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Stat Cards & Brand Safari
Three quick games. All conversation, no writing pressure.
Maths English Business about 60 min With Mum

This is a baseline week. Everything is a game, nothing is graded. Your job today is quiet noting: what's solid, what's shaky, what's missing. Smile, note it, move on. Nothing gets corrected today.

Case Cracker · the three moves for any word problem
  1. Read the case: read it twice. What is it ACTUALLY asking? Circle the numbers.
  2. Check yourself: partway through, stop: what am I doing? Is it working?
  3. Close the case: does the answer make sense? Right size, right units?
Stuck is a clue, not a fail. Re-read it, or try smaller numbers first.
Three Lessons
M1
Stat Card Showdown
about 15 min · Maths
Grab: basketball stat cards, large number reading cards, notebook for your notes
Free Shot warm-up
Ask him 3 things he knows about his favourite player. Pure win, no maths yet.

Deal 5 stat cards each. Each of you flips one card and reads YOUR number aloud. Bigger number takes both cards. Commentator voice earns a bonus point.

Privately note where his reading breaks down: thousands? millions? zeros in the middle?

Champion round: the large number cards for the title.

If stuck
Drop to 3-digit numbers and keep playing. The game matters more than the size.
If flying
Bring out millions, then flip it: you SAY a number, he writes it.

You are mapping, not teaching. Nothing gets corrected today, just noted.

🧭 Your quiet note (private, just for you)
✓ Saved
E1
My Learner Profile
about 15 min · English
Grab: barrier and strategy cards (cut up the TAFE sheets, or handwrite a dozen), two sorting spots
Warm-up
Morphograph spelling first: 10 min from the existing booklet. This happens before every English session, all term.

Sort the cards into: HELPS ME / GETS IN MY WAY / NOT SURE. He adds 2 of his own to any pile, you scribe.

Take a photo of the final sort. That photo is the artefact, no writing needed here.

Mum asks: "Which ONE thing helps you most?" Star that card.
If stuck
You sort the first 3 as a model, thinking out loud.
If flying
Rank the top 3 helpers in order.
🧭 Your quiet note (private, just for you)
✓ Saved
B1
Brand Safari
about 20 min · Business
Grab: iPad, 6 logos he knows (think Nike, NBA Store, a local shop, a YouTuber, Spotify, a tradie van)

Look at the 6 brands one at a time: what do they actually SELL?

Sort: sells a THING (goods) vs sells a DOING (service).

The sneaky one: Spotify. Thing or doing? (Both-ish. The argument is the lesson.)

Textbook Ch 2 covers goods and services if you want the formal words. Two minutes max, diagram only.

🏀 In his words: which would be the most fun to run? Why?
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Week 1, Together 1: Logged

Tap when the three games are done. No right or wrong today, just noted.

+25
Points for this mission
✓ Logged. Great work.
Next: Light Day A →
🧭 For Mum · not part of Talan's mission

What to watch for today

Week 1 is all about observe. You're not testing, you're mapping where he needs prompts and where he doesn't. Smile, note it, move on.

Independence Ladder: Week 1

This week: Baseline observe. You're beside him for everything. No pressure to go solo yet.
Next week (W2): He drives 5 minutes. Pick a step and hand it to him: "you read that bit to me."