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Backyard Olympics · OSHC · Week 4

Opening ceremony

Materials checklist

  • Fabric or paper for flags
  • Paint
  • Dowel
  • Pretend torch
  • Music

Step by step

  1. Design team flags.
  2. Invent team chants.
  3. Parade with flags.
  4. Torch relay lap.

Look for & extend

  • • Notice creativity — display flags for the term.
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Backyard Olympics · OSHC · Week 4

Cut out along the dashed lines and laminate.

Opening ceremony

What does your team flag say about you?

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Opening ceremony

How can every child win at this station?

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Opening ceremony

What are you proudest of?

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Opening ceremony

Notice creativity — display flags for the term.

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Backyard Olympics · OSHC · Week 4

Observation record — Opening ceremony

Child / group:
Date:
Educator:

What I saw and heard (child's voice)

Learning I noticed (outcomes)

Where to next / how I'll extend

Outcomes this week: 1.4 · 2.3 · QA1 · QA6