Athlete Signs
This English teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to design and produce signs and labels that can be used to guide athletes who are competing in different sports and games at the Olympics.
The class can identify and explain the meaning of different symbols and shapes that can be used to represent locations found around the stadiums and sporting arenas.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to design and produce signs and labels that can be used to guide athletes who are competing in different sports and games at the Olympics
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe how to present information on different location signs and a set of templates to select and record signs that could be displayed at the Olympic Games to guide athletes to different locations around the stadiums and arenas.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to produce different signs and labels to guide athletes at the Olympic games.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise designing and making a range of signs and labels that can be used to provide information about different sports and games. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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