🏊‍♂️ Tuesday 23rd June 🏋️‍♂️

👋🏼 Good morning everyone! Did you all enjoy sports day yesterday? I hope you did! Continuing with the sports theme, today is actually International Olympics Day so our tasks are all going to be Olympic themed! International Olympic Day is celebrated across the world on June 23 every year to mark the importance of games and sports in our lives. 🚴‍♀️🤺🏌️‍♀️🤽‍♂️🧗‍♀️🏄🤾‍♀️⛹️‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤼

Literacy: Olympics Comprehension

🚨 Remember to also spend time on Sumdog spelling/grammar and use Epic! reading today. Additionally you could also listen to David Walliams Elevenses or Harry Potter at Home.

Maths

Warm-Up: Times Table Olympics

⏱ Time how long it takes you to answer these questions:

🥇Gold Medal: 0-2 minutes

🥈 Silver Medal: 2-3 minutes

🥉 Bronze Medal: 3 minutes and up.

Main Activity: Decimals Place Value

Remember when ordering numbers we look from left ➡️ right, so pay attention first to the tens, then the units, then the tenths.

Optional Activities:

Active Challenge: can you create an at home Olympics? Watch this video for ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxfT73E5xKc I want to try the surfing activity, I just need to figure out how to make a pillow that tall!
🇯🇵 Learn more about Tokyo– the next Olympics host city! Or is it a city? Watch to find out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2mJlYrM6f0
Research activity: Can you find out what 5 new sports are being added to the Tokyo 2021 programme? Alternatively, can you research the meaning behind the five rings on the Olympic flag?

Here are the symbols of the sports being played at Tokyo 2021 – how many can you work out?

On the official Olympics YouTube channel you can watch footage from previous Olympics games – see which athlete wins the gold medal in your favourite sport! https://www.youtube.com/user/olympic/videos
Drama Activity: here are the names of all the Tokyo 2021 sports https://tokyo2020.org/en/sports/ (if you are planning on guessing the sport symbols them you best do that activity first!) Can you mime the actions for someone in your house to guess the sport?
Design Activity: Can you design a new medal, logo or mascot for Tokyo 2021?