During the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, 5/6M had their own mini-Olympics in the classroom over the span of one week. We played Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. We were split into four groups and each group had to choose a country to represent. The four countries chosen were:
With our teams decided on a country, they now needed to create an application form in the guise of an informative poster of their country. On this poster were such things as most common language spoken, average population, flag, map, surrounding or bordering countries, popular religion and of course the name and capital of their country. Being an application form, each player needed to add their name alongside their chosen event. Click to enlarge. Names have been blurred out. Click to enlarge. Each team researched their flag, recreated it on an A.R. target and posed with it using Quiver. With applications in, the games begun! Events included the 100m Sprint, BMX, Table Tennis, 100m Freestyle, Volleyball, Gymnastics, 4x100m Relay, Boxing, Rugby 7s and the Triple Jump. At the end of the week and all of the events had been completed, the final medal count was: A few days after we had completed our games, we were asked to make a very quick video outlining one thing we had learnt during the events. We got back in our teams for twenty minutes, sat in front of a camera, pressed record and this is what we learnt. We demonstrated a lot of teamwork, worked together in a research task, used a variety of technological devices to research, make a virtual flag appear in our team picture, used a WiiU to play competitive games and used iPads to record our conclusions. We also got to role play a competitive environment at Olympic level and have a friendly rivalry with the teams we were competing against. Overall, we all had a great time!
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Zrinka
21/8/2016 12:02:21 am
great use of Quiver for learning about flags! Great job 5/6M!
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Mrs Westwood
21/8/2016 07:48:03 am
What a brilliant and entertaining way to study the Olympics. Quiver is a brilliant app. I must remember to use it again.
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Trip
21/8/2016 10:26:03 am
The capital of Brazil isn't Rio.
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Miss Chaffey
21/8/2016 11:38:53 am
Looks like you've had almost as much fun as the actual Olympic athletes but have also learnt a great deal about some countries. Love the flags - awesome job recreating them. Which sport did you find the most difficult to play?
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