2012 Curriculum

Year 3 - My Olympic friends: "Prepare to Succeed" (The Life of an Athlete)

Key Skills I can compare my daily routine with that of an athlete; I can research an Olympic athlete using the internet; I can take notes; I can write a biography; I can prepare an interview; I can imagine and empathise with an Olympic athlete’s life;

• Meeting an Olympic athlete (in person or interview on film);

Activities

• Researching an Olympic athlete (internet/library);
  
• Plotting an average child’s day on a chart;
  
• Plotting an Olympian’s day on a chart;
  
• Preparing questions to interview athletes;
  
• Role playing different athletes, empathising with their specific story;
  
• Writing a biography;
  

• Comparison chart showing average child’s daily routine and an athlete’s daily routine;
  
• A biography of an athlete. An interview with an Olympic athlete;
  

- Biographies/autobiographies of sports people: Chris Hoy | Kelly Holmes | Tom Daley |
- Writing frame for biography
- Examples of daily routines