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Have fun with poetry – each day, explore a new style (including examples from different cultures)– find poems about family and then write your own
Plan a family day for the class or school
Learn more about the Elderly – lifespan timeline – major events – respect

Create a digital book (photo or other) on family or community
Rhyme & rhythm – with family theme. Explore songs – download lyrics – mashup – use existing tune or create original composition – perform
Explore artworks from Indigenous and/or other cultures. Use to inspire own works of art.
Design a poster for a National Families Week event

Provide a short story about family. Then have sentences typed out that need to be ordered to recreate the story or scene. Extension activities – continue the story – embellish the story – change the mood – change the POV.
Write a story or script around a family event – using a day in the life of … parent, grandparent, baby, teen as inspiration.
Conduct interviews with family members, or with school community about family, recording audio or video.
Design word games that family members of different ages can participate in (find a word, crosswords, memory games, snap)
Rhyme & rhythm – Explore songs with family theme– download lyrics – mashup – use existing tune or create original composition – perform
Cupboard or storeroom sorting – to practise classification and nomenclature

Time – create timetable or schedule for family activities/ responsibilities. Extension activities could include digital alarm setting, exploring 24 hours in a day and how we divide a day – twice a day, three times etc.
Design games that family members of different ages can participate in (a deck of cards can provide a range of possibilities matched to ability)
Rolling dice – recognising number, identifying higher & lower values, adding values, learning about probability
Create a crowd of people collage using geometric shapes – represent family and community. Identify shape names and copy and cut out multiples of circles, semi-circles, squares and polygons, triangles including equilateral, right-angled and isosceles. Can address symmetry and angles.
Create a map from home to school or from school to other significant places. Consider distance, scale, grid properties, spatial awareness.
Conduct a survey of community members. Collate data and express results numerically and by percentage.
Log in to an online shopping site for groceries to explore products, compare prices, use a budget, discuss rounding values for ease of transactions.

Tell time in language of choice – could incorporate this throughout the day with real time reading or set aside as an activity
Create a game of Snap with family activities written on cards in language of choice (could have multiples of the word in the same language or could match English translation with words for older children)

Cooking – include measuring, mixing, following procedures, observing change, producing a result
Gardening – use observation, inquiry, identify the elements to sustain life
Chart temperature and rainfall over a period of time, starting with National Families Week. Note observations, find patterns, make predictions

Create digital schedules and timetables for weekly activities
Create video and audio recordings – including edits – for classroom presentations, school community interviews or National Families Week events
Design a digital artwork around Top Ten Tips
Create a digital book (photo or other) about family or community
Rhyme & rhythm – with family theme. Explore songs – download lyrics – mashup – use existing tune or create original composition – perform

Gardening – use observation, inquiry, identify the elements to sustain life
Chart temperature and rainfall over a period of time, starting with National Families Week. Note observations, find patterns, make predictions

Create a nutritional meal plan for the week (use template)
Create a physical exercise and wellbeing timetable – explore ways to build strength, stretch and be mindful
Plan an orienteering day for families
Take the class on a neighbourhood walk with a list of items to find
Plan a mini Olympics or games day for families and community
Set physical goals for the course of the week, eg skipping rope or ball skills and work towards those goals

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