Framework for teaching (non-digital) – Early Stage 1 … · Web viewPrep Home Learning Timetable...

Prep Home Learning TimetableYou will not need access to a digital device to complete the following activities. You will need help from a parent/carer and/or siblings.

Resources included Timetable. Handwriting Chart, copy of THRASS Chart, Resources (found at the end of this document), exercise book, blank paper and stationery.

Week 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Task Can you help make your bed?

Could you organise your toys today?

Can you help make lunch today?

How can you help a family member today?

Can you tidy your room?

Morning

If you do not have a book to keep your work in, you can make your-self one by stapling some sheets of paper to-gether.

EnglishAsk an adult or older sib-ling to write each letter of the alphabet for you to copy.

Read a book with a parent/carer/ Retell what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Draw a picture to match each part of the story.

Where is the story taking place? How do you know? Discuss this with your par-ent/carer.

Explain how the story re-minds you of something in real life.

Do some colouring in to im-prove your fine motor skills and build writing stamina.

EnglishPractice your fine motor skills by tracing over the dotted lines on the Create your name out of pegs or pasta.

Write the alphabet on pa-per or on cement with chalk.

Read a book with a parent/carer. What interest-ing words can you find in the story? Identify all the characters in the story and talk about them with your parent/carer.

Verbally describe one of the characters to your par-ent/carer. What do they look like? What do they do? What do they like/dis-like?

Draw this character in your workbook and label or write about them. Add lots of de-tail.

EnglishPractise writing your name in your book. If you can already write your first name, practice your last name as well.

Learn how to write the first names for another person in your family. Ask them to write it down, name the let-ters and help you copy it into your book.

Read a book with a parent/carer. Can you find some punctuation in the story, for example full stops and capital letters? Talk to your parent/carer about them.

Create labels for your toys

Using your THRASS chart, say all of the keywords on the entire consonant chart.

EnglishRead a book with a family member. How were the characters feeling at the beginning and then at the end of the story? What made them feel this way?

Pretend you are hosting a big party! What food would you like? What food would your guests like? Draw/write a shopping list.

Draw a picture of your bed-room. Label your picture.

Show your adult/carer your copy of your THRASS chart. Together say the al-phabet using the boxes on the top of the Consonant chart. Repeat it twice.

EnglishDraw and/or write a post-card or a letter to a friend or family/carer. Tell them what you have been doing for the past few days. If you can’t mail it leave it somewhere safe to give them when you next see them.

Read a book with a family member. Can you find any letters or words you recog-nise in the story?

Tell your parent/carer what the story is about – who are the characters, what happens? Why would you recommend/not recom-mend this story to your school friends?

Act out your favourite part in the story for someone in your family.

Say all the keywords on the top two lines on your consonant chart – bird, rabbit, cat kitten….

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Template – NSW Ed Dept March 2020Activities Referenced throughout


Middle MathematicsAsk someone to help you collect 10 objects. Practise counting your collection, forwards and backwards. You could even try starting from different numbers (for example, start with 5 ob-jects and keep counting).

Count how many steps it takes to get from your bed-room to the kitchen and back.

Play a board game with a family member, for ex-ample snakes and ladders.

MathematicsNumber hunt: what num-bers can you find in your house? Can you find all the numbers from zero to ten? Go to twenty if you can. Try writing these numbers in your book, for example the numbers on a remote control or a clock. Can you find numbers on shoes, on food in the cupboard or in the fridge?

Collect your favourite toys, books or LEGO. Sort them into different categories. Explain to someone how you sorted them? Is there another way you can sort them? Sort them again.

( try and find more than two ways to sort)

Collect 10 sticks (or ran-dom objects) and order them from shortest to tallest.

MathematicsPractise cutting a piece of paper in half. How do you know the parts are equal? Is there another way you can make half?

When you are making your lunch today, practise counting and sharing items. For example, can you cut your sandwich in half? Can you count out scoops of rice for each per-son? Can you share an apple with a family mem-ber, so each person gets the same amount to eat?

Draw a picture of your fam-ily in order of shortest to tallest.

MathematicsShape hunt: What shapes can you find in your house?

Draw a picture out of these shapes. Describe your pic-ture to a family member and ask them to help you write down the names of the shapes.

Complete, colour and make the “All about rect-angles “book. ( resources)

Choose some objects in your house. Order them from shortest to longest.

MathematicsCollect some blocks, pen-cils, pens, dried pasta, dried beans, etc. Make a repeating pattern.

ABAB pattern – knife, fork, knife, fork

ABBA – pencil, rubber, rubber, pencil

Draw your pattern in your workbook.

Describe your pattern to a family member. Can you make another pattern us-ing the same materials? Draw your second pattern.

Choose one of your ob-jects for example, a block and use it to measure things in your house. For example, how long (how many blocks) is your table? How wide is the door?

Draw a picture of you measuring something that you discovered which was very long and something you discovered which was very short.


Afternoon Science and technologyPlace a few seeds in wet cotton wool and then into a cup. Place a few seeds in dry cotton wool and then into a cup. Place the cups on a windowsill. Spray just the wet wool with water

HistoryWho is in your family? Ask each of your family mem-bers what country they were born in.

Draw a picture of your fam-ily.

Creative artsSing a song with a family member, for example ‘Heads shoulders, knees and toes’ or ‘Row, row, row your boat’. Can you make some actions to go with the song?

GeographyUse collage materials to make an artwork of a place that is special to you.

You could use different pieces of paper, some wool, material or just found objects from outside in the

PDHPEIdentify three ways you can keep your body healthy.

Practise throwing and catching a ball with a fam-ily member.

Draw a hopscotch and



each day. Draw a picture of the seeds on Friday. What happened? What changed and why?

ORDraw, build or paint a hab-itat for an animal of your choice. Brainstorm what you will need to do to care for this animal. Make sure you include them in your work.

IF YOU CAN…Call a grandparent or older relative. Ask them to teach you the words to a song from their childhood days.

Make up a dance se-quence and perform it for your family.

Teach them your dance.

garden. Ask your parent/carer to help you collect some things.

When you have made your collage, tell someone why this place is special to you? Who else is this place important to?

practise hopping and jump-ing through the squares.

Complete the indoor Scav-enger Hunt ( resources)


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Task Can you help make your bed?

Could you organise your toys today?

Can you help make lunch today?

How can you help a family member today?

Can you tidy your room?

Morning

EnglishSay (not sing) the alphabet to your favourite toy or your pet.

Read a book to your par-ent/carer and your favour-ite toy today.

Retell what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Talk about the setting (where the story took place) and then draw it in your book.

Ask your parent/carer to write the first 6 letters in the alphabet into your book in pencil. Trace over them using six different coloured pencils to create a rain-bow.

Practice writing your first and last name five times. Have your parent/carer check you are writing each letter correctly.

Using your THRASS chart say all the key words on the third and fourth lines of your consonant chart with your adult/carer.

EnglishToday before you read a book with your parent/carer, take a picture walk. Just look at the pictures in the book without having any words read to you.

Tell them what you think will happen in the book based on the pictures. Then read the book to find out if you were right.

Draw your favourite part in the story.

Verbally describe one of the characters to your par-ent/carer. What do they look like? What do they do? What do they like/dis-like? Draw this character in your workbook and label or write about them. ( You or your parent can do the writ-ing)

Ask your parent/carer to write the next 6 letters in the alphabet into your book in pencil. Trace over them using six different coloured pencils to create a rainbow.

EnglishSay (not sing the alphabet to your parent/carer twice today.

Read your favourite book to an adult. Share with each other your favourite part.

On the front cover, point to the Title, Authors name and the spine.

Check if there is a blurb on the back cover that tells you what the story is about. Ask someone to read this to you.

Pick a sentence and count the words in the sentence. Do this for two more sen-tences.

Ask your parent/carer to write the next 6 letters in the alphabet into your book in pencil. Trace over them using six different coloured pencils to create a rainbow.

EnglishRead a book with a family member.

Pick your favourite illustra-tion (or picture) and talk about why it is your favour-ite.

Draw your favourite toy. Write two sentences about your favourite toy.

My toy is….

I like it because….

Ask your parent/carer to write the last 8 letters in the alphabet into your book in pencil. Trace over them using six different coloured pencils to create a rain-bow.

Using your THRASS chart, say all of the keywords on the entire consonant chart.

EnglishAsk your parent/carer to say the alphabet to you. Listen carefully to make sure they are correct.

Give them a clap when they get it right.

Ask your parent/carer to write a letter to your teacher. Tell them exactly what you want to say. Tell them what you have been doing for the past few days.

Draw a picture to go with your letter.

Make your own picture book. Draw some pictures and staple them together to make a book to share with someone in your fam-ily.




Middle MathematicsWrite the numbers from 1 – 10.( You can go up to 20 if you can)

Pick ten boxes or cans from your cupboard. Count the number of letters in each label i.e. Pumpkin soup =11

Practice writing your num-bers correctly.

**You could paint them on a fence using water and an old paint brush. You could write them in the dirt with a stick.

Pour a small amount of cereal in a bowl. Count out ten pieces. Put them back in and count them out again.

Ask your adult/caregiver to help you find ten of the same item (rocks, buttons, cupcake papers, sultanas etc.). Put them in a 2 bowls and discuss which has more, less or same for various combinations.

MathematicsHide your favourite toy and then give directions to your parent/carer to find it. Use positional language to de-scribe where things are over, under, between, left, right etc.

Draw where you hid your toy and ask someone to help you label it.

Swap turns and have your parent/carer giver hide you today then give you direc-tions to find it.

Draw another picture and label it

Complete the Positional Language worksheet ( re-sources)

MathematicsAsk your parent/carer giver to draw some wavy lines on a piece of paper from one side to another. Prac-tise cutting along these lines.

Ask your parent or care-giver to put some water in a large container for you to float or sink objects in.

Find five things you think will float and five things you think will sink.

Test the in your bucket. Draw in your book the things that floated and the things that sank.

Ask your adult/carer to help you label these in your book.

As a challenge see if you can find two large things that float and two small things that sink.

Draw these in your book and label them.

MathematicsAsk your parent caregiver to draw a large square and a large circle on a piece of paper. Practice cutting these out along the lines.

Go for a walk around your house and see how many things you can find that are these shapes.

In your book, draw the things you found.

Ask your adult/carer to draw you three squares and four circles, all the same size. Practice cutting these out.

Glue them into your book making a pattern.

Draw a pattern of your own using only circles and squares.

Try and make a different pattern and draw it as well.’

Complete the Pattern worksheet (resources)

MathematicsGo on a rainbow food hunt. Make tallies for how many foods of different colours you find.

Ask your adult/carer to write the numbers from one to ten on small pieces of paper (or higher to 20 if you can count that far).

Put these labels on the floor or on a table and see if you can find objects around the house to match to the number. I.e. you could put 1 banana next to the number 1 and two spoons next to the number two etc.

Line up three of your toys, books or blocks.

Tell your parent carer/giver which one is first in line, which one is second and which one is third/last.

Line up more toys and do this again.


Afternoon Science and technologyUse recycled materials in your house to build a house for your favourite toy.

HistoryMake a book about your family. Use the cover provided ( resources Draw a picture of each person

Creative artsAsk someone to share with you their favourite nursey rhyme or fairy tale.

Make some puppets so

TechnologyUse your blocks or some found objects to make a zoo or farm.

PDHPEIdentify three healthy foods you can eat that provide fuel for your body. Draw these into your book and colour them in.



OR Make a cubby house and play a game inside it.

doing their favourite thing i.e. gardening, shopping etc.

Ask someone to help you write underneath each pic-ture

This is ____________.

They like to ___________.

Play Noughts and Crosses or another board game with someone to practice sharing and turn taking.

you can put on a puppet show.

Complete the Zany Hair challenge ( resources)

If you do not have any small zoo or farm animals draw or make some.

Practise throwing and catching a ball with a family member.

Challenge someone in your fam-ily to a running race.

Can you think of other funny races to have? A hopping race, a jumping race and crawling race etc.

Try them out.

Complete the Outdoor Scav-enger Hunt (resources)


Parent/Carer information Handwriting – Letter Formation


Week One English Tuesday


Week One Mathematics Thursday


Week Two Mathematics: Tuesday

Positional language


Week Two Mathematics : Thursday


Week Two Creative Arts Wednesday


Week Two History My Family Book Cover


Challenge – Scavenger Hunts


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