YEAR 6 OVERVIEWWEDNESDAY

WEEK 7, TERM 3 2021

Please complete all tasks explained in this document. You may choose to completeassigned tasks either electronically or by hand. Make sure you read the instructions

carefully and upload tasks to Google Classroom and Seesaw as required.

Optional Tasks: If you have completed all of the tasks assigned by your teacher, rememberyou have options for extending yourself with the following activities :

1. Term 3 Homework Project: Indigenous Australians (this can be found in your Google Classroom)

2. Debating and Public Speaking Classes: There are a number of links to classes on the variouselements of persuasive public speaking. Perfect for students who love debating!

Debating

3. Book Week Panels: The Book Week organisers are offering a number of webinars hosted by arange of different authors and illustrators. Maybe you can get an answer about a favourite book fromits actual creator!

Virtual Book Week

4. Biodiversity Zoom (Friday 1:30pm): This optional 30 minute Zoom is being run by ObservatoryHill Environmental Education Centre on biodiversity in the Australian bush and would suit anystudents who love nature or are passionate about the environment.

Observatory Hill EEC - Biodiversity Zoom link

5. 10 Minute Science: Learn more about the ExoMars mission by completing these optional 10minute Science activities or more detailed extension challenges.

Morning Mathematics - Topic Review

Before Zoom :Review the maths work you have completed this term. If you have anyquestions about any of the mathematics topics this term, have themready to ask your teacher.

Class Zoom - 9.30amBring a pencil and paper to today’s zoom lesson.

After Zoom:Click on the link below and challenge your knowledge of 3D nets.Net or Not

Fruit Break10:00am Optional Activity:Each day at 10:00am the NSW Department of Education website ishosting a Live Feed for students with prominent and inspirationalAustralians giving tips and tricks on how to survive lockdown! If youare interested in listening to this, click on the link below and go tothe #EducationLIVE stream at 10:00am.Today: Remember the bigger picture and back yourself. TripleJ’s Tyrone Pynor talks about life and finding your ‘studysound.’Education Live

Wellbeing Check - InStaying positive can be difficult during a time ofuncertainty like this lockdown. Your teachercares about your wellbeing and is alwayshappy to get emails from you. If you are currently feeling under pressure, confused or just abit ‘down’ remember there are always people around you who can support you.Each week, we would like you to complete this quick survey letting your teacher know howyou are feeling about learning from home and how you are going generally.Wellbeing Check-In Form

English - Persuasive Writing

Today you will spend time practising and refining your speech. You alsoneed to record yourself and upload the video to the Google ClassroomAssignment.

You should:

● Refer to the checklist from yesterday’s lesson to make sure you haveincluded the features in your speech.

● Present your speech in front of a parent, carer, sibling (or a friend if you are at school) andask that person for Two Stars and One Wish.

● When you present on Zoom, you will make eye contact by looking into the camera. You

might like to practise this as well!● Read the Peer Feedback template that your teacher has posted in Google Classroom to

make sure you are ready to give your friend feedback. Print out a copy of the template soyou can fill it in for your friend.

10 Minute Science: Mission ExoMarsZoom Out: Reflections on Mars

Click on the link below to closely observe a mystery Mars-related object!Wednesday Week 7: 10 Minute Science - ExoMars

RECESSCall a friend. Go for a walk. Help your parents with a job at home.

Middle English - Talking and ListeningPublic Speaking: Using an Expressive VoiceWhile you were practising your persuasive speech, you may have been thinking about how touse your voice expressively in order to convince the audience.Some of the best orators (public speakers) in the world are actors. The playwright, WilliamShakespeare wrote many monologues and speeches in his plays which great actors still pridethemselves in performing. One such oration is Mark Antony’s funeral speech from the playJulius Caesar.Click on the link below to read and learn more about this speech. If you do not understandsome of Shakespeare’s language, there is a version in the document which ‘translates’ thespeech into modern English.

Friends, Romans, CountrymenNow read the text while listening to the piece being performed by renowned actor, DamianLewis.

Damian Lewis as Antony in Julius Caesar: 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' | Shakespear…

It’s Your Turn!Read the first 10 lines of the oration aloud.(Up to the line, “...and Brutus is an honourable man”)Read with as much emphasis, expression and exaggerated emotion as you can!

Optional:Record and upload an audio file of you dramatically reading this excerpt on the Seesawactivity Friends, Romans, Countrymen.

PD: Mindfulness: Creating a SoundmapThis afternoon we would like you to relax and replenish yourself by tuning in and listening tothe various soundscapes that are all around you. A soundscape is made up of all the differentsounds that you can hear around you - the natural sounds from living creatures andenvironmental sounds like rain and wind, and human sounds from people, vehicles andmachines.Do you ever take time to listen to the sounds in nature? Practise your skills of listening deeplyand try to identify what you hear by creating a visual soundmap. The more we listen, the morewe can understand the world around us. A sound map is a drawing of the sounds you hearwithin a landscape. You may hear:

■ bird calls and other animal sounds■ environmental sounds like wind in the treetops■ water flowing■ traffic and other human activities

After lunch try to find a place to sit where you can hear different types of sounds. It may be in

a garden, in a house, or next to an open window. Have a pencil and paper to sketch on. Draw

an X in the middle of your page to mark where you are sitting. As you listen, draw sounds that

you hear close by, nearer to the X and the ones further away, draw further away from the X.

Think about where the sound is coming from, to your right or left, in front, behind or above

you? What is making the sound?

After lunch, try to find a place to sit where you can hear different types of sounds. It may be ina garden, in a house, or next to an open window. Have a pencil and paper to sketch on. Drawan X in the middle of your page to mark where you are sitting. As you listen, draw sounds thatyou hear close by, nearer to the X and the ones further away, draw further away from the X.Think about where the sound is coming from, to your right or left, in front, behind or aboveyou? What is making the sound?

Watch the video below about how to create a soundmap.Making a sound map

LUNCHHave a break. Go outside!

Go for a run or walk around your garden or neighbourhood if you can.

Afternoon DEAR

WellbeingWednesday

SCREEN -FREE TIME

Read for 15 minutes.

PD: Mindfulness: Creating a SoundmapTake your pencil and paper and create a soundmap.

YEAR 6 OVERVIEWTHURSDAY

WEEK 7, TERM 3 2021

Morning English: Persuasive Speeches

Before Zoom1. Practise your speech for the final time so you are prepared topresent it to your small group in the break out room.2. Read over the Feedback Template once more so you areprepared to give your friend their feedback.

Class Zoom - 9.30amToday you will present your speech in front of a small groupduring your Zoom session.You will need to give feedback to one person in the group. Havea printed copy of the Peer Feedback sheet next to you so youcan easily fill it in. Your teacher will be visiting each room to listento some of the speeches too.Remember to be respectful to your peers as they are presenting and make sureyou are following the Breakout Room ROAR expectations

After Zoom1. Take a clear photo of your Peer Feedback and email to that person and your teacher.2. Make sure you have recorded your speech and sent it to your teacher, if you haven’t

already done so.

Fruit Break10:00am Optional Activity:Each day at 10:00am the NSW Department of Education website ishosting a Live Feed for students with prominent and inspirationalAustralians giving tips and tricks on how to survive lockdown! If youare interested in listening to this, click on the link below and go tothe #EducationLIVE stream at 10:00am.Today: Learn a short contemporary dance routine with RichardCilli from the Sydney Dance Company.Education Live

English - ReadingOpen your Google Classroom Readworks task. Your teacher has chosen an appropriatetext for you to read.

Click on the link and select “sign in with Google”. Sign in using your@education.nsw.gov.au account.

Read the passage, then complete the questions. When you have finished, submit yourquestions through ReadWorks.

Digital Technologies – Bebras Challenge: Round 2

Log into your emails and find the recent one sent to you from Mr Brock about the BebrasChallenge. Inside will be the link and your login details that you will need to accessRound 2.

Remember:

● This is an assessment and must be completed by yourself. Afamily member may help you to read a question, but theycannot help you to answer it.

● Read each question carefully and consider the possibilities

o look at both the image and text

o reread the question to ensure you understand the problem

o once you understand the question then workout the solution

o use pencil and paper as you need to

● Work through the challenge and then double check your answers until you can nolonger find any errors.

RECESSall a friend. Go for a walk. Help your parents with a job at home.

Middle MathematicsLearning intention: Use Roman Numerals as a code to solve aproblem.

Watch this video to learn about roman numerals.

e.g IV = 4, V= 5, VI = 6

Warm up:https://www.abcya.com/games/roman_numerals

Activity:Roman Numerals Hidden Message

Optional: Send your own coded message to a friend or family member and see if theycan crack it!

Answers

Brain BreakHave an active break with this 5 minute dance video!

Easy Dance Exercise with Teens and Young A…

STEAM: BuildMake a Cardboard Mars RoverToday you are going to test your prototype cardboard Mars Rover that you designed onTuesday.Follow Steps 9 -12 in the NASA link below which will instruct you how to test, measure,evaluate and redesign your Rover.Student Project: Make a Cardboard Rover | NASA/JPL Edu

OptionalYour teacher would love to see your Mars rover in action!Make a video and upload it to the Seesaw activity Friday STEAM Mars Rover. You caninclude some audio letting your teacher know how you may have improved your originaldesign.

LUNCHHave a break. Go outside!

Go for a run or walk around your garden or neighbourhood if you can.

Afternoon DEARRead for 15 minutes.

MusicGo to the LPS Year 6 Keyboard website ‘Session 9’ page

https://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/lpsyear6/session-9

There are two music activities for you to complete;★ Explore Pop Song Structure- Listening Task★ Perform rhythms using objects around your home/classroom-

Performance Task (Choose a different song)

Early FinisherGo to the LPS Year 6 Keyboard Websitehttps://sites.google.com/education.nsw.gov.au/lpsyear6/early-finisher

YEAR 6 OVERVIEWFRIDAY

WEEK 7, TERM 3 2021

Morning ScienceLearning Intention: We are learning to compare the keyfeatures of the planets in our Solar System.

Work your way through Lesson 6, Week 7, in the Stage3 Solar System Slides (Slide 18 onwards).

Using your prior solar system learning and notes taken inweeks 2, 3 and 5, decide on the two planets (other thanEarth) that you find most interesting.

Take notes about Earth and your two chosen planets while watching this Youtube video.

Complete the Week 7 Science tri-Venn Diagram activity your teacher has set for you inSeesaw.

You can use the digital template provided or trace around a large circular lid to make the threeoverlapping circles for your tri-Venn diagram on paper. Once you’ve filled in each section ofthis, photograph or scan your work, upload it into the activity and submit it so your teachercan give you some feedback!

Fruit Break10:00am Optional Activity:Each day at 10:00am the NSW Department of Education website ishosting a Live Feed for students with prominent and inspirationalAustralians giving tips and tricks on how to survive lockdown! If youare interested in listening to this, click on the link below and go to the#EducationLIVE stream at 10:00am.Today: Learn how to build resilience in tough times with 3x JudoOlympian Safwan Khalil.Education Live

English - Spelling

Read through the questions and complete the activities Week 7 Spelling Lesson GoogleSlide.Remember to make a copy of the Google Slide and add text boxes to input your answers.

10 Minute Science: Mission ExoMarsWhat if Organisms from Earth travelled to Mars?

Click on the link below to learn about how microbes can hop from one planet to another!Friday Week 7: 10 Minute Science - ExoMars

RECESSCall a friend. Go for a walk. Help your parents with a job at home.

Middle Mathematics - Problem SolvingFactors, Multiples and PrimesRevise some of your Number knowledge by selecting a level and clicking on the link belowand try to solve a short problem. Check over your answers with ‘Student Solutions’.

Level 1:Prime Order

Level 2:Red Card Blue CardJenny's Logic

Level 3:Big Blackboard

PESafety:

● Please do these practice skills on some grass or carpet in your house. Nothing youwill be doing will be too difficult or put you at risk of injury.

● If you are doing the skills inside, remove all objects that you could hit or knock into.● The students attending school will be doing these same skills on Ginkgo Playground.● If you find a skill too difficult, you can skip it.● Make sure you warm up before attempting any skills.

Activity 1: Warm-up and Stretch Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW_JqSK-CgY&t=177s

This will be our last week of Gymnastics. Watch my latest video of the skills we have learnt inWeeks 4 and 5. Make sure you have ticked off the criteria for each of these skills.https://youtu.be/tj7bDqpoBI0

Activity 2: Skills to learn with no or minimal equipment:

Combining 2 skills to make a new skill. Practice how you can combine these skills together.Remember anything that involves a jump must land in Motorbike. Motorbike is not a skill asit's a safe landing position. You will need to go through previous workbooks to see how to dothe skills again if you are sure then combine them. I’ve added pictures to help you.

Straddle with V sit Bunny Hop with ½ or ¼ turn Front support with Donkey Kick

Tuck jump with 1/2 turn Star jump with ½ turn Flamingo with Soldier Kicks

Activity 3:

You are an athlete trying to qualify for the Olympics for gymnastics. You must perform a 30second routine which must include 5 key aspects to have a chance of qualifying. These are:

● Skill involving a jumping action (not just motorbike landing)● A balancing position● One of the skills above● Upright (upside down position such as a bunny hop etc)● An Object included somewhere in the routine (Ball, hoop, etc) Not the whole routine.

Please submit your routine back to google classroom for official results to see if you qualify.Remember it doesn't have to be perfect because we all make mistakes (even olympians)! Youmay add music to these routines to be creative.

Congratulations, you have successfully completed gymnastics until we come back to school.

Optional Activities:

Cosmic Yoga – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coC0eUSm-pc&t=52s

Workout – PE with Mr E - Cardio Workout https://youtu.be/Emh4Nzxm_Tw

1:30pm - Optional Live Zoom: BiodiversityClick on the link below to join a live Zoom Biodiversity Hunt, run by Observatory HillEnvironmental Education Centre. All the details for joining the Zoom are on the link provided.This is a perfect way to connect with nature on a rainy day!

Observatory Hill EEC - Biodiversity Zoom link

LUNCHHave a break. Go outside!

Go for a run or walk around your garden or neighbourhood if you can.

Afternoon

SCREEN -

DEARRead for 15 minutes.

FREE TIMEMake your own Board GameToday you will make your own board/card gamebased on a topic or theme of your choice. It might bebased on a book you are reading, your favouritesport, a particular place or maybe it will involvecharacters from a movie you like!You can make your game on a piece of paper orcardboard.Make sure you :-Plan your design-make the board or cards detailed and eye-catching- have questions or physical challenges for players to complete during the game-Have a clear set of How To Play instructions- consider what age group the game could be played byAfter you have made your game, find someone at home or at school to play it!Remember this is a screen free activity so use your own imagination and creativity!

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!