Groundhogs are animals that

are about half a metre long.

They live in the United

States and Canada and spend

a lot of their time in burrows

that they dig into the ground. 4

And right now, groundhogs are

trying to get everything ready

for a perfect, cosy den. 5

They’re preparing for

hibernation. Hibernation is

like a deep, deep sleep that

some animals go into during

the winter. They’ll sleep for

months and months, and they

don’t wake up until spring. 6

[Squeaks squeaks]

Those groundhogs aren’t

necessarily sleepy, Squeaks.

Hibernation is a way for

animals to survive the colder

winter months. You see,

animals normally need

plenty of food to survive.

But during cold winter

months, lots of the food that

animals like to eat goes

away. 7

In snowy, cold places, the

leaves fall off of trees, fruit

stops growing.

8

Even the bugs go away.

9

For animals that eat these

things, it can be a hungry

few months for these

animals.

10

To survive, some animals will

migrate.

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Migrate means they’ll travel

somewhere else where

there’s more food. Like birds

that fly to somewhere

warmer. 12

Others, like squirrels, will

store food away to eat when

it's cold. 13

But animals like groundhogs

can’t move somewhere else and

they can’t store enough food to

last all winter.

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[Squeaks squeaks]

That's right, Squeaks, they

have to hibernate.

15

If a groundhog is

hibernating, it doesn’t matter

if there isn’t a lot of food

around,

because the groundhog is

fast asleep.

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[Squeaks squeaks]

I know you still need to wake

up and eat after sleeping, but

it’s different for hibernating

animals, because hibernating is

more than a long nap. Animals

spend a long time preparing for

hibernation. 17

Before they hibernate, a

groundhog will spend weeks

eating as much as possible.

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That little groundhog

becomes a great /big/

groundhog, with a thick

layer of body fat.

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Then, once it’s time, they'll

cuddle up in its burrow, and go

to sleep.

20

Now, when a groundhog goes

to sleep, their body rests a

bit, but their lungs keep

breathing and their heart

keeps pumping blood

normally. 21

To keep working, the

groundhog’s lungs and heart

need energy from the food it

eats.

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But during the type of very

deep sleep a groundhog goes

into when it hibernates. Its

lungs and heart slow way

down. Its heart only beats

about five times a minute, and

it only breathes about twice a

minute!

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The groundhog goes so slowly,

it doesn’t use as much energy.

And since the groundhog’s

body isn’t using very much

energy, it doesn’t have to wake

up every day to eat more food.

Instead, it can use the energy

they've already has stored. 24

[Squeaks squeaks]

That’s right, Squeaks! The

groundhog uses the energy it

stored up from eating all that

food in the weeks before

they hibernated. 25

The layer of fat the groundhog

put on in the fall slowly gets

used up for energy. And by

the time the groundhog needs

to wake up to eat, it’s time for

spring! 26

Lots of different animals can

hibernate, like bats, chipmunks,

and hedgehogs. Bats will even

hibernate in large colonies, all

huddled together to share

warmth.

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There are even some

Australian animals that

hibernate.

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The Mountain Pygmy

Possum hibernates when it

snows and can hibernate

for up to 7 months. This

possum hibernates under a

cover of snow.

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Some bats even

Some Australian bats even

hibernate.

The Chocolate Wattle Bat.

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Australian microbats also hibernate.

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Hibernate or Don’t HibernateCut, sort and paste the animals onto the table to show whether they hibernate or don’t hibernate.

Hibernate Don’t Hibernate

hedgehog bat snake bear

monarch butterfly geese

humpback whale salmon

Hibernate Don’t Hibernatehedgehog

bat

snake

bear

geese

salmon

humpback whale

monarch butterfly

Hibernate or Don’t Hibernate Answers

Wednesday 18 August, 2021

Virtual Book Week Parade Dear Parents and Carers, We will be holding a Virtual Book Week Celebration on Wednesday 25 August (Week 7). All students are encouraged to make a home-made book week costume and share it with their Stage via Zoom. We will be looking forward to celebrating a great day of books and seeing students share their costumes which are based on a book character of their choice. We understand due to the circumstances it may be difficult to make a costume. In light of this, all students are welcome to participate by bringing along their favourite book or a book they are reading to share with their stage. We can’t wait to see everyone there! This year’s Book Week theme is: Old World’s, New Worlds, Other Worlds. Students will have a 30-minute Zoom session with their stage. Links and times for your child’s Zoom session are down below: Kindergarten: 12:30pm-1:00pm https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/66388361932?pwd=TE8waCs3NHo2VE5NK09HdVVsd3RKZz09 Meeting ID: 663 8836 1932 Passcode: 971698 Stage 1: 10:00am-10:30am https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/61721607141?pwd=aGY0M2ZKZ2FKRE8rUUI4bTF5Zmo4Zz09 Meeting ID: 617 2160 7141 Passcode: 927766 Stage 2: 12:00pm-12:30pm https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/61670095536?pwd=aHd3NG9jR0V3T3hYSkk2dCtjZUdCdz09 Meeting ID: 616 7009 5536 Passcode: 876223 Stage 3: 10:30am-11:00am https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/67312629193?pwd=bVRPd25ZNkhKd3NmZWJuTnF0S0lHdz09 Meeting ID: 673 1262 9193 Passcode: 786061 K-4.21/3-6.22/3-6.23: Students have the choice to join a session with your siblings, your friends or your own stage/age. Your teacher will let you know what session they will be joining. Kind Regards, Craig White Jordan Bishop Principal Organising Teacher

172-190 Jamison Road, SOUTH PENRITH NSW 2750

Phone No: 4721 3160 Fax No: 4731 1011

Email: penrithsth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Penrith South Public School

Principal: Craig White