commonwealth games 2022

the friendly games

birmingham, england

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We are learning all about the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

What are the Commonwealth Games?

The Commonwealth Games are a sporting event held by The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Athletes from countries that are part of the Commonwealth of Nations can take part. It is the third largest sporting event after the Olympics.

Just like the Olympics, a different country is chosen to host the Games every four years and thousands of athletes from all over the world take part. In the past, the Games have been held in London, Wales, Scotland, India and Jamaica.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games

In 2022, The Commonwealth Games will take place from 28th July - 8th August in different places all over Birmingham and the West Midlands.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will showcase athletes in 19 sports and 8 Para sports.

It will be called The 'Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games' and the main events will take place at Birmingham Arena, Edgbaston Stadium and Sutton Park.

Birmingham will welcome around 5,000 athletes and teams from 72 Commonwealth nations and territories. There are 20 sports and eight para sports. For the first time in The Games' history, there will be more women's events than men's.

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commonwealth flip book

Your flipbook will help you to explore, learn more about and reflect on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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Use this poster to help you to complete the SPORTS part of our Commonwealth Games Flip Book.

Which sports are track and field events?

Which are water events?

Which sports are team sports?

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What is the Queen's Baton?

CREATE - In your flip chart, design your own baton/torch.

What is the a logo?

A logo is a symbol or design used by a group/ organisation to identify who they are or what products, services etc they offer.

This is the logo of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Game. It is a B that outlines the geographical route of where all the games are played in the Midlands area.

CREATE - In your flip chart, design a new logo for the games.

silver fern

The ‘silver fern’ Cyathea dealbata – ponga in te reo Māori – is a species of tree fern only found in New Zealand.

The silver fern is a proud emblem of New Zealand.

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We will learn all about the Commonwealth Games through reading, watching videos, listening to interviews and completing the following activities.

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What does a quality blog post need?

  1. Title - The Commonwealth Games - A-Z

  2. We have been learning all about the Commonwealth Games (CWG).

We used our CWG reading to skim and scan to find words related to the CWG.

Then we typed the words into a list on a google doc. After that we copied and pasted the list into a word cloud generator online.

We made a word cloud using an online word cloud generator.

  1. Tags - Topic, Commonwealth Games

  2. DLO (Digital Learning Object) - Word Cloud

  3. Check for correct spelling and punctuation

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pictogram art

Pictograms are simple sihouettes or images to represent the characteristics of a sport.

There were so many diverse countries with many languages the committee decided that pictures of sports would be a great way to communicate with everyone.

So in 1964, the Olympics began representing events in the Games through a set of pictures or pictograms. Now most large sporting events use pictograms to represent the sports in the competition.

OUR ART

Choose 2 sports from the 2022 Commonwealth Games and think about what you could draw to represent that sport.

Look at the examples to give you some ideas. Have a go using draft paper.

Background - Tortoise Shell Pattern using dye and black vivid (see exemplars)




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What does a quality blog post need?

  1. Title - The Commonwealth Games

  2. We have been learning all about the Commonwealth and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

  3. Tags - Topic, Commonwealth Games

  4. DLO (Digital Learning Object) - Commonwealth Flip Book Pictures, Commonwealth Word Cloud, Commonwealth Pictogram Art and Scratch Video.

  5. Check for correct spelling and punctuation