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Our Mini Olympics

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Awareness Days Black History Month

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Objectives

PE

  • Master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.
  • Participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.

Lesson Planning

Consider Mo Farah and Nicola Adams as Olympians, and learn about other black sportspeople. Organise a mini Olympic Games of your own.

Children will:

  • Celebrate black sports people including Olympians.
  • Join in discussion about the Olympic Games and make decisions as to how to hold a Mini Olympics within the class/school.
  • Help to organise the Mini Olympics and participate in the physical activities.

Provided Resources

  • Young, gifted and black heroes from the past and present

You Will Need

  • Gold medals
  • PE equipment: beans bags, balls, skipping ropes, hoops, markers, and other equipment to resource suggestions from childrenn, e.g. rounders, cricket, football, hockey, tag rugby
  • Measuring equipment: metre rules, tape measures, measuring wheel; Recording equipment: clip boards and pens

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