5/6E Home Learning Week 1 – Term 2

WEDNESDAY 29TH April 2020 A Sentence A

Day

Spelling – Word

of the Day

Write a sentence with the subject ‘Penguins’. Then add more to create a

descriptive paragraph. Remember to use challenging and complex

vocabulary. – see Sentence a day worksheet

‘ALTRUISM’

Complete the proforma on ‘Word of The Day’.

Remember your challenge is to use this word during the week in your writing

and in conversation.

Movement Break – 10x star jumps, 10x push-ups, 10x burpees (repeat x3)

Writing

Persuasive

This term you will be focusing on Persuasive Writing.

Attached are some hints and tips for writing interesting persuasive texts.

Persuasive texts need to make a point, or persuade the reader to agree with a particular

point of view. As such, their introductions need to be clear and summarise the main

message. The writer may use a title that is bold, inspiring or controversial. They must

engage the reader and their emotions so that they want to keep on reading.’ Merryn

Whitfield

What is persuasive writing?

Persuasive writing intends to convince the reader of a stated opinion or belief. Persuasive

writing has two main genres:

Argument/Exposition Arguments attempt to persuade the reader to agree with a certain

viewpoint and sometimes they also want action to be taken – they exhort people to take

action.

Discussion Discussions present two or more perspectives on an issue and can conclude with

a recommendation or prediction.

1. Examine the information slide and start planning your writing.

2. Begin with 10x Ideas and then circle your top 5.

3. From your top 5, write more detailed information eg. include how a

new function may work, detailed description of what may be included

on your new play equipment.

4. Create a mindmap/planning page for your persuasive text. Include

images if you wish.

LUNCH BREAK

Reading Read for at least 20 mins a book of your choice

Reading/

Comprehension

TASK TO BE

SUBMITTED

VIA GOOGLE

CLASSROOM

Go to Kids News (www.kidsnews.com.au) and find the “An Australian soldier’s

diary recounts the first chaotic days of the Gallipoli landing” article, or use

the link below:

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/history/an-australian-soldiers-diary-recounts-the-first-

chaotic-days-of-the-gallipoli-landing/news-story/b48a279279cf1fdd06abac00908e5f55

QUICK QUIZ

1. 1. Who did he live within the hillside dugout?

2. 2. How many days after his Gallipoli landing was he injured?

3. 3. What was he going back to get when he was injured?

4. 4. What was his hospital experience like?

5. 5. Did Philip Ayton come home from the war?

Design a Display

Imagine you have been asked to design a special display that will help kids

understand the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. Use the information in Philip

Ayton’s diary to help you create a plan and instructions for your display.

Your display can include posters, suggestions for items used by the

ANZACS, words, sounds, images, technology … anything you like!

Extension

Did you know that, at the time, people thought that World War I was ‘the

war to end all wars’? We know that this isn’t true. Write a reflection, or a

thoughtful piece of writing, on the reasons why you think that wars have

taken place since then. Include some things that you think people and

governments could do to help stop wars.

Movement Break – 10x sit-ups, 10x squats, 10x burpees (repeat x3)

Maths

Warm-Up

1. Number of the Day

Use one of the following websites to create a new number and complete the

activities.

https://mathsbot.com/starters/numberOfTheDay

https://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/

2. Write ten numbers that come between 699995 and 700020

Maths –

Patterns

Which Symbol?

https://nrich.maths.org/6777

What is an equation?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zghp34j/articles/z2p6tyc

How to solve missing number problems

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zghp34j/articles/z2p6tyc

Exploring Algebra

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH.

JR.PATT&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.PATT.ALG&lesson=html/object_interactives/a

lgebra/use_it.html

Red Dragon Mathematics Challenge

What kind of calculation do you get? (1), (2) & (3)

https://schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/20a29ac1-c6f3-4ca3-84b1-

2d8488a4cbcd/1/reddragonfly.zip/q6.html

Problem Solving

BREAK

History

Create a brainstorm on British colonisation and early Australian history.

Make sure you write down everything you know and everything you think you

know. You cannot write a wrong answer. This is for your teacher to

understand your prior knowledge.

Think of things like:

Who built the colonies?

What happened to the Aboriginal people?

What might life have been like for the convicts?

Why were the convicts sent over to Australia?

Watch this animated YouTube video briefly details early Australian history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIDDIDS2Tjk

Student

Reflection

Daily Learning Journal

Answer the following questions each day

I learnt that…

I was challenged by……

I found interesting……

My learning goal for tomorrow is……

A SENTENCE A DAY – 29/4/20

WORD OF THE DAY – 29/4/20

THURSDAY 30TH April 2020

WRITING – 29/4/20

READING – 29/4/20

An Australian soldier’s diary recounts the first chaotic days of the Gallipoli landing Philip Owen Ayton,April 22, 2019 7:00PMThe Weekend Australian Magazine Print Article

Philip Owen Ayton in 1915. Picture: supplied

HISTORY Reading level: Red

Philip Owen Ayton was 25 years old and working on the Sydney tramways when he

enlisted* in the 1st Field Company of Engineers soon after World War I was declared.

He took part in the Gallipoli landing and later fought on the Western Front, all described

in vivid* detail in a diary of about 106,000 words. His diary entries in five notebooks

have now been published for the first time.

On Saturday, April 24, 1915 Ayton was on the transport ship Ionian where final

preparations were underway for the Gallipoli landing the next day. In his diary he

describes the mood on board. Some soldiers were cheerful, others quiet. The

equipment they were ready to carry was very heavy but he wrote he was “in great

spirits”.

His diary entry of the Gallipoli landing of Sunday, April 25, 1915 is a detailed description

of the rush, chaos, noise and the death and injuries of his fellow soldiers.

On that first day he made his way though heavy gunfire, leaving the ship and getting

into the smaller landing boat. He waded through water that was, at first, above his waist

and ran up the beach to the scrubby bush and up the hillside to the trenches of the

Turkish soldiers. He wasn’t injured, though his backpack had a bullet hole through it

and his mate’s knuckles were chipped by a bullet.

Then the engineers including Ayton were ordered back down to the beach after the

initial landing to get their orders. One of their main jobs was to dig trenches to give the

soldiers some protection.

A photograph of two pages of Philip Owen Ayton’s diary. Picture: supplied

Below you can read part of Ayton’s diary, beginning April 26, 1915

Monday, April 26 — my 26th birthday

At day break the enemy started to pour shrapnel* into us and sent heavy shells* out to

sea at the ships. Nearly all that day a terrible cannonade* raged. The noise was beyond

description. I had a most awful headache from the row* and want of sleep and was

almost exhausted for want of rest. We had a short rest in the afternoon and I fell asleep

on top of my shovel. Most of my mates were the same. All the shells and bullets in the

world couldn’t have kept us awake. After that we worked on till dark, having, by that

time, some decent trenches dug, which the New Zealanders immediately occupied.

We dug ourselves in and went to sleep, completely knocked out. I felt like a new man

next morning after the good sleep and a feed.

We were ordered back to the beach then, so we collected our gear and tools, went

back and worked all day making dugouts for ourselves on the side of the hill. All day

the enemy shelled us and I had several narrow escapes while working.

Soldiers land on the beach at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, in the days or weeks after the initial April 25, 1915 landing. The ships carrying soldiers, supplies and equipment are just visible on the horizon. Picture: supplied

Before going into action I had been told that men nearly die of fright when they first get

under fire. I don’t believe it, because I can honestly say that I was not the least bit

nervous and plenty of others say the same. In the excitement a man does not think of

the danger and several times I have been spoken to for running unnecessary risks.

Others are the same. Our dugouts were under constant fire night and day yet we used

to sit about and talk as if we were at home. It may seem hard to believe, but it is true.

On Friday 30th I was sent with a party up to the front fire trench, to cut a dugout and

erect overhead cover for the 3rd Brigade headquarters. That afternoon the Turks made

a determined attack on our trenches. They came rushing through the scrub in

thousands. Our field artillery poured the shrapnel into them and as each shell burst I

could see the Turks fall in dozens. Our gunners were timing the shells splendidly and

they were bursting with terrible effect among the enemy at about 1000 yards

(914m). Still they came on and some got to within 50 yards (45m) of our trenches

before they went down before our rifle and machine gun fire. What was left of them fell

back on their own lines. The scrub and the barley field were full of dead. That satisfied

me that the Turks can fight and face certain death too. The way they came on that day

was marvellous. I have read in the papers that they are poor fighters, and easily

disheartened*. I don’t think so after what I have seen.

The beach at Gallipoli, Turkey, in April 1915, showing supplies stacked on the beach, the type of small boats the soldiers used to travel between the ships and beach and the steep hillside they had to climb up to dig trenches and fight. Picture: supplied

My mate Roy Denning and I had a cosy little home in the hillside and lived quite snug

and happy together. It was nearly blown up two or three times, but up till the time I left,

it was still there. Life in the dugouts is not at all bad. Roy and I had ours cut into the

hillside, and was about 4ft (1.2m) deep and 4ft broad by 6ft (1.8m) long. We put on a

roof with some props and smashed up biscuit boxes, and covered it with earth. It wasn’t

bomb proof of course, but it kept off shrapnel pellets, rain and the hot sun. We used to

sleep in our overcoats on our waterproof sheets. It was infernally* cold the first couple

of weeks and we could hardly sleep, but our blankets arrived at last. I used to cadge*

candles off the blue jackets (British navy men), so we used to lie back and read, quite

comfortably, the latest news from papers a month old also procured* from the ‘Tars’

(seamen). I used to get all sorts of little delicacies such as bread, tinned milk and jam

from the ‘Tars’ off the warships, in exchange for Turkish shells, rifles, etc. They wanted

them as souvenirs, to take home. We had plenty of tea, so that made up for a lot of

deficiencies. The Australian soldier likes his quart* of tea in the trenches.

Anzac Cove at Gallipoli, Turkey, more than 100 years after the Australian and New Zealand soldiers landed there. Picture: Frank Bessiere

On Friday May 14 we were busy working when the enemy began to shell us with

shrapnel and explosives. For nearly an hour they gave us hell, shell after shell

exploding all round us. It was impossible to work and we had to take shelter behind our

sandbag wall. Some of our artillery* opened on the enemy and at last they gave us a

spell. We were then broken off to get our midday rations and went to our dugouts. I

forgot my water bottle and went back to get it when I heard a distant boom and the

scream of a shell. I knew that it was from the same direction as before. There was no

cover, only the bank of a road and that was 20ft (6m) off, on the left. I dived for it, but

the next I knew was an explosion and I was pitched forward and rolled over and over.

There was dust and smoke everywhere and hissing pellets tore up the dirt all round. I

felt a blow on my leg and it was paining. I looked and saw blood running. I had been

hit. Well, I hopped off to the Casualty Tent which was only 100 yards (91m) off and

they dressed it up alright. It didn’t look much, but they said that it would give me trouble

as the pellets had gone through the sinews under the knee. My mate Roy brought down

my pack and I was sent out to the Seang Choon* with a lot of other wounded.

Everything seemed so quiet and peaceful as there was no bursting shrapnel and

hissing bullets flying about. After being 20 days in action and under fire all the time, I

was now out of the danger zone. I was transhipped* on to the Galeka bound for

Alexandria and we arrived on May 28. The wounded were taken out to a hospital on

the beach called Glymenopoulo Hospital No. 2.

My leg was soon straightened out and started to heal. The hospital surroundings were

lovely and all our wants were attended to. Everything helped to make us get well quickly

as well as to pass away the time, which hangs heavily when one is idle.

Sunday, June 6

This brings my notes up (to) the present time. I am still in the hospital but am nearly

better and hope to be discharged, fit and well, in a few days. I want to get back to the

boys at the front and see how things are going out there.

After the war Philip Ayton returned to Sydney and married Nellie Clarke, with whom he had

two sons and two daughters. He died in 1946 at the age of 57.

Edited extract from Hell of a Time — an Australian Soldier’s Diary of the Great War by

Philip Owen Ayton, edited by Elvala Ayton, introduction by Ross McMullin.

VIDEO: An Australian visitor gives his impression of Anzac Cove 100 years after the

landing

GLOSSARY enlisted: signed up vivid: clear and alive shrapnel: small pieces of metal shells: ammunition used by artillery cannonade: a period of continuous and heavy gunfire row: fight disheartened: lost enthusiasm or hope infernally: irritatingly cadge: borrow or beg for procured: got hold of quart: a quantity of liquid just more than a litre artillery: a type of heavy weapons Seang Choon: the name of a ship used to carry soldiers transhipped: transported by ship

THURSDAY 30TH APRIL 2020

Sentence A

Day

Spelling –

Word of the

Day

Write a sentence with the subject ‘Whales’. Then add more to create a

descriptive paragraph. Remember to use challenging and complex

vocabulary. – see Sentence a day worksheet

‘COPIOUS’

Complete the proforma on ‘Word of The Day’.

Remember your challenge is to use this word during the week in your

writing and in conversation.

Movement Break – 10x mountain climbers, 10x lunges, 10x burpees (repeat x3)

Writing Persuasive Writing

Using your plan from yesterday and the persuasive story graph, begin to

draft your persuasive text.

Remember to ‘chunk’ your relevant information into paragraphs and the last

argument should be your strongest! You want people to believe what you

are saying and agree with you!!!

Remember to use literary devices throughout your text to engage your

reader.

LUNCH BREAK

Reading Read for at least 20 mins a fiction chapter book of your choice

Reading/

Comprehension

Go to Kids News (www.kidsnews.com.au) and find the “Can you crack the 30

year-old CIA code?” article, or use the link below:

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/mathematics/can-you-crack-the-30yearold-

cia-code/news-story/f3c73558aa7a8871276672da100fb1a8

QUICK QUIZ

1. What does Mr Sanborn do? Who helped him create the code?

2. What is Kryptos and where is it?

3. Why is Egyptologist Howard Carter mentioned in this story?

4. What word clue did Mr Sanborn reveal in 2014?

5. What is the latest clue?

What’s the point?

Why do you think Jim Sanborn decided to create this sculpture, with

such a difficult coded message for the CIA? Write down as many reasons

as you can think of.

Extension

Create a special coded message or puzzle that could be placed in your

school playground for other kids to try to solve. Make it as tricky as you

can. (I can share these on Google Classroom so that you can solve each

other’s)

Movement Break – 10x star jumps, 10x push-ups, 10x burpees (repeat x3)

Maths

Warm-Up

1. Number of the Day

Use one of the following websites to create a new number and complete the

activities.

https://mathsbot.com/starters/numberOfTheDay

https://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/

2. Create a pattern starting at 2.05 that someone else can continue.

Maths

TASK TO BE

SUBMITTED

VIA GOOGLE

CLASSROOM

Complete the attached worksheets on Patterns.

You can either print the sheets and complete on them or write the answers

in a workbook, on a whiteboard, on the computer etc…

Problem

Solving

BREAK

Science

Our Place in Space

This term we will be looking at our place in space! Before we start though,

think about what you already know about space, the planets, the stars and

the solar system. Use either http://www.wordle.net/ or

https://www.wordclouds.com/ to create a word cloud using any words or

phrases you already know about space. Save it and upload into the Week 1

Science assignment in Google Classroom.

Observations of the Sky Go outside and have a look at the sky. What can

you see? When we look up into the sky, we are not just looking at things

that are part of our planet. We can see things a long way away. Over the

next few days, observe the sky outside your house. Make sure you look out

during the day and at night. Try to go out at least 3 or 4 times. Using the

‘Observations of the Sky’ Google Docs file (located in Week 1 Science in

Google Classroom), record your observations and answer the questions.

For many thousands of years, scientists have been observing objects in the

sky and presenting their ideas on how to explain the relationship between

the Sun, Earth and Moon. The movement of the Sun, Moon and stars across

the sky resulted in a major debate between early scientists. This led to

different theories about the Solar System. These are three theoretical

claims about the Solar System: Claim 1: The Moon and the Sun both circle

around the Earth. Claim 2: The Moon circles the Earth while the Sun circles

them both. Claim 3: The Moon circles the Earth while the Earth circles the

sun. Use your own observations to argue for or against each of the claims.

Upload into Week 1 Science in Google Classroom.

Student

Reflection

Daily Learning Journal

Answer the following questions each day

I learnt that…

I was challenged by……

I found interesting……

My learning goal for tomorrow is……

A SENTENCE A DAY – 30/4/20

WORD OF THE DAY – 30/4/20

WRITING – 30/4/20

READING – 30/4/20

Can you crack the 30-year-old CIA code? Harry Pettit,January 30, 2020 6:45PMThe Sun Print Article

Name:

Audience 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 How well you engage and

persuade the reader

Symbols only Short and simple Short but easy to read, some details to

support reader

Reader can follow text fairly easily

Tries to engage with language choices

Uses language and persuasive techniques

Controls reader

Structure 0 1 2 3 4 Must have

introduction, body and

conclusion

No evidence Minimal evidence

2 components only (intro/body/conclusion)

or all weak

Introduction, body and conclusion (2 well

developed)

Clear and controlled argument

Ideas 0 1 2 3 4 5 Are your ideas

relevant and detailed?

No ideas One idea OR ideas unrelated

to topic

One idea (simple details) OR ideas

related to topic (but no details)

Ideas with some details OR one idea

with developed details

Ideas are detailed and help argument

Ideas are highly persuasive

Persuasive Devices

0 1 2 3 4

Do you use persuasive

devices?

No evidence Personal opinion or 1-2 devices

3 or more devices (at least 2 types)

Uses devices that are effective (appeal to reason, values or

emotions)

Sustained and effective use of

devices

Vocabulary 0 1 2 3 4 5 Do you use a

range of helpful words?

Symbols only

Very short script (few content

words)

Mostly simple words 4 or more precise words/word groups

Sustained use of words/word groups enhance meaning

Precise and effective, match argument style

Cohesion 0 1 2 3 4 Does your argument

flow?

Symbols or drawings

No links, short script, confusing

Some links correct, or longer text with reader occasionally making

own links

Cohesive devices support reader,

accurate referring words, text flows

Range of cohesive devices enhance

reading, continuity of ideas, sections tightly

linked

Instructions!

1. Choose a different colour for each criterion. Colour the criterion heading in the first column in that colour. Next, find

evidence in your persuasive text that shows you have displayed that criterion. Underline the evidence in your text with that colour. It might be a word, a phrase or even a sentence or two! Use a coloured triangle to show paragraph starts.

2. Next, give yourself a score for each criterion. Use the same colour to colour in the box showing your score. Add your total score for the criteria and award yourself a total mark (out of 48) at the bottom of the table.

3. Finally, look at your results and set yourself three learning goals for your next narrative.

Effective learners always set themselves new learning goals!!!

It s Marking Time!

The puzzle at the CIA’s headquarter is made up of four segments, one of which remains unsolved. Picture: Getty Images

MATHEMATICS Reading level: Red

The final clue to a coded message unveiled 30 years ago has been revealed by the

code’s creator.

Artist Jim Sanborn built the copper sculpture, known as Kryptos, in a courtyard at the

CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, US, in 1990. The CIA is the US spy agency.

The coded sculpture has been outside the CIA Headquarters in the US since 1990. Picture: Rex features

The code is made up of four passages, three of which have been solved by code

breakers.

The fourth and final passage has never been cracked.

Sanborn has already handed out two clues to help push puzzlers towards a solution.

He’s now released what he says is the third and final clue for the segment, reports

the New York Times.

It is a word: “Northeast”.

Jim Sanborn has released what he says is the third and final clue for the segment.

Sanborn worked with retired CIA cryptographer* Edward Scheidt to create the puzzle.

Each passage of text follows a theme of concealment* and discovery, each more tricky

to unravel than the last.

The first reads: “BETWEEN SUBTLE SHADING AND THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT LIES

THE NUANCE OF IQLUSION.”

The last word, “illusion”, was misspelled on purpose to make the puzzle harder

according to Sanborn.

The location of CIA headquarters by latitude* and longitude* is included in the second

puzzle.

It asks: “DOES LANGLEY KNOW ABOUT THIS? THEY SHOULD: IT’S BURIED OUT

THERE SOMEWHERE. X WHO KNOWS THE EXACT LOCATION? ONLY WW.”

The “WW” is a reference to William Webster, who was CIA boss when the sculpture

was put in place.

Sanborn handed him a key for deciphering* the messages.

The third solved clue paraphrases* British Egyptologist* Howard Carter’s account of

opening King Tut’s tomb in 1925.

The text reads: “SLOWLY, DESPARATLY SLOWLY, THE REMAINS OF PASSAGE

DEBRIS THAT ENCUMBERED THE LOWER PART OF THE DOORWAY WAS

REMOVED. WITH TREMBLING HANDS I MADE A TINY BREACH IN THE UPPER

LEFT-HAND CORNER. AND THEN, WIDENING THE HOLE A LITTLE, I INSERTED

THE CANDLE AND PEERED IN. THE HOT AIR ESCAPING FROM THE CHAMBER

CAUSED THE FLAME TO FLICKER, BUT PRESENTLY DETAILS OF THE ROOM

WITHIN EMERGED FROM THE MIST. X CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING? Q”.

Again, spelling and punctuation errors were added in to make the puzzle harder.

The Kryptos and the key

UNSOLVED CODE

The final section remains unsolved, and is therefore a jumble of letters awaiting

decryption*.

“OBKRUOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVNORTHEASTOTWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLU

DIAWINFBBERLINCLOCKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR”.

Until recently, Sanborn had provided two clues in the form of words that appear in the

decrypted text.

In 2010, he revealed the word “BERLIN” appeared in the 64th through 69th positions

in the final passage.

Four years later, he disclosed* that the word “CLOCK” made up the next five letters.

THE FINAL CLUE

Now, Sanborn has revealed the word “NORTHEAST” appears at positions 26 through

34.

He has set up an email system through which anyone can submit solutions – though it

costs $US50 ($AUD74) a go.

The 74-year-old told The Times he wasn’t sure the puzzle would be solved before his

death.

“For the past few years I have been trying to figure out how to have this ‘system’ survive

my death,” he said.

“It has not been easy.”

This story was originally published in The Sun and was republished with permission.

Jim Sanborn isn’t sure the code will be solved in his lifetime. Picture: Rex features

GLOSSARY cryptographer: person who writes codes concealment: the action of hiding something latitude: the distance of a place north or south from the Earth’s equator longitude: the distance of a place east or west from a line on Earth’s maps or globes

called Greenwich meridian deciphering: decoding paraphrases: express in different words Egyptologist: an expert in studying ancient Egypt decryption: process of decoding, or converting a code back into its original meaning

EXTRA READING

Secret code hidden in new 50 cent coin

Invisible ink invention

Deadly curse fears as King Tut’s coffin is moved

MATHS – 30/4/20

SCIENCE – 30/4/20

SCIENCE – 30/4/20

FRIDAY 1st May 2020

A Sentence

A Day

Spelling –

Word of

the Day

Write a sentence with the subject ‘Birds’. Then add more to create a

descriptive paragraph. Remember to use challenging and complex vocabulary. –

see Sentence a day worksheet

‘AMBIGUOUS’

Complete the proforma on ‘Word of The Day’.

Remember your challenge is to use this word during the week in your writing

and in conversation.

Movement Break – 10x sit-ups, 10x squats, 10x burpees (repeat x3)

Writing

TASK TO

BE

SUBMITTE

D

VIA

GOOGLE

CLASSROO

M

Edit and publish your persuasive text.

Include illustrations/designs if you wish to support your arguments.

LUNCH BREAK

Reading Read for at least 20 mins a book of your choice

Reading/

Comprehens

ion

Go to Kids News (www.kidsnews.com.au) and find the “Australian archaeologist

finds ancient African coin on NT island, prompting possible history rewrite”

article, or use the link below:

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/money/australian-archaeologist-finds-ancient-

african-coin-on-nt-island-prompting-possible-history-rewrite/news-

story/36cc091df9ce86892236674618724908

QUICK QUIZ

1. 1. Where is Kilwa? Where are the Wessel Islands?

2. 2. Did Ian McIntosh find anything when he went to the Wessel Islands?

3. 3. What happened in 1606?

4. 4. What other location have Kilwa coins been found outside Africa?

5. 5. What other coins did Isenberg find in 1944?

You will also need to read ‘A fossil jawbone from an early cousin of humans

solves a big mystery about adapting to high altitude’ article, or use the link

below:

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/science/a-fossil-jawbone-from-an-early-cousin-

of-humans-solves-a-big-mystery-about-adapting-to-high-altitude/news-

story/f5b80103129e3006b79bdd5234a09fa8

1.Compare and Contrast

Read this article carefully and then read (or re-read if you have read it

already) the article Ancient jawbone solves mountain puzzle. How are these

stories similar?

Draw up a chart with two columns (SIMILARITIES and DIFFERENCES). List

the ways that these news stories are similar and how they are different. For

example; both are about new discoveries.

2. How could this happen?

There are a number of ways that these coins could have ended up on a beach

on the Wessell Islands.

Come up with three plausible explanations for how they ended up there.

Which do you think is the most likely and why?

3. Extension

There are a number people who are known to have visited what we now call

Australia before Captain Cook officially claimed it in 1770. Use a world map

to locate where these people were from and write when they visited

Australia. Use Google Maps to measure the distance from their homeland to

where they landed in Australia.

Movement Break – Jog on the spot for 1 minute, 10x push-ups, 10x lunges (repeat x3)

Maths

Warm-Up

Number of the Day

Use one of the following websites to create a new number and complete the

activities.

https://mathsbot.com/starters/numberOfTheDay

https://mathsstarters.net/numoftheday/

Maths –

Patterns

Complete the worksheets on Patterns

Remember - You can either print the sheets and complete on them or write the

answers in a workbook, on a whiteboard, on the computer etc…

Number Balls Algebra 1

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/Numberballs_algebra_I/numbe

rballsAlgebraI.htm

Problem

Solving

BREAK

ART Andy Goldsworthy lesson

View the videos below on the artist and sculpture Andy Goldsworthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQKZghtyiY&t=27s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I59Ar1s4ZZE

http://www.artnet.com/artists/andy-goldsworthy/

Look through the PowerPoint (On Google Classroom) showing different artworks

created by Andy.

- What do you notice about his artworks?

- Create your own artwork inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.

- Collect some natural materials from your backyard or local park or reserve

(with an adult). These might include leaves, shells, rocks, pebbles, sticks,

bark, sticks etc.

You might want your artwork to have the same material e.g. leaves or a few

different types.

Use your imagination and create an interesting artwork using your materials.

NOTE: You might want to create a plan and draw your ideas down first.

Take a photo of your artwork!

Student

Reflection

Daily Learning Journal

Answer the following questions each day

I learnt that…

I was challenged by……

I found interesting……

My learning goal for tomorrow is……

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Australian archaeologist finds ancient African coin on NT island, prompting possible history rewrite

May 16, 2019 7:00PM Print Article

Darwin historian Mike Owen holds up a coin he believes is from Kilwa, off the coast of Africa. Picture: Keri Megelus

MONEY Reading level: Red

Copper coins up to 1000 years old found in Australia could completely rewrite the

story of our European history.

Archaeologist Mike Hermes found an ancient coin lying on a beach last year in the

Wessel Islands, which are part of the Northern Territory. Mr Hermes believes the coin

is at least 600 years old and from 10,000km away from Kilwa, an African island that

is now part of Tanzania.

“The Portuguese were in Timor in 1514, 1515 — to think they didn’t go three more

days east with the monsoon* wind is ludicrous*,” he told The Guardian.

“We’ve weighed and measured it, and it’s pretty much a dead ringer* for a Kilwa coin.

“And if it is, well, that could change everything.”

So far, tests on the coin haven’t led to a firm answer on where it came from.

In 1944, five coins were found in the Wessel Islands that were later proven to be

1000-year-old Kilwa coins, opening up the possibility that sailors from distant

countries landed in Australia much earlier than thought.

During World War II the Wessel Islands — an uninhabited group of islands off

Australia’s north coast — were an important place for defending the mainland from

attack.

Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg was stationed on one of the islands to operate a

radar station and spent his spare time fishing on the beaches.

Fishing on the beach in the Wessel Islands. In 1944 Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg was stationed on the Wessel Islands and found the coin while fishing from one of the beaches.

While sitting in the sand with his fishing rod, he discovered a handful of coins in the

sand.

He didn’t have a clue where they came from but pocketed them anyway and later

placed them in a tin.

In 1979 he rediscovered his “treasure” and decided to send the coins to a museum to

get them identified.

The coins proved to be 1000 years old.

Still not fully realising what treasure he held in his hands, he marked an old map with

an “X” to remember where he had found them and they were mostly forgotten for

another 34 years.

A coin found on the beach on one of the Wessel Islands many experts believe is from Kilwa. Picture: Keri Megelus

In 2013 anthropologist* Ian McIntosh led an expedition to the Wessel Islands, but this

time no more coins were found.

Aboriginal Australians are thought to have first arrived on the mainland by boat from

the Malay Archipelago* between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago.

Captain James Cook declared Australia “terra nullius” (empty land) and claimed it for

the UK in 1770.

We know that Captain Cook wasn’t the first European to step on Australia’s shores.

In 1606, a Dutch explorer named Willem Janszoon reached the Cape York peninsula

in Queensland, followed a few years later by another Dutchman Dirk Hartog.

A parade in 2016 in Denham, WA, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Dirk Hartog’s landing in this part of the coast of Australia.

And the Spaniard Luiz Vaez de Torres discovered the strait* between Papua New

Guinea and Australia in 1606, which was later named Torres Strait in his honour.

However, none of these explorers recognised they had discovered the famed

southern continent, the “Terra Australis Incognita”, which was shown on many world

maps of the time.

According to a team of Australian and US historians, archaeologists,

geomorphologists* and Aboriginal rangers, the five coins found in 1944 date back to

the 900s to 1300s.

They are African coins from the former Kilwa sultanate*, now a World Heritage ruin

on an island off Tanzania.

Kilwa once was a wealthy trade port with links to India in the 1200s to 1500s.

The trade with gold, silver, pearls, perfumes, Arabian stoneware, Persian ceramics

and Chinese porcelain made the city one of the most powerful towns in East Africa at

the time.

The copper coins were the first coins ever produced in sub-Saharan Africa, and,

according to archaeologists, have only twice been found outside Africa: once in

Oman and the Australian find in 1944.

Archaeologists have long suspected there may have been early sea trading routes

that linked East Africa, Arabia, India and the Spice Islands even 1000 years ago.

Or the coins could have washed ashore after a shipwreck.

When Isenberg discovered the copper coins he also found four coins from the Dutch

East India Company — with one dating back to 1690.

A replica of the Duyfken, which means Little Dove. Willem Janszoon captained the original ship to Australia in 1606. Picture: AFP

GLOSSARY monsoon: season of storms in summer in tropical areas ludicrous: absurd dead ringer: exactly the same anthropologist: studies human behaviour through history archipelago: a group of many islands geomorphologist: science of how land forms sultanate: area ruled by a Sultan, who is a Muslim leader

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