Learning Path
Six Nations Rugby Championship Learning Path
By Emer Ní Chéidigh
This is a set of cross-curricular presentations and lessons based on the RBS Six Nations Rugby Championship. There are History, English, Gaeilge, Maths, Art, Geography and PE lessons. These can be a child led/peer led activities, the teacher requires little to no prior knowledge on the topic, they can facilitate the lesson.
3 resources in this Learning Path
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History of the 6 Nations
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/21308/21031.pptx Added: 30 Jan 2017 Contributor: Emer Ní Chéidigh Resource type: Guide/notes / PresentationThis is a presentation about the history of the Six Nations Rugby Championship. No knowledge of the Six Nations Rugby Championship is required to use this presentation in the classroom. While it is predominately a history presentation there is integration with other subjects. This can be a child led/peer led activity, the teacher requires little to no prior knowledge on the topic, they can just facilitate the lesson.
History/English/Numeracy – Print slide 9 and give a copy to each group/pairs. Ask them to match what year they think each event happened. They are not in the correct order on slide 9 but they are in slide 10 when the class can check their answers.
English - Oral Language – there are a number of slides in which questions are asked of the class. On these slides the class are asked to discuss the questions either as a whole class, in groups or pairs. The third and final slide can be completed using a KWL chart. KWL charts can be downloaded here (https://www.scoilnet.ie/search/resource/entity/show/Lre/19245/) or a whole class KWL chart can be written on the whiteboard or a large piece of paper. A KWL Chart is K - what they know and the W - What they want to learn.
Another oral language activity can be completed using slide 7 also. The teacher can ask the class how does the 1887 Rugby Team look different to Ireland’s current rugby team?
The image on the first slide was sourced here: "RBS 6 Nations Fixtures Announced For 2014 & 2015 Championships". rbs6nations.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 Jan. 2017.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Local Studies
Strand unit: Games & Pastimes
Suggestions for use: This is a presentation about the history of the Six Nations Rugby Championship. No knowledge of the Six Nations Rugby Championship is required to use this presentation in the classroom. While it is predominately a history presentation there is integration with other subjects.
Strand: Local Studies
Strand unit: Games & Pastimes
Suggestions for use: This is a presentation about the history of the Six Nations Rugby Championship. No knowledge of the Six Nations Rugby Championship is required to use this presentation in the classroom. While it is predominately a history presentation there is integration with other subjects.
History/English/Numeracy – Print slide 9 and give a copy to each group/pairs. Ask them to match what year they think each event happened. They are not in the correct order on slide 9 but they are in slide 10 when the class can check their answers.
Strand: Oral Language
Suggestions for use: English - Oral Language – there are a number of slides in which questions are asked of the class. On these slides the class are asked to discuss the questions either as a whole class, in groups or pairs. The third and final slide can be completed using a KWL chart. KWL charts can be downloaded here (https://www.scoilnet.ie/search/resource/entity/show/Lre/19245/) or a whole class KWL chart can be written on the whiteboard or a large piece of paper. A KWL Chart is K - what they know and the W - What they want to learn.
Another oral language activity can be completed using slide 7 also. The teacher can ask the class how does the 1887 Rugby Team look different to Ireland’s current rugby team?
Strand: Oral Language
Suggestions for use: English - Oral Language – there are a number of slides in which questions are asked of the class. On these slides the class are asked to discuss the questions either as a whole class, in groups or pairs. The third and final slide can be completed using a KWL chart. KWL charts can be downloaded here (https://www.scoilnet.ie/search/resource/entity/show/Lre/19245/) or a whole class KWL chart can be written on the whiteboard or a large piece of paper. A KWL Chart is K - what they know and the W - What they want to learn.
Another oral language activity can be completed using slide 7 also. The teacher can ask the class how does the 1887 Rugby Team look different to Ireland’s current rugby team?
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Craobh Rugbaí na Sé Náisiún - Irish Comprehension
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/21330/21053.pdf Added: 31 Jan 2017 Contributor: Emer Ní Chéidigh Resource type: Guide/notes / PresentationTá cur i láthair anseo bunaithe ar alt faoi Craobh Rugbaí na Sé Náisiún a bhí san forlíonadh Seachtain san Irish Independent ar an 12 Márta 2014. Tá nasc chuig an alt chomh maith le foclóir agus ceisteanna faoin alt anseo. Is féidir an cheacht seo a húsáid leis an cur i láthair (i mBéarla) faoi stair Craobh Rugbaí na Sé Náisiún agus ceann eile ar ealaín an trófaí. Is ceacht é seo a féidir cur chuige piarthreoraithe a húsáid, ní gá ag an múinteoir go leor eolais ar an topaic a bheith acu.
* Is le ceanagil le Leathanbhanda na Scoileanna amháin a féidir an nasc leabaithe a oscailt.
This presentation is based on an article about the Six Nations Rugby Championship that was published in the supplement Seachtain in the Irish Independent on the 12 March 2014. There is a link within the presentation to the article along with a dictionary and activities. This lesson can be used along side the presentation on the history of the Six Nations Rugby Championship and an art lesson based on the Six Nations Rugby Championship trophy (both in English). This can be a child led/peer led activity, the teacher requires little to no prior knowledge on the topic, they can just facilitate the lesson.
*The embedded link is only accessible within the Schools Broadband Network.
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Visual Arts and History - 6 Nations Rugby Trophy
https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/21309/21032.pdf Added: 30 Jan 2017 Contributor: Emer Ní Chéidigh Resource type: Guide/notes / PresentationThis is a presentation about the history of the Six Nations Rugby Championship Trophy. There is another presentation on the history of the Six Nations Championship which can be used alongside this presentation. While it is predominately a history presentation there is strong integration with Visual Arts. This can be a child led/peer led activity, the teacher requires little to no prior knowledge on the topic, they can just facilitate the lesson.
Visual Arts – The class is asked to imagine that they are asked to create a new trophy for the RBS 6 Nations Rugby Championship.
History – This presentation talks through the history of the trophy awarded to the winners of the Six Nations Rugby Championship.
English - Oral Language – there are a number of slides in which questions are asked of the class. On these slides the class are asked to discuss the questions either as a whole class, in groups or pairs.
The image on the sixth slide was sourced here: "File:Ireland 2009 6 Nations Triple Crown.Jpg - Wikimedia Commons". Commons.wikimedia.org. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 Jan. 2017.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Drawing
Strand unit: Making Drawings
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- express his/her imaginative life and interpret imaginative themes using inventive pattern and detail
- make drawings from recalled experiences, emphasising pattern, detail, context and location
Suggestions for use: Visual Arts – The class is asked to imagine that they are asked to create a new trophy for the RBS 6 Nations Rugby Championship.
Strand: Drawing
Strand unit: Making Drawings
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- draw imaginative themes using inventive pattern and detail
Suggestions for use: Visual Arts – The class is asked to imagine that they are asked to create a new trophy for the RBS 6 Nations Rugby Championship.
Strand: Local Studies
Strand unit: Games & Pastimes
Suggestions for use: History – This presentation talks through the history of the trophy awarded to the winners of the Six Nations Rugby Championship.
Strand: Local Studies
Strand unit: Games & Pastimes
Suggestions for use: History – This presentation talks through the history of the trophy awarded to the winners of the Six Nations Rugby Championship.
Strand: Oral Language
Suggestions for use: English - Oral Language – there are a number of slides in which questions are asked of the class. On these slides the class are asked to discuss the questions either as a whole class, in groups or pairs.
Strand: Oral Language
Suggestions for use: English - Oral Language – there are a number of slides in which questions are asked of the class. On these slides the class are asked to discuss the questions either as a whole class, in groups or pairs.
