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LITERACY CONTRACT - 2020/2021 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES - Week 1 and 2

Research the Tokyo Olympic Games

When are the Olympic Games being held and where?
What do the rings mean in the logo?
What is the Olympic Games creed?
How many countries are included and name them.

Explore the Olympic Games values of respect, excellence, and friendship.

How do these relate to your own life?
Read “Training for Success”. What do you need to be a successful athlete?

Tokyo Olympic Games mascot

What is a mascot?
Explain the significance of the Tokyo mascot (draw an image)
Include details about the mascot such as choice of colours, name etc

Explore the Ancient Olympic Games

Choose your own way of presenting this research. Cover things such as…

What are the Ancient Olympics?
How were they run?
Who was involved?
What games were played?
Where were the games held?

Choose your own NZ Olympic Games Representative (Person) and create a biography about them

Include name, sport
Where they are based
What is their training schedule to prepare for the games
Any facts that relate to your person

NZ at the Olympics - what fun facts can you share? Aim for 10 facts

eg. How long have NZ participated?

How many medals have we gained?

What can you learn about Tokyo Japan?

Find out how to say “hello” in Japanese and ask someone’s name? What other words would be helpful if you were attending the Olympic Games? Record your learning and share the conversation with two others.

Choose a nation that is attending the Tokyo Olympic Games

Create an A4 flag
Create an A4 name for flag to use at the opening ceremony and put both of these on landscape
Ensure you are the only person with that nation

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CROSS CURRICULAR CONTRACT - 2020/2021 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES - page 2

The Tokyo Olympics have some positive things linked to sustainability…..such as robots

Research what the medals are made from
How is the Olympic Village using sustainability?
What else can you find out?

Health & PE

Create an Olympic Game to play at our PCS Olympics (eg. balloon volleyball, magazine hockey). Be creative and think of the Olympic values.

Cross Country Practice & PCS Cross Country. Bring your gear every day!

Olympic Values

Now that you know what the values are, how could we link these to our school values? What would you be looking for from our students? Create a video as an example. Think about camera angles, background noise, props and interest for your viewer

Nutrition

What is required to be an Olympic athlete for nutrition. What would be required in a daily eating plan? Create a plan.

Te Reo

Ngā Atua Whakapapa

Do some research and create a whanau tree sharing the whakapapa of Ngā Atua Māori. Make sure you have the correct spelling for their names and include what the are responsible for.

Let’s be creative…..design a poem, song, rap, sign with the Olympic values

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MATHS LEARNING CONTRACT - 2020/2021 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES - Week 1 and 2

Research the Tokyo Olympic Games

Record the number of nations involved
How many sports are there in 2021?
How many sports were there when the Ancient Olympics began?
How many male athletes and how many female athletes? Convert these to percentages.

Record the number of medals that NZ gain at the Olympic Games
Create a chart to show your results

Create a training schedule for your chosen athlete over a week. Include meals, training, exercise, cooking, sleep time

Write the number 2021 in Japanese

Write today’s date in Japanese

What else can you write?

Keep a tally chart of the Olympic Games Medals

Record daily the number of medals for the top 10 nations at the Olympic Games. Record the number of gold, silver and bronze medals.

How fast do you have to run to qualify for the 100 metre sprints?

What speed do you need to qualify for 100m freestyle swimming?

Research qualifying times for 4 other events

Find out about your own sport at the Olympics. What are the requirements to be selected (ie. speed, height, etc). Include what your sport is and the training you would need to commit to.

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RELIGIOUS ED LEARNING CONTRACT - 2020/2021 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES - Week 1 and 2

Organise

Organise the following scripture into categories to show which scripture reflects which value.

What does friendship mean to you?

Slide-Deck

Make a copy of this slidedeck and complete the tasks about friendship.

Take a photo with a group of friends and use google draw to make a digital image.

There is a lot of scripture in the bible that is reflective of the olympic values. Complete the following tasks related to scripture.

How To

Whakatau

Whole school whakatau to welcome Ms Sullivan, Matua Rob and other new students to our school.

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Week 1-2 CHECKLIST

Literacy Contract Checklist

Research the Tokyo Olympic Games
Explore the Ancient Olympics Games
Explore the Olympic Games Values
Choose your own Olympic Games Representative and create a biography about them.
Tokyo Olympic Games Mascot
NZ at the Olympics- 10 fun facts
Olympic Flag
What can you learn about tokyo Japan?

Math Contract Checklist

Research the Tokyo Olympic Games
Medals and NZ Gain
Training Schedule
Japanese Numbers
Olympic Medal Tally
Qualifying Times
Sport Requirements

Religious Ed Checklist

Whakatau to welcome new staff & students
Organise scripture task
What does friendship mean to you?
Friend Portrait
Daily Karakia

Integrated Contract Checklist

Cross Country Practice
PCS Cross Country
Football in Schools
Sustainability Task
Olympic Values
Nutrition
Olympic Values Create

Check off each item as you upload it to your olympic site!

Post the link to your blog and to seesaw so your friends and whānau can see!

Name:

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Olympic Countries in Kakapo

Kayde - France Yatharth - India Kelisha - Italy

Nathan - Brazil Aprillia - Mexico Ezra - Japan

Josie - Canada Evie - China Leila - Indonesia

Soham - South Africa Laila - Chile Ashton - England

Teina - South Korea Christiaan - Argentina Max - New Zealand

Hannah - Mongolia Michael - Australia Liam - USA

Kurt - Germany Louise - Switzerland Ricardo - Jamaica

Serenity - Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)