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2012 Curriculum
Year 6 - My Olympics: "How Far we’ve come" (Timings and distances)
Key Skills
- I can read time to the nearest minute;
- I can describe and predict outcomes from
data using the language of chance or
likelihood;
- I can solve problems by collecting,
presenting and interpreting data, using
ICT where appropriate;
- I can use the mode, range, median and
mean;
- Select and use standard metric units
of measure and convert between units
using decimals to two places;
- Read and interpret scales on a range of
measuring instruments compare readings
on different scales;
- Select and use standard metric units
of measure and convert between units
using decimals to two places;
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Entry points
- Look at races
being run
from past
Olympics –
predict winners,
estimate times;
Activities
- Mark out distances and predict how long it will
take to run/throw/swim etc;
Improve own timings etc;
- Children to collect data about their own timings
and that of other Olympic and Paralympics
athletes. Present in different ways – calculating
mode/median etc;
- Look at distances covered by athletes in travelling
to the Olympics from country to country – use
scales to convert from cm to km etc;
Outcomes
- Charts and diagrams of times
modes medians etc,
llustrated with photos/pictures
of athletes with biographies etc
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Resources
- Video clips
(YouTube etc) | Team GB results at the Olympics | Results of the races |
- Atlases/Maps of the
world
- Stopwatches/Measuring
tapes etc
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