This editing and revising learning activity, ‘My Favourite Basketball Player’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, and understand sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This history article, ‘My History … with Melissa Wu’ features an interview with Australian diving champion Melissa Wu. It provides factual information about Melissa Wu’s life and accomplishments and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This worksheet, ‘My Mascot Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the qualities found in an ideal Winter Olympic Mascot. The resource then asks students to illustrate a design of their own mascot and explain why that mascot would be a great candidate for the next Winter Olympics. It …More
This worksheet, ‘My Mascot Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the qualities found in an ideal Olympic Mascot. The resource then asks students to illustrate a design of their own mascot and explain why that mascot would be a great candidate for the next Olympic Games. It forms …More
This worksheet, ‘My Medal Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives in describing the elements of an Olympic medal design. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own medal and explain why those elements were included.
This worksheet, ‘My Trophy Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives in describing the elements of trophy. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own trophy and explain why those elements were included.
This worksheet, ‘My Ultimate Olympics Experience’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas on what they would consider to be their ultimate day at the Olympic Games. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively. With this writing prompt students have enough …More
This worksheet, ‘New Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise information about events that were not included in the first Games of 1896. Many students may not realise that the events of today’s Olympics may not be the same as those before. It provides a great prompt for discussion about why the events were added …More
This worksheet, ‘New Winter Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise information about events that were not included in the first Games of 1924. Many students may not realise that the events of today’s Winter Olympics may not be the same as those before. It provides a great prompt for discussion about why the events …More
This sports article, ‘Nordic Combined’ features the origins of this Winter Olympics sport, some rules of the sport and a Nordic combined record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Nordic Combined Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, Nordic combined. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Olympic Events’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Olympic horse events. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text, to make judgements and draw conclusions about the text, as well as form opinions about the text as a whole in …More
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Olympic Events’, features an informational text about the Olympic horseriding events of dressage, show jumping, and three-day events. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about the main idea, vocabulary, comparison/contrast, detail, sequence, and genre. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise their research about three events. This simple resource requires the collection of relevant information including the number of competitors in the event, a description that explains what the event involves and any interesting facts about that specific event. Students may not realise that although there are …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Games Alphabet’ provides an alphabet grid that students can use to develop their vocabulary and brainstorm different ideas about the Olympics. This is a fun and simple resource that can be used effectively before, during or after an activity and across ability levels. It can also be utilised during individual, pair or …More
This Winter Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Medal Count Graph’ is a fantastic resource to link mathematics with the Olympics. Students are provided with a graph to record the countries and their number of wins in past Olympics. It is an interesting research task that will graphically represent the history of the Olympics. The graph lends itself to creating …More
This Winter Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This black and white Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced, coloured in and used as part of a decorative classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom. Full-colour Olympics themed bunting is also available.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports and Medallists’ is an upside-down tree diagram used to organise the flow of ideas into a top down format. Students can use this graphical scaffold to break down types of Olympic sports, a basic description of the sport and past gold medallists. The hierarchy chart is a great resource to allow …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports List’ provides a blank diagram where the trunk represents the central concept of Olympic Sports and the branches can be used to brainstorm various types. This is a great way to introduce the various sports that are currently included in the Olympic Games or as an informal method of assessment to …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports Profile’ is a great resource that provides students with a table to organise their research on four Olympic sports. Students are required to select the most relevant information to create a profile that includes the rules, gameplay, equipment and venue of each sport.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Uniform’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the purpose of a casual Olympic uniform. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own uniform that meets the needs of an Olympian.
This worksheet, ‘Olympics Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to brainstorm facts and ideas about the Olympics. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word ‘Olympics’ to list facts or ideas that they already know …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympics KWHL Chart’ prompts students to explore what they know about the Olympics, what they want to learn, how they think they could learn about new ideas and what they have learnt following the learning tasks. This is a great, clearly formatted resource to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympics Would You Rather’ is a great resource to prompt interesting discussion topics. The ‘would you rather?’ prompts can be used as a whole class, individually or in pairs, and encourage students to logically argue their opinion and express ideas.
This ‘Player of the Match Certificate (boy)’ is an award that can be reproduced for classroom use. It is formatted as either one full page award or two half page awards for printing convenience and can be laminated and distributed to students.
This ‘Player of the Match Certificate (girl)’ is an award that can be reproduced for classroom use. It is formatted as either one full page award or two half page awards for printing convenience and can be laminated and distributed to students.
Possum Poles’ is an engaging learning activity that shows how four possums climbed slippery poles at the Animal Olympics. Students need to use their knowledge of patterns and graphs to compare the progress of the possums. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This worksheet, ‘Profile of a Soccer Player’ is a simple yet effective worksheet that provides students with a template to organise information about a soccer star. Use this resource during international sporting competitions or to encourage engagement and interest in sport. It is also an exercise that requires students to select only the most relevant …More
This worksheet, ‘Profile of a Winter Olympian’ is a simple yet effective worksheet that provides students with a template to organise information about a Winter Olympian. Using this resource students will become more involved in their team and gain interest in the Games. It is also an exercise that requires students to select only the …More
This worksheet, ‘Profile of an Olympian’ is a simple yet effective worksheet that provides students with a template to organise information about an Olympian. Using this resource students will become more involved in their team and gain interest in the Games. It is also an exercise that requires students to select only the most relevant …More
This worksheet, ‘Rugby Sevens Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, rugby sevens. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
This content area reading activity, ‘Running the Mile’ is a maths based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to use details to visualise, or create pictures of, what they are reading.
In this learning activity, ‘Shoot the Hoop’, students play a lively basketball-inspired board game that helps them think about number relationships. The board is included with the activity sheet. The accompanying teaching notes provide background information.
This worksheet, ‘Shooting Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, shooting. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This sports article, ‘Short Track’ features the sport’s debut in the Winter Olympics programme, some rules of the sport and a short track record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This history article, ‘Six Reasons to Thank the Ancient Greeks’ features the six great Greeks gifts that we still have today. It provides factual information about democracy, philosophy, mathematics, the Olympics, the alphabet and storytelling, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This sports article, ‘Skeleton’ features the debut of Skeleton in the Winter Olympics, how the sport earned its name and a skeleton record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Skeleton Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, skeleton. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
This sports article, ‘Ski Jumping’ features the sport’s beginnings, a special technique and a ski jumping record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Ski Jumping Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, ski jumping. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It …More
This sports article, ‘Snowboard’ features the Winter Olympics’ newest discipline and a snowboard record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Snowboarding Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, snowboarding. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Soccer’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, and understand sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This set of ‘Soccer Shirt Cards’ is a simple yet effective way to incorporate the FIFA World Cup into classroom activities. They can be used in maths activities in ordering numbers, creating patterns or mathematical games. This resource is form fillable to allow numbers to be entered and then printed. Alternatively, the resource can be …More
This worksheet, ‘Soccer Uniform’ is a great resource that encourages students to describe the purpose of a soccer player’s uniform. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own uniform that meets the needs of a soccer player.
This sports article, ‘Sochi Mascot: Hare’ features the story behind this mascot, which is one of three mascots at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. It also features other mascots from previous Winter Olympics. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This sports article, ‘Sochi Mascot: Leopard’ features the story behind one of the three mascots at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. It also features other mascots from previous Winter Olympics. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This sports article, ‘Sochi Mascot: Polar Bear’ features the story behind this mascot, which is one of three mascots at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. It also features other mascots from previous Winter Olympics. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Special Olympics’, features an informational text about the worldwide sports program for people with an intellectual disability. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about making an inference, central purpose, mood, importance, questioning, reasoning, validity, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided …More
This sports article, ‘Speed Skating’ features the debut of speed skating in the Winter Olympics programme and a speed skating record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Speed Skating Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, speed skating. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘State Challenge Olympics Coming Soon?’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing letters to the editor about hosting these games. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look …More
This article, ‘Table Tennis’ describes the history of table tennis and explains its rules. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This worksheet, ‘Table Tennis Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, table tennis. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
This worksheet, ‘Tallying Olympics Host Countries’ is a fantastic resource to link mathematics with the Olympics. Students are provided with a chart to record the past host countries and on how many occasions they have held the Games. Students are then asked to interpret the results of their research. This activity can be completed as …More
In the learning activity, ‘The Best Throw’ students learn about and discuss the use of technology in sports. They use graphs and tables to evaluate the impact of change on the javelin event, and form opinions about the impact of technology on other sports. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be read before beginning …More
This worksheet, ‘The Biathlon’ is a visual exercise which require students to illustrate the sequence of a biathlon event. This is an ideal resource to introduce a very interesting Winter Olympic sport to younger years. It can be used to prompt discussion in correlation with a multimedia clip showing a Biathlon, or following individual or …More
This informational text, ‘The Brazilian Flag’ is a great resource that outlines the meaning behind the design of the Brazilian flag. It outlines the history and significance of the green, yellow, blue globe with the stars and the phrase “Ordem e Progresso”.
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