Sporting Events
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This worksheet, ‘Cycling Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, cycling. 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

Kids News Activity
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This kids news activity, ‘Different Toys For Girls And Boys?’ reports on gender stereotyping in the marketing of toys.

Comprehension and Critical Thinking
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This reading comprehension activity ‘Do Athletes Make Too Much Money’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the incomes of athletes.

Comprehension and Critical Thinking
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This reading comprehension activity ‘Do Kids Look Up to Athletes Too Much?’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about the appropriateness of athletes as role models.

Analysing Text
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This analysing text worksheet ‘Editorial on The Paralympics’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a newspaper editorial about the importance of 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 critically …More

Reading Comprehension
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The narrative, ‘Enjoy Yourself’ is told as a girl goes through each stage of a triathlon race, trained and coached by her friend. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.

Writing Prompt
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This writing prompt, ‘Favourite Sports’ helps students to write about the sport they like playing the best. It encourages students to think about why they like playing their favourite sport and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.

Sporting Events
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This sports article, ‘FIFA Organisation’ features facts about FIFA. It provides information about some famous FIFA firsts and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sports awareness in an engaging manner.

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This sports article, ‘FIFA Soccer Balls’ features facts about the official FIFA World Cup balls over the years. It provides information about some famous ball firsts in the FIFA World Cup and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sports awareness in an engaging manner.

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to brainstorm facts and ideas about the FIFA World Cup. 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 ‘FIFA World Cup’ to list facts …More

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills including vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct soccer words to complete the puzzle. It encourages students to identify and understand the terms being used and to build on their vocabulary of key words used when discussing FIFA World Cup …More

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup Figure Match-Up’ is a fun and engaging activity to explore interesting facts and figures about the FIFA World Cup. Students must match each fact to its corresponding figure by matching the letters. This resource encourages students to think logically and analytically to ascertain the most likely answer. An answer sheet …More

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup Timeline’ provides a vertical timeline that explores interesting and key events throughout the history of the FIFA World Cup. The timeline spans the period from 1930, the year of the first FIFA World Cup, to 1998, when the field expanded to include 32 finalists. This resource demonstrates a sequence of …More

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup True or False?’ is a thought-provoking worksheet that requires students to asses the truth of facts about FIFA World Cup concepts. Many students may presume the answers quickly only to realise their assumptions were not correct which can lead to interesting discussions and further research into soccer related topics. An …More

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spellings of words associated with the FIFA World Cup. Students will be challenged to unscramble letters to find common words used during this topic. An answer sheet is also provided.

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary and improve their spelling of words associated with the FIFA World Cup. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list, ensuring new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.

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This worksheet, ‘FIFA World Cup Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with the FIFA World Cup. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words.

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This sports article, ‘Figure Skating’ features the sport’s beginnings in the Winter Olympics, the origins of a famous jump and a figure skating record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.

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This worksheet, ‘Figure Skating Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, figure 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

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This sports article, ‘Freestyle Skiing’ features this relatively new Winter Olympics sport, how far it has come since the 1960s and a freestyle skiing record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.

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This worksheet, ‘Freestyle Skiing Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, freestyle skiing. 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

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This short nonfiction text, ‘G: Gaelic Football’ features important factual background information about this national sport that is unique to Ireland. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with Irish culture and also features an activity for students to practise their handwriting.

Irish History
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This history article, ‘Gaelic Games’ features the sports unique to Ireland that have been played there for centuries. In particular, it provides factual information about Gaelic football and hurling, along with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness and can be used …More

Reading Comprehension
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This reading comprehension activity, ‘Gail Devers: The World’s Fastest Woman’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about the famous American runner Gail Devers. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to form opinions and think about the author’s purpose.

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This worksheet, ‘Gold Medallists’ asks students to research the names of three gold medallists and then specify which event they won, which country they come from and the year and city of the games in which they won their gold medal. This is a simple resource that allows students to understand what information is relevant …More

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This worksheet, ‘Graphing World Cup Host Countries’ is a fantastic resource to link mathematics with the FIFA World Cup. Students are provided with a graph to record the past host countries and on how many occasions they have held the tournament. It is an interesting research task that will graphically represent the history of the …More

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This worksheet, ‘Graphing World Cup Wins’ is a fantastic resource to link mathematics with the FIFA World Cup. Students are provided with a graph to record the countries and their number of wins in past World Cups. It is an interesting research task that will graphically represent the history of the FIFA World Cup. The …More

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This information text, ‘Group A Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group A of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This information text, ‘Group B Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group B of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This information text, ‘Group C Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group C of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This information text, ‘Group D Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group D of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This information text, ‘Group E Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group E of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This information text, ‘Group F Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group F of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This information text, ‘Group G Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group G of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This information text, ‘Group H Country Profiles’ provides a brief overview of information about each team within Group H of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The information includes, their flag, a summary of the team’s past World Cup experience, their coach, some current players, some past players and their FIFA ranking position.

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This sports article, ‘Gymnastics’ features the different events for male and female gymnasts. It provides information about gymnastics and the sport’s beginnings. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.

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This worksheet, ‘Gymnastics Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, gymnastics. 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

Reading Comprehension
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This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Hakeem Olajuwon’, features a biographical text about a famous basketball player who immigrated to the United States from Nigeria. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the text and includes questions about detail, drawing a conclusion, cause and effect, making a judgment, character, validity, and genre. Answer …More

Analysing Text
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This analysing text worksheet ‘History of Figure Skating’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about the origins of this sport. 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 critically …More

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This worksheet, ‘History of the Commonwealth Games’ provides a vertical timeline with space for students to explore five interesting dates important to the history of the Commonwealth Games. The timeline spans the period from 1930 to 2000 and includes dates that explore some of the unusual events in Commonwealth Games history. This resource allows students …More

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This worksheet, ‘History of the Winter Olympics’ provides a vertical timeline with space for students to explore five interesting dates important to the history of the Olympics. The timeline spans the period from 1924 to 2010 and includes dates that explore some of the unusual events in Winter Olympic history. This resource allows students to …More

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This sports article, ‘Hockey’ features the popular sport. It provides information about hockey, the Commonwealth Games and how it was once considered too dangerous for women to play! It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.

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This worksheet, ‘Hockey Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, hockey. 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

Writing Prompt
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This writing prompt, ‘Hoops’ helps students to write about what they think about the NBA’s new age rules. It encourages students to think about age limits in sports and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.

Sporting Events
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This worksheet, ‘Host Countries and Winners of the World Cup’ provides students with a vertical timeline with space to include the host country, the champions of that year and the number of finalists accepted in the FIFA World Cup from 13 teams in 1930 to 32 teams in 2014. The answers provided can also be …More

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This worksheet, ‘Hosts of the Commonwealth Games’ provides students with a table to include the host city and country, the number of sports held that year and the number of participating countries from 1930 to 2014. The answers provided can also be used as a text for comprehension or discussion activities surrounding the Commonwealth Games.

Comprehension and Critical Thinking
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This reading comprehension activity, ‘Hotshot on a Skateboard’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a kid named Ryan Sheckler, who admired skateboard champion Tony Hawk.

Sporting Events
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This sports article, ‘Ice Hockey’ features the origins of this Winter Olympics sport, the players’ protective clothing and an ice hockey record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.

Oral Language Photo Activity
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This photo activity card, ‘Ice Hockey’, provides integrated thematic vocabulary and oral language development activities on the topic of hockey. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of this iconic Canadian sport and can be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of Canada.

Sporting Events
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This worksheet, ‘Ice Hockey Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, ice hockey. 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

Comprehension and Critical Thinking
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This reading comprehension activity, ‘It’s Outta There!’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about baseball.

Sporting Events
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This sports article, ‘Judo’ features the sport that means ‘the gentle way’. It provides information about judo, the Commonwealth Games and how the sport developed. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.

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This worksheet, ‘Judo Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, judo. 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

Irish History
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This history article, ‘Katie Taylor’ features Ireland’s Olympic gold medal-winning boxer who is breaking down barriers for women both inside and outside the ring. It provides factual information about Katie Taylor along with a glossary of unfamiliar words and terms from the text. It is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness and can …More

Reading Comprehension
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The article ‘Keep Him Busy’ puts forward a scenario in which the reader has to mind a young child. It then gives some suggestions including instructions for games. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.

Content Area Reading
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This content area reading activity, ‘Kids and Sport’ is a maths based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to practise interpreting diagrams and other visuals.

Sporting Events
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This worksheet, ‘KWL Chart of the FIFA World Cup’ prompts students to explore what they know about the FIFA World Cup, what they want to learn and what they have learnt following activities. This is a great, clearly formatted resource to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and to assist teachers in …More

Kids News Activity
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This kids news activity, ‘Lance Armstrong Confesses’ is about the cycling champion Armstrong admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.

Sporting Events
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This sports article, ‘Lawn Bowls’ features the sport that is sometimes known as ‘bowling on the green’. It provides information about lawn bowls, the Commonwealth Games and how the sport was banned by the kings of England and France many years ago. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an …More

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This worksheet, ‘Lawn Bowls Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Commonwealth Games sport, lawn bowls. 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

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