SCG Offline Day Activities

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AUGUST

OFFLINE DAY (AND BEYOND) ACTIVITIES

OFFLINE DAY AND CONNECTION INITIATIVES AT SCG CONNECTIONS

CONNECTION BUILDING LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES Tuesday 31 August, Wednesday 8 September Open to all Years 7-9 students Join Ms Panozzo for remote lunchtime activity sessions on Tuesday 31 August and Wednesday 8 September. Activities include Kahoots (competitive fun trivia games where students compete against each other), Skribbl ( online Pictionary) and Virtual Scattegories.

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Tuesday 31 August

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Wednesday 8 September

COMPETITION

PLANT PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION COMPETITION (ART)

COMPETITION (SPORT)

Launching soon.

YEAR 5-9 ART COMPETITION: DREAM PET

STRAVA YEAR LEVEL COMPETITION

Open to all students

Due Monday 30 August

Years 5-10 students

Open to all students The Years 5-9 students are hosting an art competition based on the topic of Dream Pets.

Are you a Years 5-10 student currently competing in the Year level STRAVA competition?

We will be offering double points on Friday during the Offline Day as well Create an art piece of a pet (if you have as next Wednesday, 1 September to any) or if not, then an art piece of your coincide with the beginning of Spring, dream pet. This could be a cat or dog, a and National Health and Physical farm animal like a cow or sheep, or even Education Day. a fantasy animal like a unicorn or dragon.

The competition is due to conclude at Submit via Schoolbox on Monday 30 the end of lockdown so there’s still time August. to clock as much kms as possible for your year level.

For further details, click here or email the Middle School Student Leadership Team: Teshana, Lindon and Saieesh.

Our School Captains will be launching a Plant Photography Competition on Schoolbox next week. Entries will be via the Dropbox on the Year Level Schoolbox pages so keep your eyes peeled on Schoolbox next week for the launch, and for more information.

As your family prepares to rest and recharge their batteries during our offline day, we have collated some activities you may want to participate in. From getting active together to sharing recipes and writing creative pieces, there’s something for your family to enjoy. Some of the activities extend beyond offline day and continue until the end of term.

COMPETITION (CREATIVE WRITING)

FEATURE PRESENTATION

WRITING IN NATURE, CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION

HOPE EXPRESS, PRESENTED BY GLEN GERREYN VIA WEBEX

27 August-6 September

Open to all Year 10-11 students and staff

Open to all students and staff

Thursday 2 September, 12:00pm-1:00pm**

Glen Gerreyn’s uplifting and engaging Hope Express presentation provides a foundation that students can use to build a hope-filled future.

Young people are living and inheriting an increasingly complex world – socially, environmentally and politically. It’s a world that causes many to flounder – drifting away from their true identity, forgetting their purpose, and being blinded by societal pressures and fears. Right now, it is also a world where things feel incredibly uncertain. For young people, this can lead to a struggle to stay positive and hopeful.

This hour-long session complements our school’s wellbeing program by highlighting and clearly explaining key concepts such as grit, emotional intelligence, strengths, optimism, empathy, courage, and hope. During this seminar, students hear a vital message: The Power of Purpose.

Prompt: ‘I see, I hear, I smell, I feel.’

Students and staff are encouraged to go outdoors, spend time thinking about how nature affects our senses, and write a creative piece inspired by their time outdoors.

The maximum word count for the creative piece is 1000 words.

Submissions are due on Monday 6 September.

Young people today don’t lack motivation. What they lack is a clear vision for the future. And with the world changing so rapidly, many become stuck in a permanent and ceaseless present. They find it hard to set goals and have become ‘future blind’.

The Power of Purpose encourages students to consider and take decisive action on who they are, why they are here and where they are going. Gaining a vision for their lives empowers students to take massive action towards their goals and to make a plan for the future despite the current climate of uncertainty. **(further details will be posted to Year 10-11 Schoolbox page closer to the event)

GLEN GERREYN

Prizes will be awarded in four categories: Junior (F-4), Middle (5-9), Senior (10-12), and Staff.

The winners will be published in the SCG Magazine and will receive a $100 sponsorship towards a literary endeavour interests you. This could be virtual tickets to a literary festival or to purchase books.

Please submit your entry to Mr Jonathan Lake at jlake@scg.vic.edu.au

FAMILY EVENT

COOK TOGETHER AND SHARE YOUR RECIPES FOR THE SCG COOKBOOK Due 17 September What better way to connect with your family than by spending time together cooking a meal you all love and enjoy?

Our Year 5 students are creating an SCG Cookbook celebrating the many cultures in our school. You can share your beloved family recipes on the SCG Cookbook page to be included in the publication. To submit click here.

INITIATIVES

JUNIOR ACTIVITY

SOCIAL JUSTICE CLUB

FITNESS SPELLING

Tuesdays and Fridays, Recess

Open to Foundation-Year 4 Students

Open to Years 5-9 students Do you have a passion for different causes?

Using the Fitness Alphabet chart, your challenge this week is to spell each day by doing the fitness moves linked to each letter.

Eg:

M = 10 squats

Do you like to think of others and the ways you can positively impact them?

O = 10 vertical jump with reach

N = 10 frog jumps

Do you like doing things for the community?

D = 30sec running on the spot

A = 10 star jumps

Y = 20 boxing ‘air’ punches, each fist

Come along to the Middle School Social Justice Club to discuss these ideas and more.

The Club is open to all Years 5-9 students. For more details, click here.

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Time yourself each day and keep track of how much exercise or physical activity you do

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You could challenge yourself by spelling names of your friends, your family, your pet or any word you like!

A = 10 star jumps

N = 10 frog jumps

B = 30 second plank

O = 10 vertical jump with reach

C = 15 arm circles, each side

P = 20 mountain climbers

D = 30sec running on the spot

Q = 20 sec ‘pedal’ your hands as if they were on a bike

E = 30 high-knees

R = 10 toe touches, each side

F = 10 push-ups (on knees is fine)

S = 20 skater steps

G = 20 alternating front kicks

T = 30sec wall sit

H = 30 steps marching like a toy soldier

U = 20 sit-ups

I = 20 side-to-side jumps

V = 10 reach to sky, each arm

J = 10 sec balance on your left foot, 10 sec balance on your right foot

W = walk on your knees for a count of 20

K = 10 sec ‘dance’

X = 20 side-steps left foot leading,

L = 20 jump rope action jumps

Y = 20 boxing ‘air’ punches, each fist

M = 10 squats (send your bottom back!)

Z = 15 sec walk like a bear

20 side-steps right foot leading

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Non-screen activities you can do at home

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What can you do when there’s no school and you're stuck at home? Here are 25 fun ideas to choose from.

ideas!

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Get doodling!

Grab some paper and pens and doodle anything you like!

Animals, aliens or something else.

your 2 Create own animal.

and draw up your 3 Design 4 Make a new musical own 5 minute instrument.

How would you play it and what will it sound like?

exercise routine.

What will you include?

some 6 Make jewellery.

aeroplane 7 Paper challenge!

art!

8 Fingerprint Use only your

a bookmark some wild 9 Make 10 Make to use when art using sticks,

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Quick draw!

Set a 1 minute timer, draw a quick doodle and see if the other person can guess what it is before the time is up.

a silly 12 Write sentence that

many 13 How different words

pong story the 14 Ping 15 Guess telling! Write character!

includes all of these words… BANANA, CURTAIN, DOLPHIN, SNOW and BALLOON. Now think of your own words and write some more!

can you make from the letters in this sentence?

the opening sentence to a story, then someone else writes the next line. Then it’s your turn again!

Keep alternating until you have a full story.

a 16 Make finger puppet!

the a comic 17 Describe 18 Create most disgusting strip about an

a family a fun 19 Create 20 Find kindness jar. place to sit

Use a paper cone to make a body, then attach a paper head.

meal EVER! What is in it? Spaghetti worms, toenails on toast or something else?

animal who turns into a superhero.

Which animal will you choose?

Every time someone does something kind, write it down and put it in the jar. When the jar is full you all deserve a special treat!

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a 22 Write recipe for

your body alphabet a diary.

23 Use 24 Play 25 Start to make the bingo!

Write a short

‘Springtime’.

What will you include? Flowers?

Sunshine? What else?

shape of a letter.

How many more can you make?

Can you make every letter in the alphabet?

Use anything you can find around the house. Strips of wrapping paper or rolled up magazines make great beads!

How many words can you think of that rhyme with WRITE?

Could you combine two of your favourites?

What will you call it?

Make a paper aeroplane and see how far you can fly it! Can you make a target and try to aim for it?

fingertips and paint to create a picture.

Keeping my brain busy is fun

you’re reading.

Can you spot an item in your home or garden that starts with the letter a,b,c and so on?

you make up 5 Can your own jokes?

Tell them to someone to make them laugh!

leaves, flowers and anything else you can find outdoors.

Think of a character from a book, write it down so no-one can see. Have others ask you questions to try and guess which character you chose.

and read a book.

Under the bed?

Up a tree?

Where will you go?

entry every day about what you do and how you feel.

It will be good to look back on when you’re older.

Parents and teachers – please share your success stories with us on social media: HeyPobble Pobble Education TeamPobble

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Non-screen activities you can do at home

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Recipes are a great way to express yourself and get creative.

Have a go at our 25 food and recipe related tasks!

ideas!

1

Write a recipe for happiness.

What are the essential ingredients you need to include?

the front 2 Design cover of your

revolting!

3 Get What is the most

your own 4 Make chef's hat.

a recipe 6 Create for a superhero.

a model 7 Make of your favourite

a song or 8 Write rap about your

a picture of do you 9 Draw 10 What the best dessert need to make

What do you need to mix together and how would you do it?

ew drops Add a f ... ry of brave

own recipe book.

What will you call your book and how will you make it stand out?

pizza. Use bits you find around the house. What toppings will you include?

Bottle top pepperoni perhaps?

disgusting menu you can think of? Design and create your own revolting menu.

What will you use to make it? Newspaper or something else?

favourite food OR about your least favourite food.

you can possibly imagine!

makes a 5 What good friend?

Can you write a recipe with the key ingredients?

a healthy human?

Draw a diagram to explain.

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Start a food journal. Write down your favourite meals, ingredients and recipes.

Are you eating healthily enough?

you 12 Imagine need to

search 13 Word fun!

you 14 Imagine discovered a

had your 15 Ifownyourestaurant,

make a cake for a special event.

It needs to have 5 layers of different flavours. Design and label how it would look.

Create your own word search using words on the topic of food or cooking, then ask someone to complete it.

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new type of fruit!

What would you call it? What would it look like and taste like?

Write a description.

what would it be like? Would it have a theme? Make a model of it using things you find around the house.

baking!

19 Get Find a recipe

body.

20 Healthy Exercise is

you like and have a go at completing it.

What will you make?

Biscuits, pancakes, fruit salad or something else?

just as important as eating well. Can you create your own daily workout routine and try it out?

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How would you create a united community?

Write down your method and the ingredients you would use.

The perfect teacher! Write a list of the ingredients you would need to make the best teacher in the world. perhaps you know one already?

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22 Rainbow foods. There

power!

23 Potion Imagine you

food! on a show!

24 Alphabet 25 Put Can you name Can you put

are 7 colours in the rainbow. Can you think of a food that's the colour of each one? Draw a picture to show these.

have the power to create a potion. What would your potion do and how would you make it?

something you would find in the kitchen that starts with the letter a,b,c and so on?

How many words can you think of that rhyme with COOK? Write a list.

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E N Grow your E S H T C U own. Can Nyou B save the seeds from something you eat and plant them to grow your own?

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on a cookery show?

Explain what you are doing at each step so it's simple for others to follow.'

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Non-screen activities you can do at home What can you do when there’s no school and you're stuck at home? Here are 25 fun ideas to choose from.

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How many different words can you make from the letters in this sentence, below?

Grab a pencil and paper and write a list!

a 2 Thank community hero.

Think of someone that helps you in some way and write a short letter to thank them.

‘Learning from home is fun’

2 5 ideas!

building! you create 3 Get 4 Can You could build a your own secret Lego model, a tower of playing cards or something else!

code? You could use letters, numbers, pictures or something else! Can you get someone else to try and crack it?

a nature 5 Start diary. Look out of

ks!

Than

the window each day and keep note of what you see.

Birds, flowers, changes in the weather, what else?

a photo 6 Hold session. Use a

a reading 7 Build den. Find

an old sock 8 Use to create a

a list of 9 Make all the electrical

and 10 Design make a

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Do something kind for someone. Can you pay them a compliment, make them something or help them with a task?

you create 12 Can a story bag?

making!

13 List Write a list of

and 14 Design make an

you invent 15 Can something new?

Find a bag and collect items to go in it that relate to a well known story. If you can’t find an item, you could draw a picture to include.

things that make you happy, things you’re grateful for or things you are good at.

obstacle course at home or in the garden. How fast can you complete it?

Perhaps a gadget or something to help people? Draw a picture or write a description.

moving!

16 Keep Make up a

a play 17 Write script. Can you

out loud 18 Read to someone.

a song or 19 Write rap about your

sketching!

20 Get Find a

dance routine to your favourite song.

act it out to other people?

Remember to read with expression.

favourite subject.

photograph or picture of a person, place or object and sketch it.

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a 22 Draw map of your

a 23 Write postcard to

a view.

24 Draw Look out of

reading!

25 Get What would

local area and highlight interesting landmarks.

your teacher.

Can you tell them what you like most about their class?

your window and draw what you see.

you most like to learn about? Can you find out more about it in books? Can you find a new hobby?

camera or a mobile phone to take some snaps. What will you photograph? Your pets or toys perhaps?

Junk modelling!

Collect and recycle materials such as yoghurt pots, toilet rolls and boxes and see what you can create with them.

somewhere cosy, snuggle up and read your favourite book!

puppet. Can you put on a puppet show for someone?

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items in each room of your home.

Can you come up with any ideas to use less electricity?

homemade board game and play it with your family.

Non-screen activities for book lovers These 25 fun book-based ideas will help you explore your favourite stories and maybe inspire your own!

3 Alternative ending. Think of

creative!

4 Get Make your own

your 5 Turn favourite book

wish list. an 6 Reading 7 Decorate Make a list of all item to look like

the story of 8 Turn your favourite

mash-up!

9 Story Write a new story

a puppet 10 Make of a famous

you could write a new 11 Ifa non-fi 12 Design ction costume for

is the 13 Where most unusual

word of 14 Aadvice.

What

hunt.

15 Story Collect items

book, what would you write about?

Write down five facts about your chosen topic.

your favourite book character. How will you make it different from the original?

place you can find to read a book?

Under the bed?

Up a tree?

You choose!

advice would you give to your favourite book character? How could you help them?

that give clues to a book then share them with someone.

Can they guess the story?

you’re 16 Imagine a reporter.

you make 17 Can a model of

the first 18 Take line of your

would 19 What happen to your

a new 20 Design book cover

Write a news report based on a famous book. What happened? Who? Where and how?

Don’t forget a catchy headline!

a famous book setting? You could use a box and decorate it!

favourite book and use it to write a different story.

Where will it take you?

favourite character in a different story?

Can you write a new tale?

for your favourite book. What will you change?

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to be aloud!

22 Pretend 23 Read your favourite Grab your

is the 24 Who villain in your

crafty!

25 Get Make a mask

book character.

Act out a part of the story, can your family guess which book it is?

favourite book?

Can you make a wanted poster for them?

of your favourite book character.

You could use a paper plate, some cardboard or something else.

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Can you take the story from your favourite book and turn it into a short poem?

the books you’d like to read in the future.

Reading den!

Build a den using things from around the house and cosy up in there to read a book.

a letter to 2 Write your favourite

2 5 id e a s !

author. What will you tell them or ask them?

your favourite book character. You could choose a stone, a wooden spoon or something else!

your favourite book and re-write the final chapter of it.

book into a play script. Can you act it out?

bookmark to use when you read. How will you decorate it?

that mixes together your favourite characters from different books.

into a comic strip.

Writing a story doesn’t always have to be about the words!

book character.

You could use a sock, a paper bag or even your finger!

t one, ren, excep d il h c Ll A grow up.

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favourite book and read to someone else, your family, a pet or even your toys!

Non-screen activities you can do at home Our earth is very special. These activities will help you reflect on how we can make it a better place.

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Imagine you’re a reporter.

Can you write a news report from today?

What is the major event you will write about?

2 Interview someone in your

a seed!

3 Plant Plants can save

up your 4 Clean patch of earth.

time!

5 Quiz Can you think of

does the 6 What earth look and

me!

7 Hello Write a letter to

8 Investigate!

How are we

a poem, 9 Write song or rap to

would 10 What it be like to

feel like today?

Can you write a short description? Include what you like and don't like.

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family about the world today, what will you ask? Write down their answers.

yourself to open in 20 years time.

is life in e! How Hello m re? I'm writing the futu 020. It's been 2 this in year. y z ra ac

the earth! Can you plant a tree that will last for years?

harming the earth at the moment?

How can we change that? Write down what you discover.

Go out for a walk in your area, collect litter that has been dropped and put in the bin. Don’t forget a pair of gloves and a rubbish bag.

remind people to look after the earth.

Perhaps the title could be ‘pollution solution’.

ten questions about the earth today?

Try them out on someone! How many can they answer correctly?

time travel?

Write a story about it!

Which year will you travel to? What does the earth look like then?

Wild art!

Collect things from the garden and make a piece of art.

A picture or sculpture from twigs or leaves, or something else.

12 Upcycle!

Use items from

a diary 13 Write entry of a

we a friend or 14 Should 15 Ask celebrate Earth family member

your recycling to make something cool. A model, a piece of art or something else.

memorable day from this year. Make sure you include how it made you feel.

Day every year?

Or should every day be Earth Day? Debate and discuss with someone you know.

to write a letter to you. Keep it safe and re-read it in years to come.

paint or 16 Draw, make a model

charge!

17 Take Can you be in

18 Favourite things.

a 19 Draw self-portrait.

thankful.

20 Be Write a list

of what you think the earth will look like in 20 years time.

charge of recycling in your house?

What are they at the moment? Write a list.

How much do you think they will change over time?

What do you look like now?

or draw a picture of all the things you’re thankful for on Earth right now.

for 22 Going goals. Write a

23 Eco-warrior!

Create a list

and a time 24 Design 25 Make make a poster capsule.

list of your goals for the future. What do you hope to achieve?

of the rooms in your house and monitor how often the lights are used. Can you save electricity in any of them?

of all the ways we can look after the earth.

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Start a scrapbook.

Collect things from this year to include in it. Photos, newspaper clippings, tickets.

What else could you include?

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You could include all of the things you produce from these activities. What else? Hide it away and don't open it for years to come.

Non-screen activities to support writing These 25 fun reading and writing ideas will help you with your literacy wherever you are learning!

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How many words can you write down that start with the same letter as your name?

Make a list of as many as you can.

My na

me is

bodies! this sentence a letter 2 Alphabet 3 Use 4 Write Stretch your body opener to start to your teacher into different letters of the alphabet.

Can you work with members of your family or even some of your toys to make a word?

writing a short story:

“I’d waited such a long time for this moment…”

or somebody who helps you at school.

How can you make them smile?

ending. you found a many words about a 6 Alternative 7 Ifmagic 8 How 9 Think Choose your door, where can you think of current story

2 5 id e a s ! hunt.

5 Letter Ask a family

member to shout out a letter then run and find something beginning with that letter as quick as you can!

10 Synonym search!

would it take you?

Write down where you are and what you see when you go through the door.

that have only three letters?

Write a list of as many as you can.

in the news and become a reporter.

Can you write a newspaper article explaining what happened, when, where and how?

your senses 11 Use to write about

of a fun 12 Think word. Can you

is the 13 What longest word

your of a well 14 What’s 15 Think favourite colour? known story

your favourite place.

What can you see, hear, smell, taste and feel?

find other words that rhyme with it? Make up a short poem using those words.

you can think of?

Write it down. How many smaller words can you make from your long word?

Think of ten words that spring to mind when you think of it.

Can you turn them into a colour poem?

and act it out.

Can others guess which book it is?

16 Redesign and draw the

a speech 17 Write about why

a fact 18 Make file about your

your 19 Retell favourite story

do you 20 What love about

favorite sports, music or tv star.

in comic book style.

your school?

Design a poster to show everyone how good it is!

a review a 22 Write 23 Make about your model of

24 Interview someone

six 25 Pick random words

favourite book.

Encourage as many people as possible to read it.

about their favourite book. What questions will you ask them?

and make them into a story. For example: cheese, pencil, acrobat, kangaroo, branch and ice. What is the silliest story you can write?

favourite book. Can you rewrite the ending so that something different happens?

front cover of your favourite book.

people should read more often. You could begin with:

ng belief It’s my s tro that…

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Who am I? Think of your favourite book character and write a short description of them. Read it out to someone to see if they can guess who it is.

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your favourite book character.

Use anything you can find around the house.

How many words can you write down that have a similar meaning to the word ‘said’?

said

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