During Olympic Fortnight Class AS have been looking at classic Olympic moments. We decided to create our own interpretations of some of these events. The first film ready for public consumption is an affectionate tribute to Steve Redgrave.
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The John Akii – Bua Story
This week Class AS have been looking at the life of John Akii – Bua, the first Ugandan to ever win an Olympic gold medal as well as breaking the world record for the 400m hurdles at the same time. We watched a film about his life and discussed the attributes he had shown in order to progress to Olympic gold at Munich in 1972. Then we wrote newspaper articles to mirror how it may have been reported in Uganda the following day. A clip from the film can be seen below along with the children’s reports to download.
John Akii Bua Newspaper Madeline
John Akii Bua Newspaper Will R
John Akii Bua Newspaper Kirsten
John Akii Bua Newspaper Georgina
Olympic Fortnight – Nadia Comaneci
Mr Stanley was just five when Nadia Comaneci became the darling of the Montreal Olympics, but still remembers her impact. Today the children have been finding out about her for themselves by researching the Romanian gold medallist. The first completed PowerPoints come from Elyse and Susie and are available to download below (more to follow).
Nadia Comaneci Elyse
Olympic Fortnight – Poetry
Olympic Fortnight started yesterday with an opening ceremony in which a torch was brought into the hall. Elyse was the torch-bearer for Class AS. Today the children have worked on creating their own Olympic poems. The children were given complete freedom to use the style of their choice so kennings, limericks, haikus, acrostics and rhyming poems were all produced. There will be more poems added tomorrow, but here is today’s selection.
Beth Tweddle by Lily
The Olympics is not far away
And Beth Tweddle is training hard all day
Going for the Olympic gold
Training thirty-six hours a week, very bold!
Training to be so amazingly fit
After her injury, she`s praying a bit!
Been doing gymnastics since she was six
Crowds of supporters watching, taking some pics!
Beth Tweddle`s courage gives her a shot
To her fans and supporters, she’s got the lot!
Far into the night she trains, it is said
While everyone else is asleep in their bed!
Olympic Games by Katie and Abi
Out in the open
Leaping past my competitors
You know I will win!
My feet are running like the speed of light
Power is all I can think of
I hear the cheers of the crowd, shouting my name
Can I really win?
Got to win the gold
All I can see is the high pole
My feet are ready to bounce off the ground
Each second is ticking by
Staring eyes focusing on me, the crowd hushes. This is my moment to shine.
The Olympic Torch by James
Powerful, deadly
It can burn you in seconds
So you’d better run
It is as gold as golden dust
Passing on to other people
You fly around the world
Nadia Comanci by Emily
Nadia wondered across the stadium
As confident as can be
Darting over to the uneven bar
In a second, jumped on and flipped
After that, she jumped off
Careful as can be
On the other hand,
Major screams and cheers
And also she got Gold!
Not Silver, Bronze, but Gold!
Everyone shouted when it was announced.
Can also very easily
Identify a real Champion like her.
The Olympic Torch by Georgina
The Torch that is lit by the sun,
Brings lots of laughter and fun,
It travels far and wide,
For 70 days, alight.
The Torch is lit by an Olympic hero,
Who has shown off his skills,
Never scores zero!
The Torch was designed by Edward and Jay,
Who make Olympics fun this year!
The Olympic Torch shines and brings good luck,
To all the Olympians taking part.
Usain Bolt by Joshua and Harry
Usain is insane
See’s everything as a race track
Away he goes like lightning
Is always determined to win
Night time comes, but not for him
Bolt’s out training, forgets his drink
On the way to victory once again
Lights up the crowd as he finishes the race
Takes the gold medal and sprints back home
The Olympic Torch by Susie
You travel so far
In everything to aeroplanes to cars
With a sparkle so bright
For you are the famous light
You shine yellow, orange and red
So people travel from their beds
To see just a gleam
Of your heavenly beam
So special you seen
A little fire sending beams
Sending peoples joy a light
Shining in people’s memories bright
Waking people from their slumber
Making people stare in wonder
All the way through the night
Reaching dreams of amazing heights
Many miles to be run
Heated by the powerful sun
Many people tired and hot
Holding the torch in their slot
Usain Bolt by Alex M
There is still a man called Usain
Who came to Britain on a plane
He’s faster than a bullet
He runs like a rocket
So his speed could blow out a flame.
The 100 metres by Oliver
Bang goes the gun
As I start my final race
They’re starting to catch me
I’ve got to beat the pace
I’ve got to go even quicker
Or I’ll just get caught
And I won’t let that happen
After all I’ve fought
Now we’re all sprinting
I’m further in the lead
Nothing will ever stop me
I’m going to succeed
As I cross the finish line
It takes a whole lap to stop
We stand up on the podium
I’m at the very top!
Qualifying by Elyse
Step forward on my mark
Shouts of support pump my heart
Blurry track straight ahead
Can’t concentrate, clear my head
Muscles twitch want to go
Want to run, but head says “No”
Need to win, I really do
If I don’t, I wont go through
Glance to my right, opponents stand
Poised like rubber bands
Sun is hot, sky is blue
Sweat trickles down, and dampens my shoe
BANG! The gun fires we leap off our marks
The crowd screams and shouts, happy as Larks
I skim ahead, wind in my hair
I don’t know what’s happening, who what and where
As I surge forward I feel I can fly
I feel so light, I feel so high
Is it a dream? I am not sure
But I`ve finished first place, don’t need to run any more
Jog to my team mates “AMAZING !” they cry
But the finals already begin to loom in my mind
Lunar Theme Park Adverts
In ICT we have been working on creating spreadsheets for our own Lunar Theme Parks. This has involved calculating the cost of construction and daily running costs balanced against income from admission charges and spending at shops, cafes and vending machines. The children had to calculate an effective admission charge to attract new customers and were also given the option of creating adverts, through a variety of media, which their peers would then judge. Today Lily, Charlotte, Emma, Susie, Katie, Laura & John ( both publisher files) all made their adverts which can be downloaded below.
Lily & Charlotte Theme Park Advert
Susie & Katie Theme Park Advert radio
All good things come to those who wait – Letters from Kafuro
On Thursday we were visited by Johan & Peter Welsh, who gave a presentation to the Lower School before giving a talk to the whole school at assembly time. They had brought back with them a short film about Kafuro which the children will watch one day during assembly time. They also brought back replies to letters that the children had written two years ago when they were in Class BG. There was a great deal of excitement when the letters were handed out and the children look forward to sending replies when Mr Stanley goes out to Kafuro at the end of July. PDFs of the letters are attached below.
Communication Fortnight – Story Glory
Yesterday was the closing ceremony of Communication Fortnight, two weeks that have been dedicated to speaking and listening. Class AS have been working very hard on an activity called Story Glory. This is where the children are given a list of props or items and have to make a story out of them.
Mr Stanley gave the children the following items: The Statue of Liberty, a sunhat, a tennis raquet, a rugby ball, Granny and a dalmatian called Larry. All the groups produced some great stories, but the group selected was composed of Katie, Charlotte, Susie, Jake, Korban, Madeline and Kirsten and they brought the house down with a brilliant performance making their classmates and teacher very proud. They were presented with a deserved certificate by Mrs Green.
Wenlock’s busy weekend
Wenlock has had an extremely active weekend. While Mandeville was off with the school cross – country team, Wenlock has been to tennis with John and Susie at Newman Collard (he had a taster session) and then on to cricket coaching with John at Liss Cricket Club (near the Spread Eagle). Surely Mandeville can’t fit more into his weekend than this?
Limericks
Today we have been reading limericks in Literacy. We studied the features of a range of limericks. This includes 8 syllables in the first line, lines 1, 2 & 5 rhyming and also lines 3 & 4 rhyming. When we had finished reading some examples, we composed two limericks as a class before creating our own individual limericks.
Class Limericks
There was a Scotsman named Andy
Who adored eating pink candy.
When his teeth began to rot,
He ate a bowl of snot
And washed it down with strong brandy
There once was a man on the moon
Who loved to watch cartoons.
His eyes turned square
And he lost his hair,
And now people think he’s a loon.
Red Group
There was a man with a spoon
Who ate a piece of the moon
Not satisfied with that
He ate his hat
And blew up like a balloon
A farmer, Bill, was an egg man
His wife cracked him open in a bed pan
She scrambled his brains
And sautéed his veins
And used them to build a wigwam
Abi P
Mad Anne
There was a mad women called Anne,
Who drived a bright golden van,
She crashed it twice,
Both weren’t that nice,
And that’s why she’s called Mad Anne.
Lily
Baby baboon
There once was a baby baboon
Who wanted to visit the moon
Instead he went to Mars
Ate lots of chocolate bars
Now people say he`s back too soon
Elyse’s Limericks
Mad Pam
There was an old lady called Pam
And her favourite food was ham
She killed a pig
And ate a fig
And fell in love with a lamb
Dead Ned
There was once a boy called Ned
Who never got out of bed
A crow pecked his knee
Which made him flee
And in the morning he was dead.
Emma
Can, the silly man
There once was a man called Can,
who hit his head with a frying pan.
so he got a lump,
That he called Mr Bump.
Then went and crashed his red van!
Elias
Multi- tasking Bob.
There was a young swimmer called Bob,
He had a very long lob,
At school he was y popular,
He liked to look through binoculars,
But now he is a massive slob.
Susie
Jerry, the berry man.
There once was a man called Jerry,
who liked to eat lots of red berries.
So one day he went
To Tesco and spent
His money on all the cherries.
Oliver
My dog used to be called Spotty
Even if he wasn’t dotty
But one day I said, ‘Wow!’
And he turned into a cow
So now I call him Motty
John
There once was a dude with blue hair
Who liked his steak extra rare
He ate his fill
Then got a chill
So instead he ate a brown bear
Katie
There was a boy called Rooney
Whose favourite actor was George Clooney
He was very dumb
And always drank rum
And that’s why he is a loony
Abi E
There once was a man with a spoon
Who wanted to watch a cartoon
His head went bare
He got a balloon from a fair
And now people think he’s a loon.
Ancient Greeks Non – Chronological reports: Susie
Ancient Olympic Games
Athletics in the Ancient Greek times was very important because it made the men fit and ready for war. The first Olympic games started in Ancient Greece in 776bc and they were very popular and in the honour of Zeus, King of the gods.
When the games took place
The first Olympic Games were held in 776bc. When they first came it was a great opportunity to all the men (only men were allowed to take part) to show how fit and healthy they were. It was also a great way to keep men fit and ready for war. Every four years the Olympics took place in Olympia and all the men were ready to take part.
Events
In the Ancient Greek Olympics there were events. The events were running, wrestling, the pentathlon, boxing, horseracing and chariot racing. There were three different types of wrestling: the first one was called upright wrestling where you had to throw your contestant to the ground, ground wrestling was where you had to go on until someone gave in and the pranktion was the most dangerous one because you were allowed to use practically any tactic.
Women’s games
Women were not allowed to take part in the games. Married women were not allowed to even go near Olympia during the games. So a separate festival was held for women called Heraia which were held every four years in honour of the goddess Hera. It consisted of three running events for all ages.
Prizes
The winners of the Olympic Games was presented with an olive wreath pam branches and might have a statue made in there honour. The prizes were given on the fifth day of the games and the winner was seen as a very fit/skilful person that should be respected.
Conclusion
As you can see the Ancient Greek Olympic Games were a lot different from the modern games to day and had many differences as well as things in common.
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