Lower Key Stage 2 Sports Tournaments

Host Country

Look at a host country or a country taking part in a tournament and find out about its location in the world, its main cities and geographical features. Explore the country using Google Earth and Google Maps. This session includes a case study of Brazil (host nation for 2014 FIFIA World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games).

Teaching Outcomes:

• To consider a host or competing country taking part in a tournament and the skills involved in finding out about its location in the world, its main cities and geographical features.

Children will:

• Consider a host or competing country taking part in a tournament and the skills involved in finding out about its location in the world, its main cities and geographical features.
• Compile a fact sheet about their focus country using internet research skills and Google maps.

• Summer Olympic Games host cities 1896 – 2020
• Sporting Planet entry for host and competing countries
• Sporting Planet entry with Brazil as an example
• How to use Google Maps

• Globes or world maps
• Sticky-tac

Facts about Brazil, including places to visit from lonelyplanet.com
List of cities that have hosted the Olympics from worldatlas.com
Facts about countries for children from factmonster.com
Climate zones facts for children from weatherforkids.org
Information on country’s national costumes from roughguides.com

Research what life would be like for a child in the country you are studying, experience some of the foods eaten there and the languages spoken. Present that information in a 'Day in the Life of' documentary. This session continues the case study of Brazil, giving examples of Brazilian food recipes and what it would be like to live as a child in a Brazilian city and a remote part of the Amazon jungle.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To understand what life would be like for a child in the focus country.
• To research and cook a food typical of that eaten in the focus country.

Children will:

• Understand what life would be like for a child in the focus country.
• Experience some of the foods eaten there and the languages spoken.
• Present that information in a 'Day in the Life of' documentary.
• Research and cook a food typical of that eaten in the focus country.

• How to research ‘A day in the life of’
• 3 easy Brazilian recipes for you to make
• How to make a ‘Day in the Life’ documentary

• Foods from the focus country
• Ingredients for the recipes
• Video-enabled devices.

Facts about countries for kids from factmonster.com
Information about the daily life of people living in different parts of the world from timeforkids.com
Brazilian recipes from easybrazillianrecipes.com
World food recipes with Jamie Oliver from jamieoliver.com
A look at family life for people who live in the Amazon jungle from bbc.co.uk
Life in the Amazon Rainforestfrom rainforestrescue.sky.com
Masai life through a child’s eyes YouTube clip
A day in the life of a Brazilian child YouTube clip