History Of The Olympics Ks2
The greeks loved sport and the olympic games were the biggest sporting event in the ancient calendar.
History of the olympics ks2. He was the god of the sky and the leader of the greek gods who lived on mount olympus the highest mountain in greece. Want to know the origins of the olympic games. Where were the ancient continue reading ancient greek olympics.
The olympic games have been hosted by 23 different countries. Check out our quick and colourful guide for kids and let our movie tell you how it all b. Worksheets display materials activities and games to support a whole ks2 topic on the 2020 olympic games being held in tokyo.
A downloadable and photocopiable teacher s resource based on the olympics. Originally the games were part of a religious festival to honor zeus. Read the fascinating history of the olympics including rituals and origins of the ancient greek olympics.
Contains suggested themes discussion points and activities related to the olympics generally and the london 2012 olympics specifically. Downloadable resources and worksheets for the olympic games based on the four book series published by franklin watts. Only 42 events in 9 sports were scheduled for these games.
As a sacred place used regularly in religious ceremonies as well as playing host to the ancient games olympia was at the centre of greek civilisation. The olympic games scheduled for berlin in 1916 were cancelled because of world war i. During the 17 days of the 2016 summer olympics 10 500 athletes from 205 countries will.
The olympic games began over 2 700 years ago in olympia in south west greece. History scandals events and olympic records. Where it all started.
Focuses on four key areas. Handwriting primary resources ks2 ks2 reading words and vocabulary ks2 stories primary resources display maths white rose maths supporting resources kirfs interactive maths games maths knowledge organisers maths warm ups primary resources ks2 number and place value calculation properties of shapes fractions decimals and percentages. The first official olympic mascot was waldi the dachshund at the 1972 games in munich.
In 776 b c e about three thousand years ago the first olympic games took place. The 2000 summer olympics will be held in sydney australia. Everything you need to teach year 3 year 4 year 5 and year 6 children about japan the city of tokyo olympic sporting events and athletes due to compete in the olympics 2020.
