Instantly download 17 informative and fun lessons themed around the modern Olympic Games KS2. These cross-curricular Olympic Games lesson plans cover the history of the ancient Greek Olympics up to the present day geography and impact of the 2020 Olympics on the host city of Tokyo. Get creative with your class as you design and create your own medals, mascots and logos for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as you find out more about the traditions and structure of the Olympics with your KS2 class.

#TheCompleteTopic17lessons

The lessons in each of the cross curricular subjects come with lesson slides, a detailed plan, differentiated activities and the printable resources needed for each activity. Download everything you'll need to explore the biggest and most inspiring sporting event of 2021.

#AllARTLessonsinTopic

This three-lesson Olympics Art KS2 planning pack creates fun opportunities for your Year 3/4 class to engage with the Olympics through Art. The fully resourced lessons provide you with all the printable resources you'll need to support your class in their artwork and a detailed lesson plan with differentiated Olympic art ideas. The colourful lesson slides will help you guide the children in completing different projects including using clay to create their own Olympic medals, design a new Olympic logo and model and decorate their own salt dough athlete to represent an Olympic sport.

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#AllDTLessonsinTopic

Use these Olympics DT lessons to engage your class in the Olympics in a different way. Discuss how much design and thought goes into the different areas of the Olympics including logos and mascots. Your children will develop their skills in designing for a particular purpose and audience as well as improving their sewing techniques.

Both lessons in this Olympics DT planning pack come complete with lesson plan, differentiated lesson ideas, lesson slides and printable resources: everything you need to teach some fun and engaging DT lessons themed around the Olympic Games.

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#AllGEOGRAPHYLessonsinTopic

Packed with mapwork skills and learning, these three Olympics Geography lessons for Year 3 & Year 4 provide you with all you need to teach your KS2 class about Olympics-themed Geography. The included lesson slides guide interesting discussions around the locations of the Olympic Games from 1896 until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Your class will also discuss the impacts that the Olympics can have on a location, both positive and negative.

These complete KS2 Geography lessons include detailed lesson plans, lesson slides and printable resources to support the differentiated activity ideas for each lesson.

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#AllHISTORYLessonsinTopic

This history of the Olympics lesson plan pack includes the slides and printable resources to support you and your KS2 class in learning about the origins and traditions of the Olympic Games. The lessons will guide and inspire discussions about the ancient Greek origins of the Games and how the traditions have continued in the modern Olympics since 1896. The lessons also look into the issues that politics can have on the Games, and reasons behind countries being banned or boycotting the event in different circumstances. Finally, this Olympic History lesson pack will teach your class about the start of the Paralympics and why these parallel games were started.

With everything you need in one place, this pack is perfect for teaching your Year 3/4 class about the history of the Olympic Games

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#AllCOMPUTINGLessonsinTopic

Challenge your Year 3/4 class to develop some basic computing skills as they organise and present Olympic medal data and research interesting facts about Olympic athletes and their achievements. Each fully resourced lesson comes with a detailed lesson plan, engaging slides, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources to support your class as they work independently.

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#AllPELessonsinTopic

The three lessons in this KS2 lesson pack focus on the events and sports in the Olympic Games. Your class will identify and describe the 33 sports in the 2020 Olympic Games and research information about each one. They will choreograph, perform and evaluate their own Olympics gymnastics and dance routines before designing their own Olympic event. They will be challenged to use the accompanying printable resources and templates to design rules and scoring systems for their event which focuses on a specific skill e.g. running, throwing, jumping etc.

Each of the three lessons in this pack comes with printable resources to support your class, along with detailed lesson plans, differentiated activities and lesson slides to inspire and inform your lesson input.

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#Lesson1ArtOlympicLogos

This Olympics Art lesson focuses on the Olympics logos from the past few years. The engaging lesson slides included in this KS2 lesson pack shows your class the different logos from previous years before looking at the current logo and the symbolism in it. The children are then challenged to design and create their own Olympics logo which represents the current Olympic host city: Tokyo. They can use the included printable resources which include picture cards and challenges. Each activity is differentiated and comes with a detailed lesson plan.

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Olympics logo cards

#Lesson2ArtOlympicMedalCraft

In this Olympics Art lesson your class are challenged to design and create their own Olympic medal crafted from clay. The lesson looks at designs and traditions around the Olympic medals from past Games and how the designs have changed and incorporated parts of the host city's identity and culture. The included lesson slides provide you with picture examples to discuss with the children and point out different techniques used to create different aspects of the designs.

The provided differentiated worksheets encourage your class to think carefully about their designs before committing to the clay.

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#Lesson3ArtAthleteSculptures

The salt dough sculptures that your class make in this lesson are easy to do but so effective! Challenge your class to choose an Olympic sport and create a small athlete sculpture to represent this sport. Children can use their creativity to help them pose their athlete in different ways so it is clear which sport they have chosen. The included lesson slides discuss the different disciplines within the Olympics and provide you with pictures of finished salt dough sculptures to inspire your class's designs.

A salt dough recipe is included in the printable resources as well as ideas on how to differentiate the activities with your class on the lesson plan.

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#Lesson4DTMakingaMascot

Take a closer look at the different Olympic mascots from previous Games before meeting the current mascots of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The children can then take inspiration from the step-by-step pictures showing how they can sew and create their own mascots. After designing and naming their mascot using the printable resources included in this lesson pack, the children can then use felt to create their own mascot.

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#Lesson5DTOlympicPackaging

Challenge your class to think carefully as they design packaging for Olympic products with a particular audience in mind. They can use the products shown to them on the included lesson slides and discuss who they think would be the people buying these products. Completing the design process the children are encouraged to 'pitch' their designs to the IOC, explaining why they think their design is the one they should choose for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Complete with everything you need, this KS2 lesson pack allows your class the opportunity to develop key DT skills.

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3D net sheets

#Lesson6GeographyOlympicLocations

This lesson looks at all the countries the summer Olympics have taken place in since their beginnings in 1896 and teaches your class how to locate each host country on a world map. It will also teach them how to identify which continent each country is in using the provided printable resources which come with this complete lesson pack along with lesson slides, detailed lesson plan and differentiated lesson ideas.

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World map
Continents map
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#Lesson7GeographyNationalFlags

This lesson starts off by looking at what flags are and why they are important. The included lesson slides then look in more detail at the Japanese flag and the symbolism behind the design before teaching your class to identify the national flags of all the countries that have hosted the Summer Olympics since 1896.

Your class are challenged to use the supporting resources included in this lesson pack to identify the nation flags of host countries independently.

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Flag cards
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Location cards

#Lesson8GeographyTokyo2020

Take a more in-depth look at this year's host city and the impacts that the Olympics can have on the location. Use the included lesson slides to explain how Tokyo won the 2020 Olympic bid and learn more about their intentions for the Games, including the innovative and historic designs for the Olympic venues.

Your class will discuss and record the positive and negative effects that hosting the Olympics can have on a city and its country using the printable resources which come in this complete lesson pack.

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#Lesson9HistoryAncientGreekOlympics

Use the lesson slides included in this KS2 Olympics History lesson pack, travel back to the beginning of the Olympics in ancient Greece and find out about which sports and traditions were part of this new, friendly competition between city states. Fast forward to 1896 when the Games were revived by Pierre de Coubertin and the modern Olympics were born.

Using the included supporting resources in this lesson pack, challenge your class to compare the ancient Greek Games and the new, modern Olympics.

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#Lesson10HistoryOlympicTraditions

Do you know where the Olympic rings came from or why doves are released at the Olympic opening ceremony? The lesson slides included in this KS2 Olympic History lesson pack will answer these questions as well as taking a closer look at the other Olympic traditions, such as medal ceremonies, the Olympic torch, the Olympic anthem and Olympic oath.

Using the supporting printable resources the children are challenged to recall the meaning and importance of each Olympic tradition. Alternatively they can be tasked with redesigning some of the more versatile Olympic traditions such as the torch relay to fit with and reflect the current host city's traditions and culture.

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#Lesson11HistoryPoliticalProblems

Take an interesting look into how politics and major events in the world have affected the Olympic Games, including the World Wars and other political reasons countries have boycotted or been banned from the Games. This lesson also looks at the 1936 Games in Berlin and how Hitler's intention of Arian winners was dashed by Jesse Owens and others.

Challenge your class to use the provided information resources to research the reasons the Games have been cancelled, boycotted or banned countries from participating, whilst being an event which promotes harmony and equality.

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Flag sheet
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#Lesson12HistoryTheParalympics

Discover who founded the Paralympic Games and why in this complete KS2 History lesson pack for Year 3/4. Take a look at the original, eight sports that made up the first Paralympic Games in 1960 and discuss how these parallel games have grown and expanded into the competition we know today.

Using the supporting printable resources, challenge your class to find out more about the Paralympics and what they mean today.

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Information sheet
Statement cards
Event cards

#Lesson13ComputingDataandStatistics

This Olympics Computing lesson pack challenges your Year 3/4 class to complete spreadsheet activities in order to organise and present data and statistics on the the last Olympics medal tables. The children are presented with data on the included printable resources. They must work to input the data into a spreadsheet and create a simple table in order to present the data in a clearer manner. They can then be extended to use the available software to present this data in a graph before answering simple questions on the data.

This complete spreadsheet activities KS2 pack provides you with the lesson plan, slides, differentiated lesson ideas and supporting printable resources to challenge your class to create Olympic-themed spreadsheets.

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#Lesson14ComputingUsingSearchEngines

This KS2 Computing lesson pack teaches your Year 3/4 class to amend and tweak their search terms in order to use a search engine effectively. The included lesson slides guide your class through choosing and correcting search terms in order to obtain the correct information. They are then challenged to use this understanding to create fact files about famous Olympic athletes and their achievements. They create the athlete profiles on the provided supporting resources or using a presentation software. They must think carefully about the information they are using and the terms they are using to get the correct information.

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Profile sheets
Athlete cards

#Lesson15PEOlympicSports

Explore and discuss the 33 Olympic sports including the five new sports introduced for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Have your class research and investigate the sports that they recognise and some that they may not have heard of before! Using the included lesson slides, show the children some of the top sporting events of the Olympic Games and use the accompanying printable resources to help your class identify sports and events.

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Events Sheet

#Lesson16PEGymnastics

Use the included lesson slides in this Olympics PE lesson to discuss and explore how gymnastics are scored and evaluated in the Olympics. Show your class videos to inspire them to choreograph, perform and peer assess gymnastics routines. The detailed lesson plan and accompanying printable resources in this KS2 lesson pack provide you with differentiated activity ideas for the children to attempt.

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#Lesson17PEDesigningaNewOlympicEvent

Challenge your KS2 class to design their own new Olympic event which focuses on a core skill of running, jumping, throwing or catching. Using the accompanying printable resources in this lesson pack, your class will work as a group to create a new Olympic event and work out the rules and scoring system for their event.

What will your class create?

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Curriculum Objectives covered

Art Objectives:

KS2 - to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing with a range of materials

Computing Objectives:

KS2 - use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content
KS2 - select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information

DT Objectives:

KS2 - use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
KS2 - investigate and analyse a range of existing products
KS2 - evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work

Geography Objectives:

KS2 - locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities
KS2 - use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied

History Objectives:

KS2 - a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066
KS2 - Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world

PE Objectives:

KS2 - play competitive games, modified where appropriate, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
KS2 - develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance
KS2 - take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team