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Foreword An Aussie Easter (Ages 5–7) is one of a series of two books written with a uniquely Australian focus. This series includes fun and creative hands-on activities across many curriculum areas, all of which relate to and consolidate information about ‘Easter Down-Under’. Titles in this series are:

An Aussie Easter — Ages 5–7

An Aussie Easter — Ages 8–11+

Contents Teachers notes........................................................................iv – v Curriculum links............................................................................. v Dictionary of Aussie slang and colloquialisms.............. vi – viii An Aussie Easter cover page...................................................... 1

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Easter traditions here ‘n’ there ..................................2–7

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True blue Bilby.............................................................8–11 Focus: Aussie alternative to Easter bunny Teacher information...................................................................... 8 True blue bilby ................................................................................. 9 Bilby vs bunny . .............................................................................. 10 The Easter Bilby is born.................................................................. 11

Bonzer Aussie Easter activities..............................12–65

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Focus: Technology and enterprise Teacher information.................................................................... 44 SMS to Easter Bilby........................................................................ 45 Aussie Easter stamp....................................................................... 46 Beaut bilby uniform and equipment................................................ 47

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Focus: Christian meaning of Easter Teacher information...................................................................... 2 Celebrating Easter ....................................................................... 3–4 Easter traditions around the world ................................................. 5 ‘You beaut’ Aussie Easter 1 – 2 .................................................. 6–7

Focus: Measurement/Chance and data activities Teacher information . ................................................................. Aussie Easter cover-up . ................................................................ How long is the Easter Bilby?........................................................ Aussie Easter treats.......................................................................

Focus: Easter parade Teacher information . .................................................................. 48 Easter parade ................................................................................. 49 Easter bonnet................................................................................. 50 Easter bonnet clipart ..................................................................... 51

Focus: Symbols of Easter Teacher information.................................................................... Speccy window deccy.................................................................... Easter googy-eggs!........................................................................ Emu’s Easter egg............................................................................

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Focus: Craft Teacher information . ................................................................. Easter Bilby card............................................................................. A ‘nutty’ Easter basket .................................................................. Bonza Easter Bilby mask ...............................................................

Focus: Art and craft Teacher information . ................................................................. 52 An Aussie wreath for Easter ......................................................... 53 Colour an Easter picture................................................................. 54 Fold an Easter bilby ........................................................................ 55

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Focus: English activities (easier level) Teacher information.................................................................... Read-and-draw Easter Bilby........................................................... Easter egg puzzle............................................................................ Easter words...................................................................................

Focus: Music and movement Teacher information . .................................................................. 56 The bilby groove ............................................................................. 57 Little Benny Bilby............................................................................. 58 ‘Hot cross buns’ action rhyme ....................................................... 59

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Focus: English activities (harder level) Teacher information . ................................................................. Aussie Easter word fun ................................................................. Beaut bilbies................................................................................... Bilbies and rabbits..........................................................................

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Focus: Maths number activities (easier level) Teacher information . ................................................................. Colour-by-number Easter Bilby....................................................... Aussie Easter counting................................................................... Aussie Easter picture count...........................................................

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Focus: Maths number activities (harder level) Teacher information . ................................................................. Maggie’s Easter maths................................................................... Easter problems–solved!............................................................... Bilby’s blunder ...............................................................................

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Focus: Space activities Teacher information . ................................................................. The Easter egg that grew .............................................................. Easy Easter tangrams..................................................................... Aussie Easter maths . ....................................................................

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Focus: ‘Odds ‘n’ ends’ Teacher information . .................................................................. 60 Bilbycopter . ................................................................................... 61 Easter emu egg............................................................................... 62 Bilby’s Easter riddles ...................................................................... 63 The bilby and bunny race ............................................................... 64 Scratch ‘n’ sniff Easter stamps ..................................................... 65

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Aussie Easter tucker . ..............................................66–71 Focus: Cooking Teacher information..................................................................... 66 Perfect pancakes ............................................................................ 67 Hot cross buns................................................................................. 68 Make your own chockies!............................................................... 69 Easter pizza...................................................................................... 70 Eggy production line....................................................................... 71

Ridgy-Didge bits ‘n’ pieces . ...................................72–77 Focus: Easter play and story Teacher information . ................................................................. 72 An Easter play ......................................................................... 73–75 How the bunny became the Easter Bilby ................................ 76–77

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Teachers notes An Aussie Easter is a series with a uniquely Australian focus. The fun and creative activities cover many curriculum areas, all of which relate to and consolidate information about Easter Down-Under. Throughout the book, Ausrtalian slang and colloquialisms are used to further enrich the Aussie flavour. (A dictionary to explain these terms can be found on pages v – vii.

The format of the book:

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A cover page on page 1 is provided for a collection of completed student pages.

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The book is divided into five sections. These five sections provide information about: • Easter traditions here ‘n’ there – activities focusing on the Christian meaning of Easter • True blue bilby – activities focusing on the Aussie alternative to the Easter bunny • Bonzer Aussie Easter activities – a wide selection of Easter activities across the curriculum. The specific curriculum focus can be found in the contents above each section. • Aussie Easter tucker – Easter recipes with an Aussie twist • Ridgy-didge bits ‘n’ pieces – an Easter play and story

The book is divided into a four- or six-page format with with one teacher information page followed by three or five student activity pages. This format ensures that as many student activities are provided as possible.

Teacher information pages:

The teacher pages relate to three or five corresponding student pages and provide information for completing each student page.

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The title and page number of the corresponding student page is given.

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Answers are supplied where necessary.

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Relevant worksheet information is given about the activity.

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Teachers notes Student pages The students pages provide a wide variety of fun and creative activities including craft to complete; puzzles and codes to solve; reading, writing and drawing activities; and procedures for making recipes. All activites are intended to be ‘child-friendly’ and completed with minimal assistance from adults. The English and maths activities have been graded in level of difficulty to cater for the age range. Refer to the contents for the focus of each section.

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The title of each student page is indicated.

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Appropriate Australian artwork complements each page and can be coloured by students.

Clear, concise instructions for completing the student activity are supplied.

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Dictionary of Australian slang and colloquialisms A

Cracker/Cracking:

Ace:

excellent

Aggro:

aggravated, upset about something

Damper:

Ankle biter:

small child

Arvo:

afternoon

Bathers:

Deccy:

decoration

Didgeridoo:

Aboriginal wind musical instrument

Dinkum, fair dinkum: true, real, genuine

swimming costume (also togs, cozzie or swimmers)

Beating around the bush: not getting to the point Beaut, beauty: great, fantastic You little beauty, that’s beaut!: excited approval, something has gone really well

Dinky-di:

the real thing, something good from Australia OR originating from Down-Under

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Barbie or BBQ: barbecue

flour and water bread mix cooked in the coals of a camp fire

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Aussie (pronounced Ozzie): Australian

excellent standard

Dob (somebody) in: inform on somebody. Hence, dobber, a telltale/ tattletale

Down-Under: Australia (and New Zealand)

water

Bloke:

man, feller

Fair dinkum:

true, genuine

Bonzer:

great, ripper

Fair go:

a chance (‘give a bloke a fair go’)

Free-for-all:

a fight where everyone joins in

Bush:

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a large male kangaroo the hinterland, the Outback, anywhere that isn’t in town

Bushranger:

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Billabong:

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highwayman, outlaw

Fruit loop:

fool

G’day:

hello, good day

Galah:

loud, rudely behaved person, an insult (a galah is a loud, raucous parrot)

friend

Gander:

to take a look at

Cooee:

call for greeting someone at a distance in the bush

Good sport:

someone who is good about losing

Corker:

something excellent

Googy-eggs:

eggs

Cozzie:

swimming costume (see bathers)

Grouse (adjective):

Chockers:

completely full

Chokkie:

chocolate

Chook:

a chicken

Cobber:

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Dictionary of Australian slang and colloquialisms Mug:

friendly insult (‘Have a go, yer mug’); a gullible person

Muster:

round up sheep or cattle

Heaps: a lot; e.g. ‘thanks heaps’, ‘She earnt heaps of money’

Mystery bag:

a sausage

Hooroo:

Nifty:

stylish

Nipper:

young surf lifesaver, young child

Noggin:

head or brains

No drama:

same as ‘No worries’

No worries!:

expression of forgiveness or reassurance (No problem; forget about it; I can do it; Yes, I’ll do it)

No-hoper:

somebody who’ll never do well

H Hang out:

spend time out, usually with friends

goodbye (also ‘Ooroo)

a male station hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property)

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Jackaroo:

Jillaroo:

a female station hand

Joey:

baby kangaroo

Jumbuck:

sheep

Jumper:

a woollen sweater

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How ya goin?: How are you going?

Not the full quid: not bright intellectually

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Lamingtons:

Larrikin:

Lollies:

sponge cakes coated in chocolate and grated coconut

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interior of Australia

Oy! or Oi!:

an Aussie call

Oz:

Australia

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Paddock:

areas of land where cattle are grazed or animals kept on a farm

Pav:

Pavlova—a rich, creamy Australian dessert

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a bloke who is always enjoying himself; a harmless prankster

sweets; candy

Lucky Country, The: Australia, of course!

M Mate:

friend, buddy

Matilda:

swagman’s bedding, sleeping roll

Mob:

a large number

Mozzie:

mosquito

Plate, bring a: Instruction on party or BBQ invitation to bring your own food. It doesn’t mean ‘short of crockery’!

Pozzy:

position; e.g. get a good pozzy at the football stadium

Prezzy:

present, gift

Q Quid, make a: earn a living; e.g. ‘Are you making a quid?’

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Dictionary of Australian slang and colloquialisms Quid, not the full: of low IQ. [Historical note: ‘quid’ is slang for a pound. £1 became $2 when Australia converted to decimal currency in 1966]

Surfies:

people who go surfing

Swag:

rolled-up bedding etc. carried by a swagman; canvas bag or cover that you keep all your belonging and bedroll in, to protect it from the weather when camping out

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Reckon!:

You bet! Absolutely!

Rellies:

relatives

Ridgy-didge:

original, genuine

Swaggie:

swagman

Swagman:

tramp, hobo

Ta:

thanks

Thongs:

Ripper, you little!: Exclamation of delight or as a reaction to good news

cheap rubber sandals, flipflops

Togs:

swimsuit

Too right!:

definitely!

Road train:

big truck with many trailers

Top End:

far north of Australia

Roo:

kangaroo

Trackie daks/dacks: tracksuit pants

Right, she’ll be: it’ll be all right Righto:

Ripper/Ripsnorter:

great, fantastic

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Roo bar:

stout bar fixed to the front of a vehicle to protect it against hitting kangaroos (also ‘bull bar’)

Tuckerbag:

a sandwich

Ute:

Shoot through: to leave

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She’ll be right: it’ll turn out okay

Snag:

house veranda converted to a bedroom

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smart, good, exciting, interesting

Speccy:

spectacular

great, excellent

Sprung:

caught doing something wrong (‘I got sprung’)

Station:

a big farm/grazing property

Stickybeak:

nosy person

Sunbake:

sunbathe

Sunnies:

sunglasses

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utility vehicle, pick-up truck

Vegies:

vegetables

Vee dub:

Volkswagen (Vee-dubya)

Veg out:

relax in front of the TV (like a vegetable)

Walkabout:

to travel through the Outback (by Aborigines); lasts for an indefinite time

Whinge:

complain

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Spiffy, pretty spiffy:

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okay or that’s right

Y Yobbo:

an uncouth person

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Easter traditions here ‘n’ there Celebrating Easter – pages 3 and 4 Indicator: • Reads and answers questions about the meaning of Easter. Worksheet information: • Pages 3 to 4 should be used in conjunction with each other. • Easter falls between late March and late April each year, depending when the full moon occurs. • Read and discuss the information with the students. Allow the students to relate any personal experiences of similar Easter celebrations.

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Answers 1. Christian, death, resurrection 2. (a) Easter Sunday – Chocolate eggs are eaten to remember that Jesus came back to life. (b) Shrove Tuesday – People eat lots of pancakes so that there are no foods to ‘go off’ during Lent. (c) Good Friday – Many people eat hot cross buns to remember that Jesus died on the cross. (d) Lent – Many people did not eat foods such as meat, fish, eggs and milky foods for 40 days. (e) Maundy Thursday – Many people are sad because they remember that Jesus ate his Last Supper with the disciples the day before he died. (f) Palm Sunday – People waved branches to welcome Jesus to Jerusalem as king. 3. Eostre, the ancient goddess of spring and fertility 4. the ‘Light of the world’

Easter traditions around the world – page 5

Indicators: • Reads facts about Easter celebrations around the world. • Attempts to say ‘Happy Easter’ in a variety of different languages.

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Worksheet information: • Read the Easter facts with the students following the trail and omitting the words in other languages. • As a class attempt to say ‘Happy Easter’ in each language. Students may also be asked the name of the language. For example, In Poland, people speak Polish.

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Indicators: • Reads a poem about Easter in Australia. • Completes activities using information in the poem.

Worksheet information: • Pages 6 and 7 should be used in conjunction with each other. • Read the poem together as a class and discuss the Aussie terms used and the main facts given. Then complete the activities. Answers 1. See wordsearch solution. 2. (a) friend, buddy (b) don’t work (d) potatoes (e) autumn (g) kangaroos (h) money (j) friends 3. the Easter Bilby 4. Teacher check

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Celebrating Easter – 1 Easter is an important Christian religious festival which remembers the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Lent is the name given to the 40 days leading up to Easter when people did not eat foods such as meat, fish, eggs and milky foods.

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Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, is the beginning of Easter celebrations. It is the day before Lent and was started as a way to use up foods, such as eggs and milk, that would perish during Lent because they couldn’t be eaten. People often had a big feast of pancakes which could be made with milk, eggs and some flour.

On Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. The people waved and laid palm branches on the ground to welcome him like a king.

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Maundy Thursday is remembered as a sad day when Jesus ate the Last Supper with his disciples and washed their feet before he was betrayed and arrested.

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On Good Friday, Jesus Christ was killed by being nailed to a cross. His body was taken down from the cross and buried in a stone tomb. On Easter Sunday, he came back to life.

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On Good Friday, many people eat hot cross buns. The spiced fruit buns with a cross on the top help people to remember that Jesus died on the cross. On Easter Sunday, chocolate eggs are eaten to symbolise new life and remember that Jesus came back to life on the first Easter Sunday. fertility, from ancient times. In the Northern Hemisphere, festivals were common around springtime when many baby animals were born and plants were coming back to life after winter. Eggs, rabbits and chicks were common symbols of new life and fertility. During many Easter celebrations in churches, candles are burned to remember that Jesus Christ, who is often called the ‘Light of the world’, died and was raised to life again at Easter. www.ricpublications.com.au

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Celebrating Easter – 2 Use the text on page 3 to answer the questions. 1. Write words to complete the sentence. religious

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2. Match the day to the things that happen on the day.

• Many people are sad because they remember that Jesus ate his Last Supper with the disciples the day before he died.

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• People waved branches to welcome Jesus to Jerusalem as king.

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3. Where is the name ‘Easter believed to come from? 4. What is Jesus often called? 4

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Easter traditions around the world 1. Follow the Easter Bunny trail to read facts about Easter around the world. In France, children place nests in their yards or gardens. On Easter Sunday, they look in them to see if there are any eggs.

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In Germany, parents hide Easter baskets of sweets, eggs and small gifts for children to find on Easter Sunday.

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In Greece on Easter Sunday, people with brightly coloured eggs knock their eggs together in greeting and say ‘Christ is risen’.

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In Spain, men dressed as skeletons dance on Maundy Thursday.

In Hungary, on Easter Monday, boys sprinkle girls with perfumed water and the girls give the boys coins or eggs. They wish each other good luck.

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Easter Saturday, people walk around the church singing songs. The priest knocks on the door and everyone goes in to celebrate Jesus coming back to life.

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In Italy, people eat pretzels because the twisted shape is like arms crossed in prayer.

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In Sweden, people decorate their houses with yellow, green and white and put yellow chickens all over the house.

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take a basket of food to church to be blessed. Wesolych swiat

In Norway, people play a game by knocking eggs together.

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‘You beaut’ Aussie Easter – 1 Read the Aussie Easter poem.

An Aussie Easter’s a beauty, mate! There’s no time to bludge or even wait.

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But for me it’s true blue. A four-day weekend and no work to do. The Esky™, the swags, the tent and some roos.

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That’s fine for some, but I’d rather eat spuds.

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Some fishermen in Ulladulla — a place in the east

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And an Aussie get-together wouldn’t be ridgy-didge

Hot cross buns, chocolate bunnies and let’s not forget the eggs Delivered not by a bunny, hopping on furry legs, But by an endangered rodent who’s not such a pest. Too right, cobbers! An Aussie Easter’s the best!

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‘You beaut’ Aussie Easter – 2 Use the information on page 6 to complete the following. 1. Find the words in the word search.

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Easter church weekend pancakes Show eggs bless fleet chocolate bunnies hot cross buns

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2. Write words which mean the same as … (a) mate

(b) bludge

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(h) dough

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True blue Bilby True blue bilby – page 9 Indicators: • Reads and understands information about the greater bilby. • Correctly matches text to pictures. Worksheet information: • Read the text with the students. Clarify any new words such as muzzle, nocturnal, grasslands and burrow. After reading the text, students draw a line from each box to its corresponding picture.

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Indicators: • Reads and understands information about the effect of introduced species (specifically rabbits) on the native greater bilby species. • Colours a bilby correctly using a key.

Worksheet information: • Early settlers unwittingly did much to damage the native fauna and flora. Setting rabbits and foxes free for hunting is one such example. Combined with the destruction of land through farming, many Australian plant and animal species have become extinct. In recent times, Australians have become interested in trying to reverse the damage done by our ancestors through conservation and education. • Students read the text. Discuss how the actions of the settlers affected the native species. Students then colour the greater bilby correctly using the code.

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Worksheet information: • The exact details of the origin of the Easter Bilby is unknown, but is believed to be from the late 1970s. • The Easter Bilby concept is not necessarily an attempt to ‘Australianise’ Easter, but to replace the image of the rabbit, considered an introduced pest in Australia, with that of a vulnerable native creature. The Foundation for RabbitFree Australia arranged for the first chocolate bilbies to be produced in South Australia by Haigh’s Chocolates, Melba’s Chocolates and Cottage Box Chocolates in 1993. Chocolate bilbies can now be purchased at Easter-time in most shops, which has helped raise awareness about the plight of the bilby.

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Bilby vs bunny Until Europeans settled in Australia, bilbies lived across the land. The settlers started hunting bilbies for their silky fur and clearing the land the bilbies lived on for farming. They also brought animals with them to the new colonies, like foxes, cats and rabbits, which spelled disaster for bilbies.

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The Easter bilby is born Many Australians see wild rabbits as pests that have helped destroy some types of plants and animals in Australia, and think the gentle bilby should be a symbol of Easter in Australia instead. Bilbies dig burrows and have long ears like rabbits and eat some similar foods. But unlike rabbits, they are native to Australia and are vulnerable, not a pest. Chocolate bilbies can be bought in shops at Eastertime and sometimes money from these chocolates goes towards programs helping to save bilbies.

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Worksheet information: • For this activity, students will need a copy of the worksheet enlarged to A3, vegetable oil and a brush for brushing, coloured pencils or crayons, and scissors. • Students draw an Easter symbol of their choice in each of the two top corners. Students then cut the window and fold to make creases in the paper. These creases form the lines of the interior of the window. Students continue folding until the window is sufficiently covered in equal-sized shapes. These shapes should not be too small for younger children. • Students then use a fine black felt-tipped pen to outline all the crease lines. They colour the shapes in different colours and the Easter symbols as they wish. When they have completed colouring the window, they lightly brush the back of the page with vegetable oil, then pat it dry with some paper towel. The oil will make the paper semi-transparent. When dry, they can be arranged as a window display.

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Indicator: • Uses wax-resist techniques to decorate an emu egg shape.

Worksheet information: • Emu eggs vary in size and colour but tend to be quite large and dark-green to black in colour. For this activity students will need one worksheet, copied onto thick paper or card, acrylic black paint with a squirt of dishwashing liquid mixed in, coloured wax crayons, and an etching tool as described below. • In this activity the students will make patterns on an egg shape as a means of decorating it. After colouring the egg with wax crayons (students will need to ensure they colour thickly and cover the surface of the shape completely) students cut out the egg shape then paint it, covering all the crayon thinly. Put the work of art aside until it dries (overnight). To complete the activity they then make patterns on the egg by scraping off the paint with a hard, pointed object such as plastic cutlery, a popstick or the pointed end of safety scissors.

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Emu’s Easter egg Emu eggs are much bigger and darker than chicken eggs. Try this creative way to make a decorated emu egg for Easter. 1. Colour the egg completely with wax crayons. 2. Cut the egg out. 3. Cover the egg with black paint.

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Easter Bilby card – page 17 Indicator: • Follows instructions to complete an Easter Bilby card.

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Worksheet information: • Students will need coloured pencils, crayons or markers and scissors to complete the card. • For best results, photocopy onto light card. • Colour and cut out the card. Fold along the fold lines so that the two halves meet. Write an Easter message inside. Students may like to add details, such as glitter, shiny paper or crumpled paper squares, to the front of the card to enhance the words or pictures.

Worksheet information: • Students will need wax crayons or oil pastels, pencils, vegetable dye or runny paint, paintbrushes, scissors, a strip of cardboard approximately 30 cm long and 2.5 cm wide for a handle, small sheets of newspaper or shredded paper and another A4 sheet of light cardboard for the back. The teacher will require a stapler for joining the pieces together. • Photocopy the worksheet onto light card. Read the poem and discuss the Aussie terms. • Using dark brown or black wax crayons or oil pastels, students trace the lines on the gumnut then paint the gumnut with brown or orange vegetable dye or runny paint. • When dry, cut around the gumnut along the dotted lines. Place the gumnut on the extra sheet of A4 card, carefully trace around it and cut out the back of the basket. Decorate the back of the basket the same as the front if desired. Staple both pieces together close to the edge a number of times to ensure that there are no big gaps for the eggs to fall through. Flatten sides at top slightly to attach the handle which could be decorated with drawn gumleaves or more gumnuts. • Place some crumpled newspaper or shredded paper in the base of the basket and fill with an egg or two.

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Indicator: • Uses manipulative skills to create an Easter Bilby mask.

Worksheet information: • Photocopy the mask onto card if possible or glue onto card for durability once completed, allow to dry and cut out again before adding the string or elastic. • Students will need crayons, pencils, pastels, markers or paint and brushes, scissors and string or elastic to complete the Easter Bilby mask. • The masks may be used to act out an Easter play or for movement or role-play activities.

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Bonzer Easter Bilby mask 1. Colour and cut out the Easter Bilby.

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Bonzer Aussie Easter activities Read and draw Easter bilby – page 21 Indicator: • Follows instructions to complete and colour a drawing of a bilby.

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Worksheet information: • Discuss why many people in Australia prefer to talk about an Easter Bilby instead of an Easter Bunny; e.g. rabbits are vermin in Australia and cost the country millions of dollars every year. • Discuss similarities and differences between rabbits and bilbies; e.g. they have long ears, soft fur, live in burrows, are cute and timid, some are greyish in colour, they move quietly, are marsupials and don’t lay eggs. Bilbies have a rear-facing pouch, have only one or two babies are nocturnal, eat insects, snails, fruit, spiders, get the liquid they need from their food and they scamper rather than hop. • Discuss the efforts being made to protect bilbies; e.g. the money from the sale of some chocolate bilbies is donated for bilby protection and breeding programs.

Easter egg puzzle – page 22

Indicators: • Colours, cuts out and glues together parts of an Easter egg puzzle. • Uses colour names to colour specific sections of a drawing.

Worksheet information: • Students are required to know the colours red, blue, yellow and green to complete this activity. • Many of them will be able to recognise the four colour words, especially if they encouraged to use initial letter cues. • For others it is suggested a key chart is provided, showing each of the colour names with a sample colour swatch. The colour choices for these students could be limited to the four colours required for the activity.

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Indicators: • Matches words to pictures. • Completes a wordsearch and a read and draw.

Worksheet information: • Students should be encouraged to use initial letter cues when matching words and pictures and finding words in the wordsearch. • Some students may find this activity less challenging if allowed to work with a partner and to discuss their answers Answers 1. (a) bilby (b) hat (d) bun (e) cross 2. Wordsearch 3. Teacher check

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Easter egg puzzle 1. Colour the Easter egg pieces. 2. Cut them out. 3. Glue them on a sheet of paper to make a beautiful Easter egg.

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Bonzer Aussie Easter activities Aussie Easter word fun – page 25 Indicators: • Completes sentences by selecting appropriate Easter words. • Unjumbles words and completes sentences. Worksheet information: • A class Easter egg hunt would be an appropriate introduction activity as some students may not be familiar with Easter egg hunts. An egg could be hidden in the classroom or in the school playground and a series of clues written for students to follow. Students could be selected randomly to read and follow the clues and to have a chance of locating the final clue and the egg.

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Worksheet information: • Bilbies were selected to replace the Easter Bunny in Australia in 1992 because they have some features in common with rabbits, which are considered vermin in Australia, and because bilby numbers are decreasing. Bilbies, unlike rabbits, have only one or two babies, which makes it difficult to sustain the bilby population. • Some chocolate manufacturers agreed to promote the bilby and to donate money from their sale to help to save these Australian marsupials. However, not all chocolate manufacturers now making bilbies contribute to this fund. • Students need to know more about these unique Australian creatures and to be aware of why they are being promoted as a replacement for the Easter Bunny.

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Indicator: • Reads a poem comparing and contrasting rabbits and bilbies and answers questions.

Worksheet information: • A rabbit and bilby compare and contrast chart could be compiled as a class, small-group or individual activity. Students could choose the way in which they prefer to work or could be assigned to a group according to their abilities. • Encourage students to find information about both animals using Internet and library sources. Answers 1. (a) the bilby (b) They sleep all day and move around at night. 2. They are a pest and eat the farmers’ crops. 3. (a) No (b) They are white and fluffy. (c) They are long, thin and black and white. 4. Their ears are similar.

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Colour-by-number Easter Bilby – page 29 Indicators: • Identifies cardinal numbers from 1 to 10. • Uses word recognition skills to identify colour names.

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Colour-by-number Easter bilby • Use the numbers to colour the Easter Bilby picture. • Colour the eggs brightly.

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Bonzer Aussie Easter activities Maggie’s Easter maths – page 33 Indicators: • Counts and adds collections up to 10. • Draws pictures to solve number problems. Worksheet information: • Explain the worksheet activities to the students. Non-readers will need adult assistance to complete some parts of this worksheet.

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Indicators: • Solves written and pictorial number stories. • Creates and draws a number story.

Worksheet information: • The number stories are presented both in writing and pictorially. Students read the problem, with adult help if necessary, then use the picture to help them solve the number problem. They write the answer in the box provided in the corner of each problem. Some students may benefit from having items, such as counters, to help them solve the problems. • Students create a number story of their own, writing it with adult help if necessary. They draw the picture then present it to another student to complete.

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Worksheet information: • Students solve the sums using addition, subtraction or multiplication as appropriate. • Students match the answer from each equation to a colour in the code. They colour the egg the appropriate colour. Answers: Refer to image.

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The Easter egg that grew – page 37 Indicators: • Enlarges a 2-D image of an Easter egg on a grid. • Locates and reads coordinate grid points.

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The Easter egg that grew • Can you make this Easter egg grow? • Look carefully in each square in the smaller box.

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Aussie Easter cover-up – page 41 Indicator: • Uses arbitrary units to measure the area of shapes. Worksheet information • If buttons are not available, counters can be used.

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Aussie Easter Cover-Up Use buttons to cover each of the Aussie Easter shapes. • Count how many you used for each shape.

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Bonzer Aussie Easter activities SMS to Easter Bilby – page 45 Indicator: • Uses a key to help decipher a SMS. Worksheet information: • Mobile phones usually have about enough space for 160 characters per message. Shortcuts save time and also cost less as only a certain number of characters can be used before it becomes expensive. • Capital letters in SMS messages can indicate shouting or strongly emphasising a point. Capitalisation is used in this activity to make the shortcuts used easy to identify. Other shortcuts could also be used; e.g. ‘cd’ for ‘could’, ‘hv’ for ‘have’. • As many students will be aware of SMS shortcuts, discuss what they know and compile a list for reference.

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Answers: Dear Easter Bilby, How are you? Thanks for your Easter egg last year. It was great. By the way, could I have a caramel egg this year, please? See you later. Jordan. (friendly smile added)

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Indicator: • Creates a design suitable for an Australian Easter stamp.

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Indicator: • Creates designs for a uniform and equipment to be used by an Easter bilby.

Worksheet information: • Students could work individually, in pairs or a small group for this activity. A class brainstorm of ideas for suitable items of clothing and equipment could be beneficial. Display completed drawings for students to view.

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SMS to Easter bilby When people send a message (SMS) on a mobile phone they often use shortcuts for some words.

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Aussie Easter stamp Australia Post has brought out many different stamp designs. Sometimes they are all about a theme, such as Australian animals. Other times they are to celebrate a special event, such as the Year of the Lifesaver. Imagine you are in a competition to design an Aussie Easter stamp. Some things you will need to think about are: • What kind of Aussie picture will you draw?

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Beaut bilby uniform and equipment Imagine the Easter Bilby has asked you to design a uniform and some equipment for him to wear and use while he is travelling around Australia delivering Easter eggs. What would he need? Here are some things to think about. – Parts of Australia are dry and hot at Easter and other parts are cold and rainy. – The bilby usually stays in his burrow during the day. What will he need to help him travel at night?

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Easter Parade – page 49 Indicators: • Plans a route for an Easter parade within his/her school. • Produces a poster, invitation and hat to support the Easter parade.

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Easter bonnet/Easter bonnet clipart Indicators: • Follows instructions to make an Easter bonnet. • Decorates the Easter bonnet to reflect his/her own personality.

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Easter Parade The Easter parade began in New York in the 1870s. People going to church would carry Easter flowers from St Thomas Church to St Luke’s Church. This became a parade and the tradition of wearing new spring clothes and fancy hats was started. Flowers were used to decorate the hats to show that spring had arrived. Plan an Easter parade for your school. 1. Draw a simple map of your school.

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Easter bonnet Make an Easter bonnet and decorate it in your own style.

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Easter bonnet clipart 1. Choose the pictures you would like to put on your Easter bonnet for decoration. 2. Colour them in.

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An Aussie wreath for Easter – page 53 Indicator: • Follows instructions to create an Aussie Easter wreath.

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Indicator: • Follows instructions to create an Easter Bilby.

Worksheet information: • The worksheet may be photocopied onto coloured paper if desired OR the students may be asked to paint or colour the sections of the worksheet before commencing to fold. • The completed bilbies may be displayed on a background of fringed grass or a painted bush scene with brown crumpled paper for rocks etc.

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An Aussie wreath for Easter Follow the instructions to make a fun Easter wreath for your door. 1. Collect your materials. You will need: • a wire coat hanger • the Easter Bilby and the egg template

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Colour an Easter picture Use the key to colour the squares to make an Easter picture. Key:

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Fold an Easter Bilby 1. Cut out the square along the black line. 2. Fold in half along diagonal line A. 3. Fold the head back and down along line B. 4. Turn the bilby over to the printed side.

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The bilby groove – page 57 Indicator: • Learns and performs an action rhyme about bilbies.

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Worksheet information: • Photocopy the worksheet onto an overhead projector transparency and enlarge on to a screen or wall so the students can read the words and actions from afar. • Students repeat the poem and copy the actions from the teacher. Repeat a number of times until they become familiar with the actions.

Little Benny Bilby – page 58 Indicators: • Writes new words to a well-known song. • Illustrates a song he/she has created.

Worksheet information: • Sing the song ‘Peter Rabbit’ with the class a number of times so they become familiar with the words and the tune. Show the class the action rhymes to match the song. • Students sing the Australian version of the song with the actions, then add new words to make the song their own. Some suggestions include: ‘....had a bee on his ear’; ‘...had a beetle on his knee’.

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Worksheet information: • Sing the original song ‘Hot cross buns’ with the class a number of times so they become familiar with the words and the tune. • Students change the terms ‘penny’ to up-to-date Australian terms, such as ‘dollar’ or ‘cent’. • Explain to the class that repeated lines have the same actions. • Students perform the song and action rhyme to another group, then self-assess their performance.

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Read and perform this bilby action rhyme.

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Little Benny Bilby 1. Sing the nursery rhyme. Do the actions if you know them. Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose

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‘Hot Cross Buns’ action rhyme 1. Read the well-known Easter nursery rhyme. Hot cross buns, hot cross buns One a penny, two a penny Hot cross buns

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Bonzer Aussie Easter activities Bilbycopta – page 61 • Follows instructions to make a bilbycopta.

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Worksheet information: Students can have one sheet per pair as two bilbycoptas can be made per page.

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Easter Emu egg – page 62 Indicator:

• Uses information from a key to colour a picture.

Worksheet information: • Read the key with the students. • Ensure students have access to the six coloured pencils required (or substitute colours in the key).

Bilby’s Easter riddles – page 63

Indicators: • Uses counters to solve number sentences. • Matches answers to an alphabet code to solve Easter riddles.

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Worksheet information: • Once students have chosen their different coloured counters, remind them to decide who will be the ‘bunny’ and who will be the ‘bilby’ in the race.

Scratch ’n’ sniff Easter stamps – page 65 Indicator:

• Creates scratch ’n’ sniff Aussie Easter stamps.

Instructions: 1. Add a small amount of chocolate extract to grey tempera paint. 2. Add a small amount of cinnamon extract to brown tempera paint. Note: Use small, thin paintbrushes so students do not paint over their colouring. 3. When dry, scratch the paint on the stamps and smell the chocolate and cinnamon flavours.

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3 = red

5 = purple

2 = blue

4 = green

6 = pink

Emu eggs can weigh almost one kilogram.

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Scratch ’n’ sniff Easter stamps 1. Paint the bilbies’ baskets yellow and the eggs red. 2. Paint the cross on the hot cross buns yellow.

3. Paint the bilbies grey and the hot cross buns brown. 4. When dry, cut out the stamps.

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Aussie Easter tucker Perfect pancakes – page 67

Hot cross buns – page 68

Indicators: • Follows a recipe to make pancakes. • Selects own ingredients to complete a recipe.

Indicators: • Follows a recipe to make hot cross buns. • Illustrates the number of steps involved in making the buns.

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Worksheet information: • All hot cross bun recipes involve periods of time where it is necessary to wait for the dough to rise. It would be pertinent to have activities prepared for the students to do during these waiting periods. Alternatively, the first half of the recipe could be done one day, with the other half completed the next day, to avoid one of the waiting periods. • Follow the recipe and make the buns. Ensure students’ safety when cooking and using hot ingredients. Students complete the worksheet by drawing three of the most interesting steps involved in making the buns.

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Worksheet information: • For this activity, it is advisable to make the basic mix in small groups, then give each student a portion of the mix in a bowl for them to add their own ingredients to. Provide a selection of sweet and savoury foods for them to add, keeping them healthy if possible, such as banana, apple, pear, honey, cheese, ham, corn, spring onions and mushrooms. As students add ingredients, they record what they added and how much on the recipe. Help the students to cook the pancakes. After cooking and tasting the pancakes, students answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

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Worksheet information: • Purchase pita bread, cheese, tomato paste and a number of toppings for the pizzas, such as cabanossi; slices of red, yellow and green capsicum; parsley; halved cherry tomatoes and slices of olives. • Follow the recipe to make the pizzas. Students select their own toppings and use the toppings to decorate the pizza like an Easter egg. They write (or draw) the ingredients they used, then complete the worksheet by drawing their finished pizza.

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Indicator: • Makes sandwiches in a production line. Worksheet information: • Purchase butter, spring onions, mayonnaise, parsley and one dozen eggs. Hard boil, cool and peel the eggs. Prepare a number of utensils that the students may decide to use in this activity, such as bowls, plates, serrated and butter knives, forks. Students will decide what the steps in the production of the sandwiches will be, how many people will do each step, and what utensils will be used. • Students make sandwiches, then complete the worksheet by answering Question 3 (a)–(c).

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Perfect pancakes Traditionally, pancakes were cooked on Shrove Tuesday to use up foods that weren’t supposed to be eaten, and would go off, during Lent. The basic recipe uses milk, eggs, sugar and butter, but other ingredients can be used, if available. 1. Follow this basic pancake recipe, then add your own ingredients to make the perfect pancake! Write what ingredients you added and how much of each you used.

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Hot cross buns Follow the steps to make these hot cross buns for Good Friday. Draw the three steps you thought were most fun. Ingredients:

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Make your own chockies! Tick the steps as you complete them to make milk chocolate from scratch. Ingredients:

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Easter pizza 1. Easter food doesn’t have to always be chocolates and eggs. Follow the steps to make these yummy, healthy Easter pizzas this Easter! 2. Cover with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.

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Eggy production line If everyone in your class made a sandwich, each person would need knives and a fork, bowl, spoon and plate. That’s a lot of utensils! Instead of everyone doing everything, try making sandwiches in a production line. Each person does just one part of creating the egg sandwiches, instead of every part, making things quicker and easier. Production lines are used in factories and shops to make large numbers of one thing.

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Group 3: Chop spring onions and parsley (watch your fingers!) and add to eggs.

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Ridgy-didge bits ’n’ pieces An Easter play – pages 73–75 Indicators: • Demonstrates clear, expressive speech. • Learns lines. • Follows script to speak on cue.

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An Easter play – 1

Three cousins are sitting in their grandparents’ lounge room, looking longingly at three large Easter eggs on the table.

Tom:

Grandma says that ‘Easter is a celebration of new life in Jesus’, but I don’t know what that means.

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Grandpa says that ‘Jesus died on a cross to say sorry to God, his father, for all our sins’.

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Not our sins, but the sins of all people.

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(explosively) What! Everybody? That’s crazy!

Sally:

I don’t think ‘crazy’ is the right word to use but I agree, it is difficult to understand.

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Yes, and I still don’t understand what ‘a celebration of new life in Jesus’ means. Grandma walks in and joins the discussion.

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Not much of an entrance for the son of God who has just arrived from outer space!

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An Easter play – 2 Sally:

Like naughty stuff, you mean?

Grandma: Well, we won’t go into that just now ... Anyway, he became a carpenter like Joseph and when he was 30 years old, he began to do what God asked him, to teach the people all about his father in Heaven. Jesus spent the next three years teaching the apostles, his 12 special friends, and other people about God.

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Grandpa: Jesus told his friends that, when he was no longer with them, they would have to carry on his teaching. They didn’t understand what he meant. Grandma: Before Jesus could return to his father in Heaven, he had to show people how much God loved them. Will:

But they killed him!

Grandma: Exactly. All along, Jesus knew that this would happen to him. God had offered his only son as a sacrifice to show people how much he loved them. This way, he could give them another chance to join him in Heaven. Tom:

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So how do we know the way God wants us to be good?

Grandma: Well, that’s what the Bible is for. It teaches us God’s way. Sally:

What did the apostles say when they saw Jesus again?

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It must have been a bit spooky. Do you think they were a bit scared?

Grandma: I think I would have been, but I would have trusted him to look after me. Sally:

So when did Jesus go back to his father in Heaven?

Grandpa: Forty days after he rose from the dead, on Ascension Day.

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What happened to the apostles? Weren’t they supposed to spread the word of God after Jesus left them?

Grandma: Yes, Tom, that’s right. Ten days after Jesus went back to his father, God sent the Holy Spirit to look after them and give them courage to do their work.

Why did they need courage?

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How the Easter Bunny became the Easter Bilby – 1 A long time ago, there lived a large family of rabbits. The family of rabbits was special because it was the family of the Easter Bunny. The family was so large that there were hundreds of baby Easter Bunnies. Everyone in the Easter Bunny family had to help to make and deliver Easter eggs to all the girls and boys on Easter Sunday.

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‘I want to be special’, he decided. ‘I’ll make myself special. I’ll be different to all the other little bunnies. I have to think of something!’ Many days passed. Robbie couldn’t think of any ideas. He was beginning to worry. One very warm day he was shaping the chocolate eggs. ‘Oh no!’, he cried. ‘The chocolate’s melting and I’m getting so hot!’

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How the Easter Bunny became the Easter Bilby – 2 ‘I need somewhere that is warm and safe. Little rabbits are easy prey for night-time animals’, he whispered to himself. So Robbie used his claws and paws to dig a hole to hide in. Every night, he crept out and dug his hole a little better and a little deeper. Soon he had a warm, dry, cosy burrow to sleep in every night—and nobody pushed him out of bed! ‘Where do you sneak off to every night?’ asked Regina Rabbit. ‘You’re never around when we wake up.’

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ears to find out what was happening around him. The bright sunlight hurt his eyes. He found it very hard to do his work.

He started hiding in his burrow during the day. He was ashamed of all the misshapen eggs he had made. He had to eat at night-time, when no-one was around, and that usually meant eating whatever the rabbits had left during the day.

‘I’m certainly special now’, he thought sadly to himself. ‘I have no brothers and sisters, cousins, second- and third-cousins, parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents and great grandparents. And, worst of all, I can’t even make Easter eggs for all the girls and boys.’

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to make Easter eggs. He practised until he could shape them with his paws and soon he had a nice pile to deliver on Easter Sunday. Robbie Rabbit had became Bob, the Easter Bilby.

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