Since the birth in 1896 of the first modern Olympic Games, children and young people have been fascinated, inspired and motivated by this spectacle of sporting ability from world athletes. Find out more about the history and the participants from the resources below. The Olympics theme can also be incorporated into other learning with some ideas given below. There are also lots of facts and figures about the Olympics and Olympic records in the Guinness World Records (www.guinnessworldrecords.com).

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Do you know the Olympic Games?

www.olympic.org/museum/visit/schools/teaching-resources/support-de-cours/howwell- do-you-know-the-olympic-games

This provides an introduction to the Olympic movement and the Olympic Games. Lots of information interspersed with colourful cartoon pictures.

Olympics

www.olympic.org

This provides a list and details of all Olympic Games, Olympic Winter Games and Olympic Youth Games. Provides information about the Olympic Torch and Olympic medals, all with images and a wealth of athlete information, including photographs from past Olympics.

Olympic posters

www.olympic.org/museum/visit/schools/teaching-resources/support-de-cours/olympicposters

learning resources and activities

The Olympic Games in Ancient Greece

www.britishmuseum.org/learn/schools

The British Museum has downloadable resources by key stages. For Ancient Greece, select Key Stage 2 to access a resource document on the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games in Antiquity

www.olympic.org/museum/visit/schools/teaching-resources/support-de-cours/theolympic- games-in-antiquity

Fantastic learning resource looking at the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Museum

www.olympic.org/museum/visit/schools/teaching-resources

There are a wide range of teaching materials available from the Olympic Museum arranged by theme. They cover Creative & Manual Activities; Human and Social Services; Information Communications Technology; Mathematical and Natural Sciences.

Also try www.teachingideas.co.uk/pe/the-olympic-museum-resources to access resources from the Olympic Museum. Excellent.

Ways to use the olympics in the Classroom

www.teachingideas.co.uk/athletics/ways-to-use-the-olympics-in-the-classroom

A brilliant list of ideas and suggestions of how to use the Olympics for classroom or home learning for English; Maths; Science; Computing; Design & Technology; Art; Music; Geography; History; Language; and PE. Excellent.