This week with the children, we will be looking at the Olympic Games which are being held in Paris between the 26th July 2024 to 11 August 2024.
Specifically, we will be looking at Paris, friendship and unity, the Olympic mascots & Olympic torch.
As the Olympics was originally established to promote friendship, unity and peace, the children will be looking at friendship. We will be making friendship bracelets, read the book Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson, perform rhythmic gymnastics to the tune of Bruno Mars, "You can count on me", which is a song all about friendship.
As the Olympics are in Paris this year, we will have a look at some of the famous landmarks of Paris. The children will be trying some food that originates from France, including Pain au chocolat, croissants, macarons, French bread & quiche.
The Paris 2024 mascot is called the Olympic Phryge, and the paralympic Phryge. These are based on the traditional small Phrygian hats worn in France. The name and design were chosen as symbols of freedom because these hats have been a symbol of freedom throughout French history and can be found on French stamps and coins.
Paris 2024’s vision is to demonstrate that sport can change lives. The Olympic Phryge is decked out in blue, white and red - the colours of the French flag - with the golden Paris 2024 logo emblazoned across its chest.
The motto of the Olympic Phryge and Paralympic Phryge is: “Alone we go faster, but together we go further” representing the ways in which the mascots, and the people of the world, can make each other better by working side-by-side. They also hope that the fact that the Paralympics mascot has a visible disability will send a strong message of promoting inclusion. The children will be introduced to the Paris Olympic & Paralympic Mascots – “the Phryges”; they will watch the official video about them and learn some basic facts about the mascots.
The Olympic flame, a practice dating back to ancient Greece, symbolises peace, unity, and friendship. It travels all the way from Olympia to the host city, igniting the excitement for the games. The children will make Olympic torch pictures using their handprints to make the flames of the Olympic torch whilst we talk about the fact that this burns day and night for peace & unity.
Using an Olympic torch I have made, we will play pass the torch to Olympic anthem music; the children will slowly start passing the torch from person to person, when the music stops, they freeze. The person holding the torch when the music stops, gets a sticker. We will also get into teams and do relay races, passing the torch.
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