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Erina Heights Public School Stage 3 Learning from Home NOTE: Activities below will be posted daily on Google Classroom with a detailed instructional video Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Morning Staff Development Day School Magazine Reading Activity School Magazine Reading Activity School Magazine Reading Activity School Magazine Reading Activity BTN Episode 19 https://www.abc.net.a u/btn Recess Break Middle Maths Lesson 1 PowerPoint and Mangahigh* Maths Lesson 2 PowerPoint and Mangahigh* Maths Lesson 3 PowerPoint and Mangahigh* Maths Lesson 4 PowerPoint and Mangahigh* Olympic Games PowerPoint Olympic Games PowerPoint Olympic Games PowerPoint Olympic Games PowerPoint Lunch Break Afternoon Optional Activities Last year, the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People launched a website called Digital Lunchbreak. Children and young people can learn, create and discover through digital workshops, learning materials, virtual excursions and more. Visit the Digital Lunchbreak website by clicking here www.digitallunchbreak.nsw.gov.au https://wonderopolis.org/ is also a great site for students wanting to engage in fantastic learning. * Mangahigh If you have not paid your child’s subscription to Mangahigh, please contact the school office. If you are having difficulty with your child’s username or password please contact teachers via Dojo. Term 1 2 3 4 Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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Erina Heights Public School Stage 3 Learning from Home

NOTE: Activities below will be posted daily on Google Classroom with a detailed instructional video

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning

Staff Development

Day

School Magazine Reading Activity

School Magazine Reading Activity

School Magazine Reading Activity

School Magazine Reading Activity

BTN Episode 19 https://www.abc.net.a

u/btn

Recess Break

Middle

Maths Lesson 1 PowerPoint and

Mangahigh*

Maths Lesson 2 PowerPoint and Mangahigh*

Maths Lesson 3 PowerPoint and

Mangahigh*

Maths Lesson 4 PowerPoint and

Mangahigh*

Olympic Games

PowerPoint

Olympic Games

PowerPoint

Olympic Games

PowerPoint

Olympic Games

PowerPoint

Lunch Break

Afternoon

Optional Activities

Last year, the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People launched a website called Digital Lunchbreak. Children and young people can learn, create and discover through digital workshops, learning materials, virtual excursions and more. Visit the Digital Lunchbreak website by clicking here www.digitallunchbreak.nsw.gov.au https://wonderopolis.org/ is also a great site for students wanting to engage in fantastic learning.

* Mangahigh If you have not paid your child’s subscription to Mangahigh, please contact the school office. If you are having difficulty with your child’s username or password please contact teachers via Dojo.

Term 1 2 3 4

Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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July

202

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6

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nny?

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t a

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y sig

ht8

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Touc

hdow

n Sc

hool M

agaz

ine

Wee

k 1

Tues

day

Onc

e Bi

tten

St

ory

by a

utho

r D

avid

Hill

I

llust

rate

d by

Pet

er S

heeh

an

Lear

ning

Int

ention

s: A

naly

se t

he s

imila

riti

es a

nd d

iffe

renc

es b

etwe

en il

lust

rati

ons

by t

he s

ame

illus

trat

or..

Act

ivity

1 –

Read

the

sto

ry.

Wha

t do

you

thi

nk t

he e

ndin

g m

eans

? __

____

____

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_ D

o th

e ill

ustr

atio

ns s

uit

the

text

? W

hy?

(Thi

nk a

bout

the

sub

ject

, the

det

ail,

the

colo

urin

g, t

he

text

ure

and

try

to in

clud

e th

ese

in y

our

answ

er)

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___

Act

ivity

2 –

Look

at

thes

e ill

ustr

atio

ns.

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Whi

ch o

f th

ese

two

illus

trat

ions

do

you

thin

k wa

s do

ne b

y Pe

ter

Shee

han,

the

illu

stra

tor

for

‘Onc

e

Bitt

en.‛

Give

rea

sons

for

you

ans

wer.

Rea

sons

may

incl

ude

sim

ilari

ties

bet

ween

line

, col

our,

sub

ject

etc.

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

Fill

out

a th

ree-

part

Ven

n di

agra

m a

naly

sing

the

sim

ilari

ties

and

dif

fere

nces

bet

ween

the

two

giv

en

illus

trat

ions

and

one

illu

stra

tion

fro

m ‘O

nce

Bitt

en.‛

You

can

find

a te

mpl

ate

of a

thr

ee-p

art

Venn

D

iagr

am h

ere.

You

shou

ld c

onsi

der

the

follo

wing

:

Subj

ect

mat

ter

Colo

ur

Ang

les

Sym

bols

Vect

ors

Ligh

ting

Gaze

Gest

ure

Shap

es

Furt

her

info

rmat

ion

on t

hese

ter

ms

can

be f

ound

on

Lite

racy

Ide

as‛ T

each

ing

Visu

al L

iter

acy

in t

he

Clas

sroo

m, h

alfw

ay d

own

the

page

. The

defi

niti

ons

are

spec

ifica

lly f

or m

ovie

pos

ters

but

can

be

used

fo

r an

y vi

sual

tex

t.

Act

ivity

3 –

Opt

iona

l com

preh

ensi

on.

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Touc

hdow

n Sc

hool M

agaz

ine

Wee

k 1

Wed

nesd

ay

Dos

sier

of

Disco

very

: Th

inking

Big

Art

icle

by

Ann

e Re

naud

P

hoto

s by

Pho

to S

ourc

e

Lear

ning

Int

ention

: U

se k

nowl

edge

of

know

n wo

rds

to s

pell

unkn

own

word

s.

Act

ivity

1 –

Dur

ing

Read

ing:

Rea

d th

e ar

ticl

e an

d fin

d vo

cabu

lary

tha

t yo

u ca

n‛t

imm

edia

tely

defi

ne.

Wor

ds c

ould

incl

ude:

pro

toty

pe, f

abri

cate

d or

whi

msi

cal.

A

fter

Rea

ding

: Use

an

onlin

e di

ctio

nary

to

fill o

ut t

he t

able

bel

ow. (

Hin

t: G

oogl

e di

ctio

nary

is u

sefu

l fo

r wo

rd o

rigi

ns.)

The

first

one

has

bee

n co

mpl

eted

as

an e

xam

ple.

Fin

d ou

t th

e m

eani

ngs

of a

ny

prefi

xes

(e.g

. pre

=pri

or) a

nd s

uffix

es (e

.g. e

d=pa

st t

ense

). Yo

u ca

n se

lect

an

addi

tion

al w

ord

from

the

te

xt a

nd in

clud

e th

is in

the

fina

l bla

nk r

ow o

f th

e ta

ble.

It

is im

port

ant

to r

emem

ber

that

the

foc

us

of t

his

acti

vity

is t

o an

alys

e sp

ellin

g.

Wor

d Br

ief

defi

niti

on

Des

crip

tion

of

orig

in

Pref

ix

Suff

ix

Whi

msi

cal

Resu

ltin

g fr

om o

r ch

arac

teri

sed

by w

him

or

cap

rice

Der

ived

fro

m t

he

word

whi

mwh

am

("a

whim

sica

l ob

ject

")

N/A

-ic

al (u

sed

to

form

adj

ecti

ves

from

nou

ns, w

ith

the

mea

ning

‘of

or

pert

aini

ng t

o‛

Prot

otyp

e

Fabr

icat

ed

Inte

nt

Sym

bolis

m

Cons

umpt

ion

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Act

ivity

2 –

Usi

ng k

nowl

edge

fro

m y

our

rese

arch

, rea

d th

e fo

llowi

ng w

ords

out

loud

and

see

if y

ou c

an w

ork

out

how

to s

pell

them

. Ash

som

eone

at

your

pla

ce t

o te

ll yo

u. (R

emem

ber

how

to b

reak

the

m u

p in

to

sylla

bles

and

use

you

r sp

ellin

g ru

les.

) Fa

bric

atio

n

Sym

bolic

Inte

ntio

n

Whi

msi

ed

Typi

cal

Cons

umpt

ed

Whi

msi

tion

Sym

bolic

ate

Prot

oint

ent

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Touc

hdow

n Sc

hool M

agaz

ine

Wee

k 1

Thur

sday

Toby

and

the

Boo

k of

Bar

ds S

tory

Po

em b

y Su

san

Hal

l I

llust

rate

d by

Ann

a Br

on

Lear

ning

Int

ention

s:

Wri

te a

con

tinu

atio

n of

the

sto

ry w

ith

a m

oder

n tw

ist

by e

xplo

ring

tex

t-to

-sel

f co

nnec

tion

s.

Act

ivity

1 –

Read

the

sto

ry t

hen

answ

er t

he f

ollo

wing

que

stio

ns:

Wha

t ki

nd o

f te

xt is

thi

s?

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

Wha

t is

the

pur

pose

of

a na

rrat

ive?

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

Who

is t

he t

arge

t au

dien

ce f

or t

his

text

?

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

Whe

n is

thi

s st

ory

set?

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

Wha

t el

emen

ts o

f th

e st

ory

tell

you

that

?

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

Why

is it

pos

sibl

e fo

r us

to

feel

em

path

y fo

r To

by w

hen

his

life

is c

ompl

etel

y di

ffer

ent

to o

urs?

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

Wha

t do

es ‘m

oder

n‛ m

ean?

W

hat

are

som

e of

the

fea

ture

s of

mod

ern

life?

__

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_

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Com

plet

e th

e ta

ble

belo

w:

Stor

y El

emen

t To

by’s L

ife

Mod

ern

Life

Fa

mily

Ant

agon

ist

Stor

y pr

oble

m

Pers

on in

nee

d

Prec

ious

item

Solu

tion

Now

you

can

pla

n fo

r th

e ne

xt p

art

of t

he s

tory

usi

ng y

our

mod

ern

elem

ents

fro

m t

he t

able

. Wri

te

abou

t To

by t

akin

g yo

ur c

hose

n pr

ecio

us it

em t

o th

e m

oder

n sa

fe p

lace

, wit

h at

leas

t on

e ob

stac

le in

hi

s wa

y.

Succ

ess

criter

ia f

or t

he n

arra

tive

:

- U

ses

the

abov

e ta

ble

to w

rite

the

nex

t pa

rt o

f ‘T

oby

and

the

Book

of

Bard

s‛ wi

th m

oder

n el

emen

ts

- H

as a

t le

ast

one

stor

y pr

oble

m

- H

as a

sol

utio

n.

Act

ivity

2 –

Explor

ing

genr

e

In

the

left

han

d co

lum

n, y

ou w

ill r

ead

som

e ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

his

tori

cal fi

ctio

n.

In t

he r

ight

han

d co

lum

n lis

t ex

ampl

es o

f th

at c

hara

cter

isti

c th

at y

ou fi

nd in

the

sto

ry, ‘

Toby

and

the

Bo

ok o

f Ba

rds‛.

The

firs

t ro

w ha

s be

en d

one

for

you.

Char

acte

rist

ics

of h

isto

rica

l fict

ion

Exam

ples

fro

m t

he s

tory

H

isto

rica

lly-a

ccur

ate

jobs

or

posi

tion

s m

aste

r cr

afts

man

, app

rent

ice,

bar

on, a

bbot

, m

onk,

sto

nem

ason

H

isto

rica

lly-a

ccur

ate

clot

hing

His

tori

cal s

etti

ng

O

ld-f

ashi

oned

and

his

tori

cally

accu

rate

pat

tern

s of

spe

ech

Ge

nre’

is a

way

of d

escr

ibin

g te

xts t

hat h

ave

simila

r fea

ture

s.

‘Tob

y an

d th

e Bo

ok o

f Bar

ds’ i

s fro

m th

e hi

�or

ical

fic�

on g

enre

.

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Touc

hdow

n Sc

hool

Mag

azin

e W

eek

1 Fr

iday

Up,

Up

and

Away

? Am

elia

Ear

hart

, Que

en o

f the

Air

Artic

le b

y Ka

ren

Jam

eyso

n | P

hoto

s by

Ala

my

Plea

se c

ompl

ete

all w

ork

in a

wor

k bo

ok.

Activ

ity 1

Rea

d th

e ar

ticle

.

Writ

ten

resp

onse

:

Wha

t kin

d of

per

son

they

thin

k Am

elia

Ear

hart

was

, wha

t was

spe

cial

abo

ut h

er a

nd w

hat

wer

e so

me

of h

er w

orld

reco

rds?

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_

Writ

e an

end

ing

to A

mel

ia E

arha

rt’s

stor

y us

ing

a no

n-fic

tion

styl

e in

clud

ing

crea

tive

theo

ries

as to

wha

t cou

ld’v

e ha

ppen

ed to

Am

elia

Ear

hart.

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_

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Tuesday 13th

Ensure you watch the instructional

video for the following Maths Tasks before

beginning.

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Ignition Activity – choose your level Answers for today will be posted tomorrow

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Today’s Number Talk Activity

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Maths Activities

Want more Maths?

You can also go ontoMangahigh or Studyladder

Ask your teacher if you need your login details.

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Wednesday 14th

Ensure you watch the instructional

video for the following Maths Tasks before

beginning.

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Answers from Tuesday emoji puzzles

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Ignition Activity – choose your level Answers for today will be posted tomorrow

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Today’s Number Talk Activity

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Maths Activities

Want more Maths?

You can also go ontoMangahigh or Studyladder

Ask your teacher if you need your login details.

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Thursday 15th

Ensure you watch the instructional

video for the following Maths Tasks before

beginning.

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Answers from Wednesday emoji puzzles

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Ignition Activity – choose your level Answers for today will be posted tomorrow

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Today’s Number Talk Activity

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Maths Activities

Want more Maths?

You can also go ontoMangahigh or Studyladder

Ask your teacher if you need your login details.

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Friday 16th

Ensure you watch the instructional

video for the following Maths Tasks before

beginning.

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Answers from Thursday emoji puzzles

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Ignition Activity – choose your level

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Today’s Number Talk Activity

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Maths Activities

Want more Maths?

You can also go ontoMangahigh or Studyladder

Ask your teacher if you need your login details.

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Stage 3 –Learning from Home Program

Week1

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The Ancient Olympic Games

Tuesday 13th Activities

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The Ancient Olympics

What do you already know?

Go to the Jamboardto add in your responses. Please do not delete or cover other students’ responses.

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The Ancient Olympics

The History of the Olympic Games

Thought to have started over 2,700 years ago in ancient Greece, the Olympic Games have a rich history but where did it all begin? Read on to find out about the first games, how they ended and the resurfacing of the modern Olympic Games.

Athlete comes from a Greek word that

means, ‘to compete for a prize.’

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The Ancient Olympics

The History of the Ancient Olympic Games

The first ancient Olympic Games took place in Greece nearly three thousand years ago in 776 BC. They were held in the religious sanctuary of Olympia, a rich land surrounded by olive trees. Initially, the ancient Olympics were organised as part of a religious festival to honour the leader of the Greek gods, Zeus. He was the god of the sky and lived on Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece. In 392 AD, the Olympic Games were suspended until 1500 years later.

Zeus – The god of the sky.

The prizes for the winners were olive leaf wreaths or crowns.

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The games were held every four years and featured several sporting events. They lasted five days and happened in the hottest months of the year.

Zeus is said to have travelled to Olympia from his home in Mount Olympus in 200 BC. He announced his visit by throwing his thunderbolt from Mount Olympus into Olympia. This became the setting for the first ancient Olympic Games. People travelled from all over Greece to see the Games and visit the Temple of Zeus.

How often did the games take place?

The period of four years between the Olympics is called an

‘Olympiad’

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At the beginning, the games were just short foot races designed to keep Greek men fit for the intensity of war. The path for the foot races was about 700 feet long and straight.It was also wide enough for twenty men to run side by side. Only men who spoke Greek were allowed to take part in the races.

Men ran the races without any clothes on. Gradually, other events were added but there were no team sports like in the modern Olympics.

Horse races, chariot races, boxing, and wrestling were all popular events in addition to the foot races.

There was also a special event that consisted of five different sports activities: wrestling, running, the long jump, disc throwing, and spear throwing.

What events took place?

The modern Olympic truce is similar to the ancient version but encourages different nations not to wage war during the Olympic games.

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Use the information you have read as well as the information from these weblinks to answer the questions on the following slides.

TED Ed – Ancient Olympics Overview of the Ancient Olympics

Horrible Histories – The Ancient Olympics

Clips

Clicking the icons below will help you to find more information on the Ancient Olympics.

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Answer the following questions on the next few slides based on what you have learnt.

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When were the first Olympics held and where? Include information about why the games were originally held. Include

a map of Ancient Olympia.

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Design a poster or slide on the sports that took place during the Ancient Olympics.

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Explain what the Penkration event entailed

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Stage 3 –Learning from Home Program

Week1

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The Modern Olympic Games

Wednesday 14th Activities

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The Ancient Olympics

The End of the Ancient Olympic GamesThe Ancient Olympic games were held for over a thousand years and ended in 393 AD when the Roman emperor Theodosius banned them.

He had outlawed the worship of the ancient gods because of new beliefs in Christianity.

The buildings were eventually torn down and the city was buried under earthquakes and floods.

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The Ancient Olympics

The Modern Olympic GamesThe modern Olympics were started in 1896 by a French educator and historian by the name of Pierre de Coubertin.

Pierre loved sports and felt that the world’s countries would have more of an opportunity for peace if they gathered together to play sports.

He designed the five color rings that are used to represent the Olympic Games today.

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What are some similarities and difference between the modern and ancient Olympic Games? If you get stuck, you can find some clues here

Similarities Differences

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Make an Olive Wreath of your own (optional)

Choose a wreath to make and click the pictures above to be taken to a tutorial. Take a photo of your finished wreath and insert it in a new slide.

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Stage 3 –Learning from Home Program

Week1

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The Olympic Games

Thursday 15th Activities

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Olympic Symbols

Watch the following clip, then answer the questions on the following slide

Stage 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_bve53_I3s

Stage 3:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oENuS4NDeVg

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The Olympic Rings and the Olympic Flag

Q1. Write down 3 interesting facts that you learnt about the Olympic Rings from watching the video.

Q2. Why are there five rings in the flag?

Q3. Why are the rings linked together?

Q4. What do the different colours signify?

Q5. Name some of the countries that belong to each region/colour of the flag.

What does each colour represent?

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The Olympic Flame

Click on the flame to see the history of the Olympic Flame.

The Olympic Torch is a tradition that has existed for over two thousand years. It is a long vessel that is used to carry a continuously burning flame.

It represents the spirit of the Olympic games and plays an important role in the lead up to the opening ceremony.

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The Olympic Torch

What is the Olympic Torch?

The Olympic Torch is a tradition that has existed for over two thousand years. It is a long vessel that is used to carry a continuously burning flame.

It represents the spirit of the Olympic games and plays an important role in the lead up to the opening ceremony.

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The Olympic Torch

The Tokyo Olympics

The torch is lit in Olympia and taken to the host nation’s country. Once there, it travels around for months until reaching the opening ceremony of the games. This is known as the Olympic Torch Relay.

The Olympic torch is carried by a range of people during the relay, including professional sportspeople, politicians, musicians, students, doctors, scientists and other members of the general public.

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The Olympic Torch

The Tokyo Olympics

At the end of the Tokyo Olympics Torch Relay, the Olympic Torch will be taken to Shinjuku City in Tokyo.

Like every Olympic Games before it, the torch will be used to light the cauldron during the opening ceremony. This symbolises the beginning of the Olympics.

It will burn for the entire games until it is distinguished at the closing ceremony.

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Olympic Flame in a bottle STEM activity

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You will need to gather a few supplies for this activity. It would be great to take some photos and share these with your teacher and class on Google Classroom.

• Plastic Water Bottle • Food Colouring • Vegetable Oil• STEM sheet from previous page – you can just answer the questions on a separate page or print out

the sheet if you have a printer.• Small Container• Measuring Spoon• Plastic Fork

1. Put 4 Tablespoons of vegetable oil in a small container.2. Next, decide what colours you want to add to the oil to create the flame (red, oranges and yellows

represent the Olympic torch best). Place about two drops of each colour they select into the container with the oil.

3. Stir the mixture lightly with a fork. When you have finished stirring, pour the mixture into a bottle that is filled to 3/4 with warm water.

4. The food colouring will slowly separate from the oil and begin to slip into the water creating flame like flickers of colour in the water.

5. The various colours of food colouring will drift down in their own flickers. They will mix together as they fall to form new colours.

Over time you may see light and darker areas of the colour. When you see the Olympic flame on T.V., you may see this too.Besides seeing the cool flame colours in the jar, you will see that the oil has stayed near the top of the bottom.

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Why do the food colouring droplets fall?

The food colour drops fall into the oil in the small plastic container, but they don’t dissolve. When the mixture is poured into the water bottle, the oil stays at the top.

Oil is less dense than water.

Slowly the food colouring drops start to drop from the oil because they are heavier than the oil. As the food colouring drops make their way into the oil, they start to dissolve. This caused the flicker or explosion of colour.

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The Olympic GamesFriday 16th Activities

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Symbols of Tokyo Olympics Design and Meaning

1. Write 3 statements you have learnt about the Tokyo Olympic Logo.

1. Why do you believe the logo is important for this Olympic Games?

1. Design a new logo and explain it’s meaning in terms of bringing the world together through sport.

Click on the Tokyo Olympics logo to find out more about it’s design and meaning.

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Olympic Mascots

Olympic mascots are characters, usually animals native to the area, but sometimes human figures. They represent the culture of the place where the Olympic and Paralympic games are taking place. The first Olympic games mascots appeared at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Click on the Tokyo Olympic Games Mascot to find out more.

Q1. What is the name of this mascot and what does it’s name mean?

Q2. How does the design of the mascot represent Japan?

Q3. At Erina Heights Public School, our mascot is Hoot the Owl. Have a go at creating a new sporting mascot for Erina Heights Public School that captures our location, school colours and PBL values.