I have just started adding my plays to TES (over 400)!but this will take time! All my assemblies/class plays and guided reading scripts are on www.plays-r-ussell.com and I am happy to write on request. I have converted the entire History Key Stage II curriculum into play format - and much of the other subjects such as Science, Geography, PSHE etc. I cover events such as the Olympics and have received great feedback from teachers around the world! Writing is my passion - hope you enjoy my work!
I have just started adding my plays to TES (over 400)!but this will take time! All my assemblies/class plays and guided reading scripts are on www.plays-r-ussell.com and I am happy to write on request. I have converted the entire History Key Stage II curriculum into play format - and much of the other subjects such as Science, Geography, PSHE etc. I cover events such as the Olympics and have received great feedback from teachers around the world! Writing is my passion - hope you enjoy my work!
Chicken Licken Script
Cast of 8 (It is suggested the teacher takes the role of the narrator)
Duration: Around 5 minutes – before *the extension
This script covers the story of Chicken Licken and deals with the theme of over-reacting to a scary situation … such as an acorn landing on your head! It also refers to the need to think for yourself – not just following the crowd.
*The extension has been added to deal more directly with ‘fear’ as a theme. This is given comprehensive coverage in the KS II version of this play; but, as fear and anxiety are so prevalent at the moment, I thought it should be included even for those as young as KS I. Its inclusion is discretionary/down to the teacher – it could of course otherwise be used in the classroom as an additional resource.
Winter Olympics Quiz 1924 - 2022
Another Winter Olympics resource - to add to my class play and set of guided reading scripts - all updated to 2022 with over 100 questions - with answers provided! Here’s a sample:
Winter Olympics Quiz
I. 2018 Winter Olympics – PyeongChang, South Korea
II. Previous Winter Olympics – Russia 2014
III. A History of the Winter Olympics 1924 – 2014
IV. Memorable Moments from Past Olympics
V. Winners and Record Breakers
Sample Text:
I. 2018 Winter Olympics – PyeongChang, South Korea
1. What animal is the 2018 mascot, Soohorang, based on?
2. What is the connection between the length of the torch and PyeongChang?
3. How many events will there be?
4. How many sports?
5. Can you name four of these?
II. 22nd Winter Olympics – Russia 2014
1. Around how many countries are taking part?
2. How many sports/disciplines are being played?
3. How many events are there?
4. How many more is this than for the last, 2010, Winter Olympics?
5. What are the three animal mascots for 2014?
III. A History of the Winter Olympics 1924 – 2010
1. How often are the Winter Olympics held?
2. When was the first one held?
3. What Games took place before the Winter Olympics?
4. Where were they first held and when?
5. In what country were the first Winter Olympics held?
IV. Memorable Moments from Past Olympics
1. What is the Olympic motto?
2. Who won six perfect sixes in 1984?
3. What music accompanied them?
4. Who came last in both his ski jumping events in 1988 but still managed to steal the hearts of the British public?
5. Who held up the awards ceremony in 1998 for the 10km Cross Country?
V. Winners and Record Breakers
1. Which country won the most medals at the first Winter Olympics?
2. Which country is the top medal scorer to date?
3. How many have they won?
4. Which country is the next highest medal winner to date?
5. How many medals have they won?
Also available:
Winter Olympics Class Play or Assembly
and
Winter Olympics Guided Reading Plays
Set of *5:
1. 22nd Winter Olympics, Russia, 2014
2. A History of the Winter Olympics 1924 – 2014
3. Memorable Moments from Past Olympics
4. Winners and Record Breakers
5. What it takes to be a winner – this is a collection of 5 plays based on P.R.I.D.E. which stands for: POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE, RESPECT, INTELLIGENT CHOICES, DREAMS AND GOALS and EFFORT AND EDUCATION
Winter Olympics Class Play or Assembly 2022 – A History of the Winter Olympics from 1924 to 2022
This is one of a collection of Winter Olympic resources which include a set of Guided Reading Scripts, again on the history of the Games; an Ode or Performance Poem, and a quiz – all updated to 2022.
This Winter Olympics 2022 Class Play takes us all the way from the very first Winter Olympics in 1924 to Beijing 2022.
Cast of 30 (plus – a lot of doubling up for this one plus plenty of props!) Duration around 20 minutes not including music suggestions. Packed with fun and information!
Sample Text
Child 25: 1992, France! Germany won most medals this time!
Child 26: 1994, Norway! The first Winter Olympics to be held in a different year from the Summer Olympics, setting the future pattern – the two Games taking place two years apart. Russia won most medals this year.
Child 27: 1998, Japan! First time snowboarding takes place!
(Enter snowboarder, nearly knocking Narrator over with board he’s carrying)
Narrator: Ouch! (Furiously)What is it with you winter athletes? Can’t you watch where you’re going? First time for snowboarding, eh? If I had anything to do with it, I’d make it the last! Now, go!
(Exit snowboarder)
(Sighing) I think I’m just about done! What with being run over by crazy speed skaters and lugers; knocked around by men with big boards…Now if I had my way, we’d just stick to that lovely peaceful figure skating ….
(Enter two figure skating couples, shouting at each other and pushing each other around)
Narrator: Hold it! Hold it! What’s going on here? These cannot be figure skaters, surely?