Suggestions for use: Very topical for the upcoming Olympic Games. As a class, read together in harmony the first page about the Ancient Olympics. Ask the class to summarise the article into three sentences (no more, no less), then ask the class to summarise the article into three words. (no more, no less). Get class into groups of four, compare words and as a group, they must decide on the one word that summarises the entire article. (no more, no less than one word) Print out the dated cards; show the class the ready made cards. Divide class into groups of four. Give each member of the group a role to play; researcher, writer,timer/organiser, presenter, creative artist. Provide students with paper cards and thread ; ask groups to create a threaded timeline linking the history of the Olympic games together. Plenary: students present their timelines. Alternative plenary: students write down three things they learnt from the lesson on a sticky twitter note and stick a twitter board.

Suggestions for use: Starter; ask the class to brainstorm the gaming competitions that take place during the Olympic games in pairs. Provide pairs with strips of paper. Set the timer on the board to 4 minutes. (Aim of task: Want to see which pair of students can get the most amount of gaming events that take place in the Olympic games. Rule of the game: Pair of students can only give the name of the event if they are the first pair to have four hands up) The pair of students that have their hands up first. State the name of their event. They write it onto their strip of paper and place it into a box/bag that the teacher has at the front of the room. They are awarded a point. (A student can be recorded the points so that the teacher has full control over the task supervision) (Note: This activity is FAST paced under time constrict but also want to see how many events students can guess within the time also.) Once pair of students put their strip into the box, students can then put their hands up again to be the next at calling out their event....this continues until time is up. Task 1: Demonstrate the ready made poster of the Athletics Event. From the box of strips from the starter task, provide each pair with a distinct Olympic Event. Explain to the class, that you expect the class to create a similar poster for their event. They can come up to analyse the poster only ONCE. They must research the Olympic event given to them. Then, together manage the information by displaying onto A3 sheet.

Suggestions for use: Starter: State the "Did you know" maths facts about the Olympic Games. Task 1: Patterns Challenge with the Olympic Games Rings. Plenary: Maths Challenge Questions about the Olympic Games.

Suggestions for use: Building vocabulary for the Olympic Games. Starter: Word search on the Olympic games. Read article about the Ancient Olympic Games. Challenge class to work in pairs to read the fill in the blank reading activity. Then, read the fill in the blank activity together. In pairs, the students can try to fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. Return as class to correct.