ages 8-9 (volume 2) · read a biography of a famous sports personality (examples: the ultimate...

EDUCATION ACTIVITY PACK

AGES 8-9 (volume 2)

Captain Tom Moore Choose

a) make a factfile about Captain Moore, his life and how he has raised over £12million for the NHS

b) write a letter to Captain Moore to congratulate him and to wish him a happy 100th birthday

Writing Describe the perfect player using players you

already know

Reading

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English

The brain of ________________

Because:

The strength of ______________

Because:

The speed of ______________

Because:

The feet of ______________________

Because:

The tackling of _____________

Because:

The attitude of _____________

Because:

The passing of ______________

Because:

The eyes of ______________

Because:

Reading Challenge Can you complete the 6 challenges below:

Challenge Tick when

complete Read a fiction book that features sport (examples: the boy in the dress, the

boy with the lightning feet, Daisy and the trouble with sports day, kick)

Read a non-fiction book about sport (examples: Children’s book of sport,

Sportopedia, football school season 1)

Read a biography of a famous sports personality (examples: the Ultimate

Football Heroes series, Messi rules, Women in Sport, Cristiano Ronaldo)

Find out 10 interesting sporting world records (use the Guinness World

Records book or research online)

Find and read match reports for 5 different football matches in history (use

the internet for this)

Read a book that teaches you how to improve your sporting ability (examples:

F2 World Class: Play Like a Pro, Football Skills by Clive Gifford, Soccer Skills

& Techniques)

English (part 1)

English (part 2)

Maths: new club badge

Design a new club badge but by sticking to the following rules:

1. Your badge must have more sides than a square

2. Your badge must have more vertices than a triangle but less than an

octagon

3. Your badge must have at least 1 90-degree angle

4. Everything must be drawn with a ruler/straight edge

5. It must be amber (yellow) and black and you can be creative with what

you draw inside the shape

Maths

Maths: We’re ‘tall’ in it

together

Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences

Maguire is _________ than Gomez.

Gomez is _________ than Silva.

Torreira is _________ than Maguire.

Silva is _________ than Torreira.

Player Height

Harry Maguire 194cm

Joe Gomez 1m 88cm

Lucas Torreira 1m 680mm

David Silva 1m 73cm

Maths: Messi v Ronaldo Ronaldo and Messi both have a training pitch in

their gardens

Ronaldo’s garden pitch

Messi’s garden pitch

20m

18m

12m

15m

Calculate the perimeter of both pitches

Perimeter of Ronaldo’s pitch ____________________

Perimeter of Messi’s pitch _____________________

Which pitch has the greatest perimeter?

What is the difference in perimeter?

Art

Draw your favourite football players in

the different sections of this ball

Science Science Friction Experiment

Use different types of footwear, see how many

mountain climbers you can do in 30 seconds.

Footwear Number of mountain climbers in 30 seconds

Trainers

Socks

Slippers

Bare feet

What do the results tell you?

Why do you think this has happened?

PE Clap for the NHS challenge

*you must catch the ball for the score to count!

Score

My first attempt

My record

Step 1: Throw a ball into the air.

Step 2: Clap as many times as you can while the ball

is in the air.

Step 3: Catch the ball*

History Project: History 11

Your challenge is to make a starting 11 which follows the following rules:

2 players may be current players

1 player must be from each decade from 2000s back to 1940s

2 players must be from the 1930s or earlier

Write the player’s name, decade and why you have chosen them. You can use

statistics or opinion

Name:

Decade:

Reason:

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Geography

Languages

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