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Meet the athletes

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Sportspeople

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Objectives

History

  • Be taught about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.
  • Know where the people and events they study fit within a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.

Computing

  • Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the Olympics and Paralympics; Learn about the athletes Jesse Owens and Ellie Simmonds, their lives, achievements and challenges; Create a webpage using Weebly or another webpage design package.

Teaching Outcomes
 To identify and research Jesse Owens and Ellie Simmonds.
To create a webpage to display their research information.

Children will:

  • Identify Jesse Owens and Ellie Simmonds.
  • Research the lives of Ellie Simmonds and Jesse Owens.
  • Create a webpage to display their research information.

You Will Need

  • Small footstool or box
  • Toy medal
  • Individual whiteboards and pens
  • Laptops

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