Sports Day KS1 and KS2 Assembly.

Sports Day KS1 and KS2 Assembly.
A simply written whole school assembly or short lesson to cover the main aspects of Sports Day which can be used in the days preceding or on the day itself.
Power-point of 33 slides which include:
Suggested music, video clip and hymns.
Pupil perceptions of Sports Day (exciting, worrying, confident etc).
Brief bio of two world famous Jamaican sprinters – Usain Bolt and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce.
The first ever Jamaican 4-man bobsled team who competed in 1988 winter Olympics. Includes information on bobsledding, the course and the challenges faced by the Jamaican team. Short youtube clip of the bobsled team and the crash which prevented them qualifying but didn’t stop them competing again, an inspiration to others and what we can learn from all the Jamaican athletes.
5 slides structured for you to input information about your own sports day (where, when, kit, prizes etc)
Ideas for the pupils: kind things to say after the race/events.
Final prayer for sports day.
Links well with topics on Olympics, Sporting-heroes, Going for gold, Feelings, Coping with challenges.