I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
I am a retired teacher who wrote 7 photocopiable books for Teachers and one book for children Union Jack Colouring Book.
The 7books covered Geography, History (Medieval/ Tudor/ Stuart), Travel and Transport, Myself and Events (this included diaries), Race Against Time Stories (SATS based), Church Dates for Children plus Nature and Seasons (including Sport). These 7 books have been mainly broken into a number of segments.
Challenging the Physical Elements, my Geography book, is complete.
GB have selected Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood to represent them at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Rome.
I have included ;-
2 Phrase and Vocabulary sheets
Golf word list
Poetry Aid
Word Search -Golf Hazards ( answer sheet provided)
Definition of 'bogey 'or ‘bogie’
Golf Vocabulary Word List (341 words)
Profiles on Charley, Georgia, Matt and Tommy from Wikipedia
Full list of GB competitors
Phrase and Vocabulary sheets (differentiated)
Poetry AIds and 2 ’ liners ’
Best copy sheet
Blank comic strip
Word search (answers provided )
profiles selected Track (100-marathon) plus field (from Wikipedia)
female 10 3
male 10 3 (26 in total)
Clip art
26 competitors have been chosen to represent GB’s paralympics swimming team.
Official form
List of all swimmers
Phrase and Vocabulary sheet
Diary!! blank
Poetry Aid
26 Competitors and Word Search (answers provided)
10 female Profiles included - 8 paralympic medallists from Tokyo and the 2 blind Humprey twins
8 male profiles
Information on :-
Adaptations Classifications Classification in Para Swimming
Sport Classes Sport Classes - vision impairment (3 pages)
Diagram
S6 classification - 4 pages
There should be some useful information to use.
Gb has only one competitor for Olympic table tennis- Ann Hursey. She is from Wales.
Aged just 10 she was the youngest person to ever represent Wales at a senior level in any sport (Kosovo 2017).
Came third in the women’s doubles event with Charlotte Carey in the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England in 2022.
Included:-
official sheet
PHrase and Vocabulary sheet
Poetry Aid
2 word searches shakehands and TT vocabulary (answers provided)
Picture of Table Tennis table
GB has 10 competitors in paralympic table tennis, 8 men and 2 women
Have included:-
Poster
Official sheet
Phrase and Vocabulary sheet
Poetry Aid
2 Word searches Shakehands and TT words answers provided
Information about par table tennis
9 profiles - 6 male and 3 female
Paralympics medals
Aaron McKibben bronze team in 2 012
Billy Shilton bronze team in 2020
Rob Davies gold (ind) in 2016
Thomas Matthews bronze(ind) in 2020
Will Bayley gold (ind) in 2026
Poster
GB have 4 competitors
Gemma Collis-McCann 15 times World Cup medalist
Dimitri Coutya won team silver, team bronze and 2 individual bronze in Tokyo
Oliver lam-Watson won bronze in men’s epee, silver in team foil in Tokyo 2020
Piers Gilliver won individual gold epee A classification in Tokyo
Official sheet
Phrase and Vocabulary sheet
Poetry Aid
Fencing Glossary
Information about Wheelchair fencing
Wikipedia profiles on the 4 Competitors
Clip art Fencing
England have chosen 33 players for the squad. By June 7th it will be cut to a squad of 26 men.
I have included:-
Phrase and vocabulary sheet
Some short sentences
Large Vocabulary and Phrase sheets
2 differentiated poetry aids
3 Word searches
England’s 33 training squad, 21 competing teams and football terms.
Clip art pictures
I have included the master sheet
The full team sheet
2 Word searches Women and Men (answers provided)
Phrase and Vocabulary sheet
Poetry Aid
Comic Strip
Picture of different seating formations
Rowing at the Summer Olympics-
Information on the race, equipment and commands
!7 profiles from Wikipedia
There should be some useful information for you to use.
Nancy is an American actress, speaker and author. She is known for her many roles on television.She came to prominence in the 1980s as Michelle Thomas, las partner, on 5 seasons of Matlock.
She is the author of many Christian books such as** Beauty by the Book, The Wonder of his Love, Seeing yourself as God Sees You****.
She married Larry Myres who is a pastor
Source Wikipedia
Lorraine has published over 80 titles since 1982.
There is a series of popular historical fiction revolving around Norwegian immigration inspired by her own heritage.
She was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame, a signature event at Norsk Hostfest in 2012.
Her books have sold more then 5 million copies.
Source
Wikipedia
In 2013 Becky received a Knight Grant for Reporting On Religion and American Public Life.
She was a senior contributing editor for The Wittenburg Door from 1994 to 2008.
‘The Door’ was a Christian satire and homour bimonthly magazine
It was relaunched in 2021 with Becky serving on the Door’s Board of Directors
Source
Wikipedia
Robin is the best selling award winning Christian author of over 100 books.
Her books include the Christy MIller and Sierra Jensen series for ten girls plus the Glenbrooke series and Sisterchicks series.
In 2007 she received the Christy award for her novel* Sisterchicks in Gondolas.*
Her Timelesss Stories are now available in Print, Audio, Ebook and Downloads.
I have put together some information about Badminton Paralympics.
There is a poster, phrase and vocabulary sheet, a poetry aid and two word searches.
There is information about the three competitors - Rachel Choong, Daniel Bethell and John Shepherd
Tom Pidcock and Bethany Shriever have just been named. 3.2.2024
Included:-
Official sheet
6 Phrase and Voc. sheets ( all slightly different)
Sheet on Mountain Biking
Poetry Aid
2 ‘blanks’ for best copy
2. Word searches -with answers)
2 profiles from Wikipedia for Tom Pidock and Betn Shriever
Hope ,these sheets prove useful.
The official sheet will be lengthened and more profiles added as more competitors are revealed in the coming days/weeks.
I have put together:-
The team
Official list
Definitions
Equestrian background
Dessage team for 2024
Phrase and Vocabulary sheet
Horse Portrait
Poetry sheet
2 ‘best’ copy sheets
2 word searches with answers - vocabulary and Show jumping course
4 clip art sheets
2 horse diagrams
Profiles on all 12 riders (set up alphabetically)
We have 4 representative for Sports Climbing Erin, Hamish, Molly and Toby.
It only became an Olympic event in 2020 in Tokyo.
I have included: -
Official sheet
Pictogram
Background notes
Phrase and Vocabulary list
Poetry Aid
Climbing vocabulary
Climbing gear voc.
Word Search for Climbing Gear (answers included)
Information about Erin McNeice
3 Wikipedia profiles
Clip Art images
I hope these pieces prove useful.
I have included:-
Official result sheet to fill in
Archery- meaning
Phrase and Vocabulary sheet
Basic guide to equipment
Poetry Aid
2 Word searches of Archery vocabulary/equipment (answer sheets provided)
Profiles on all 6 competitors
Information on shooting jackets
I hope this information proves useful
Elif Shafak (nee Bigin), born in Strasbourg, France has published 19 works. They have been translated into 55 languages and been nominated for several literacy awards. (See list)
She advocated for women’s rights, minority rights and freedom of speech.
Her themes include women’s lives, immigration and culture.
She believes storytelling has the power to change the world.
She is a passionate supporter of minorities for women and the freedom of expression.
Sources
Wikipedia
*RISE *by Maliha Abidi
Joyful Clemantine Wamariya at the age of 6 , with her older sister Claire,was forced to leave her home in Rwanda following the Rwandan Genocide in April. 1994. They went first to their grandparents but they were also targeted. They sought refuge in 7 countries over 6 years until they were granted refugee asylum in the USA in 2000.
She began formal schooling at the age of 13.
In 2006 she submitted an essay for a national high school contest on Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust Memoir, Night. She won and was invited to go on the Oprah Winfrey show with her sister. To their wonderful surprise their parents, who they knew had survived the genocide,had been flown in from Rwanda. They had spoken on the 'phone but had not seen them for 12 years.
After her appearance on the show event organizers, especially in the humanitarian aid sector, have invited her to speak.
While at Yale she carried her storytelling across the USA for the United Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM). President Obama in recognition of her work appointer her to the Board.
She has since appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show 3 times and her appearances have gained her international attention.
She studied comparative literature at Yale University.
After university she met Elizabeth Weil. What started as a feature- length article two years later in 2018 resulted in The Girl Who Smiles Beads: A story about War and What comes After. The book became a New York Times best seller
Clemantine now works as a human rights advocate fighting for the unprivileged
and championing justice.