The Olympics

Design a New Olympic Emblem

The Olympic symbol consists of five interlaced rings of equal dimensions

in five different colours, which are, from left to right, blue, yellow,

black, green and red. The Olympic symbol represents the union of the

five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at

the Olympic Games

2012 – London This Olympic emblem is based on the number 2012 and includes the Olympic Rings and the word 'London'.

2008 – Beijing “Dancing Beijing" is in a favorite color of the Chinese people. The color "red" is intensively used in the emblem, pushing the passion up to a new level. It carries Chinese people's longing for luck and happiness and their explanation of life.

2004 – Athens The 2004 Olympic Games emblem is a wreath made from an olive tree branch. The emblem is a reference to the ancient Olympic Games, where the olive headdress was the official award of Olympic champions.

You need to design a brand new Olympic emblem for a city of your choice for the 2024 Olympic

Games. Remember that the emblem contains the year, the city and the 5 rings.

My 2024 Olympic Emblem

Olympic host cities

Find out the cities that hosted the Olympics and complete this table.

Number Olympic

Year

Host City Country Continent

2 2016

3 2012

4 2008

5 2004

6 2000

7 1996

8 1992 Barcelona

Put the cities onto this world map. Use a red dot to mark and remember to write the number by the

side.

Design a New Olympic Mascot

An Olympic mascot is more than just a simple design. A lot of thought goes into deciding how the

mascot should look.

Did you know that the yellow light on London 2012 mascot Menlock’s head represents a London

Taxi? The shape of his head is based on the three places on the podium for the winners.

Some mascots even have their own biography. For example, Quatchi, the mascot from the 2010

Vancouver Winter Olympics, lives in the Canadian forest and dreams every day of becoming a

hockey goalkeeper. Quatchi also loves to travel!

Your Challenge is to design a brand new Olympic mascot for a city of your choice. Can you find out

some facts about the city that you have chosen, and include these in your design? You must also

come up with a name and story for your mascot.

My Mascot

Mascot Name City

Facts about my city

Biography

Illustration of my mascot

Olympic Motto

Think about the type of qualities and characteristics an athlete needs to have. Write these around

them.

A motto is a phrase which sums up a life philosophy or a code of conduct to follow. The Olympic

motto is made up of three Latin words: "Citius, Altius, Fortius", which means "Faster, Higher,

Stronger". These three words encourage the athlete to give his or her best during competition, and

to view this effort as a victory in itself.

The sense of the motto is that being first is not necessarily a priority, but that giving one's best and

striving for personal excellence is a worthwhile goal. It can apply equally to athletes and to each one

of us.

Try to think up 3 words as your own personal motto for your life.

What do you want to do and be?

What kind of person are you?

How do you want to act?

How do you want others to think of you?

Your Motto

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Olympic ABC

Write an Olympics related word for each letter of the alphabet.

A N

B O

C P

D Q

E R

F S

G T

H U

I V

J W

K X

L Y

M Z

The Ancient Greek Olympics

The Olympic Games were started in Ancient Greece. Use the internet to find differences between the

Ancient Greek Olympics and the Modern Olympics.

Ancient Greek Olympics Modern Olympics

What year did the Olympics start?

What do the athletes wear?

What events do women take part in?

Which countries competed?

What track and field events are there?

What fighting events are there?

Can you find out any

other information?

Ancient Greek Language

The Greeks spoke a different language to us however their language has influenced some of our words. Can

you think of some words that have Greek prefixes are at the start of a word and suffixes go at the end of

words. Have a look in a dictionary, there are lots!

PREFIX MEANING EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2

aqu- Water Aquarium Aquatic

gram-

geo-

bio-

anti-

tech-

phot-

SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2

-ology

-phobia

-graph

-meter

-ocracy

-onym

Can you find some of your own?

WORD PREFIX OR

SUFFIX

MEANING EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2

Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics is an international contest of sports which are carried out on ice or snow. It takes place every four years. The first Winter Olympics took place in 1924, 94 years ago, in Chamonix, France, and only 16 nations took part. The last Winter Olympics was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018. The Winter Olympic sports are alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, short-track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding and speed skating. Can you draw the flag to match the following Winter Olympic countries?

Chamonix / Granoble, France

Calgary / Vancouver, Canada

St.Moritz, Switzerland

Cortina D’Ampezzo / Turin, Italy

Oslo / Lillehammer, Norway

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Sapporo / Nagano, Japan

Innsbruck, Austria

Sochi, Russia

Paralympics

The Paralympic Games are a major international sports event. Athletes with physical disabilities

compete in these games and are called Paralympians. This includes athletes with mobility

disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic

Games. They are held just after the Olympic Games. The Paralympics have grown from a small

gathering of British World War II veterans in 1948 to become one of the largest international sport

events by the early 21st century.

Can you find the Paralympic summer sports?

ARCHERY

FOOTBALL SEVEN A SIDE

ROWING TABLE TENNIS

ATHLETICS

FOOTBALL FIVE A SIDE

SAILING WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL

BOCCIA GOALBALL SHOOTING WHEELCHAIR FENCING

CYCLING JUDO SITTING VOLLEYBALL WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

EQUESTRIAN POWERLIFTING SWIMMING WHEELCHAIR TENNIS

Design a New Medal

At the ancient Olympic games, winners were usually awarded with a crown made

of olive leaves. Today, winning athletes are awarded with gold, silver and bronze

medals. Can you design your own winners award?

Would it be a medal, a crown, a badge or something

else?

Design a Sport

It’s time for a new sport to be invented and as the youngest

generation, it’s your job to be creative and come up with a new

Olympic sport.

● Decide what kind of sport you want. Is it played in water?

On a field? Is it about accuracy or speed? Is it an

individual sport or a team sport?

● Pick a name for your sport.

● Make a design of the field it will be played on. If it doesn’t really matter where it’s played,

then make sketches of the things you need to play it.

● Come up with some basic rules: how many players, objective, how to score / gain points,

what the main methods / steps are etc. Be sure all the players have specific jobs, and that

each one contributes to the game.

● Draw the ball / racket / uniforms needed to play your sport.

2020 Olympic Games

Can you find out about the next Olympic Games? Find out as much as you

can and present your information in any way you like. You could produce a

poster, a PowerPoint Presentation, a model or anything you like. Be as

creative as you can. All entries will receive Portfolio points.