THE GREAT GIRO GAME INSTRUCTIONS The aim of The Great Giro Game is to use an interactive game of “Fun Facts” that makes learning a fun and engaging experience. Objectives: If you are downloading this game, you will need: Playing the Game: 1. To inspire enthusiasm for the Giro d’Italia Big Start 2014. • Instructions After cutting along the lines on the 5 colour-coded calling cards 2. To explore different kinds of cycling and active modes • 30 Great Giro Game cards to create 100 separate calling cards, the Caller draws a card at of travel. • 5 colour-coded calling cards for cutting out into 100 random and reads out the colour, category, and Fun Fact. 3. To learn about Italian history and its well-known cities and smaller cards Players must match the Fun Fact to the picture on their Great towns to help place the Giro d’Italia in a geographical context. Giro Game card and mark the corresponding picture with their 4. To introduce connections between familiar cultural items Set-up instructions: pen/pencil. and their Italian origins. • Provide an overview of the Giro d’Italia cycling race. You can 1. Fun Fact calling cards are selected one at a time, with each 5. To support the teaching of relevant statutory requirements for use Sport Northern Ireland’s Giro Infographic (available to Fun Fact called out as appropriate, until the first Player shows Key Stage Two of the Northern Ireland Primary Curriculum, download from www.activ8ni.net) to set the context. 5 consecutive categories clearly marked in a row (either and encourage pupils to make connections across areas • Choose a Caller (someone who will call out the category and horizontally, vertically or diagonally). of learning. corresponding Fun Fact)—usually an adult. 2. The first Player to cover a row of pictures calls out • Each Player receives a Great Giro Game card and a pen/ “Girotastic!” and is declared the winner of that round. How to play: pencil to play the game. 3. Play as many game rounds as time permits. The game is • The Caller states the category and a Fun Fact. • The Caller explains that each colour across the Great Giro designed for everyone to learn about Italy, cycling, and the • The Player matches the category and Fun Fact on their Great Game card represents the 5 game categories: Giro d’Italia through interaction and fun. The Caller should Giro Game card by marking an “X” on the corresponding 1. Cycling (pink) talk about the Fun Facts as they are called and encourage picture with their pen/pencil. 2. Getting About/Active Travel (green) discussion among the Players. • If a Player has pictures covered in a row—horizontally, 3. Italian History (gold) vertically, or diagonally—the Player calls out “Girotastic!”— 4. Italian Geography (blue) which ends the round. 5. Italian Culture (red) Instructions AW.indd 1 17/04/2014 11:51 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 The Roman Empire Socks Julian Calendar The Italian Flag La Bocca della Verità consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Giro d’Italia Maglia Rosa Cima Coppi Triple Crown of Cycling Stephen Roche Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Masterpieces Mona Lisa Opera Fashion William Shakespeare you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel Cycling Scooter Y Fliker Scooter Walking Jogging Italian Geography Rome Florence Mount Etna Pompeii Lake Garda Marking Cards AW.indd 1 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 Planets Cupid Money The Eternal City Spectacles consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Sir Chris Hoy Unicycle Giro d’Italia Chopper Dandy Horse Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Gondola Michelangelo’s David Vespa Scooter Pasta Ferrari you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel Roller Skates Skateboard Stabilisers Rickshaw Walking Bus Italian Geography The Dolomites Monte Bianco The Tiber River Naples Pisa Marking Cards AW.indd 2 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 University of Bologna Gladiators Chariot Racing Telescope Leonardo da Vinci consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Tandem Philip Deignan BMX Recumbent Bike Cycle Rickshaw Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Espresso Trevi Fountain Gelato Cappuccino Italian or Italiano? you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel On Horseback On an Elephant Canoe Skiing Sledging Italian Geography Bari Genoa Trieste Vatican City Milan Marking Cards AW.indd 3 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 Jacuzzi The World Wars The Wolf Olympics Prehistoric Man consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Chopper Bike Messengers Sir Bradley Wiggins Folding Bike Racing Bike Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know The Colosseum Sistine Chapel The Sonnet Italian Sunday Lunch Family you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel Rollerblades Snowshoeing Dog Sledding Camel Riding Ice Skates Italian Geography Venice Verona Bologna Sicily Sardinia Marking Cards AW.indd 4 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 Chariot Racing Jacuzzi Leonardo da Vinci University of Bologna Spectacles consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Giro d’Italia Triple Crown of Cycling Chopper Unicycle Bike Messengers Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Vespa Scooter Masterpieces Pasta Michelangelo’s David William Shakespeare you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel Camel Riding Scooter Ice Skates Rollerblades Dog Sledding Italian Geography Bologna Venice Monte Bianco Mount Etna Vatican City Marking Cards AW.indd 5 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 The Roman Empire Prehistoric Man The World Wars Planets La Bocca della Verità consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Cima Coppi Triple Crown of Cycling Dandy Horse Racing Bike Wendy Houvenaghel Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Trevi Fountain The Colosseum Cappuccino Opera Mona Lisa you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel Canoe Roller Skates On Horseback Cycling Y Fliker Scooter Italian Geography The Dolomites Trieste Genoa The Tiber River Bari Marking Cards AW.indd 6 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 Socks Olympics Cupid Julian Calendar The Eternal City consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Cycle Rickshaw Folding Bike Stephen Roche Tandem Maglia Rosa Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Espresso Family Ferrari Gelato The Sonnet you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel On an Elephant Walking Bus Sledging Stabilisers Skiing Italian Geography Verona Rome Milan Naples Florence Marking Cards AW.indd 7 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 Gladiators The Wolf Money The Italian Flag Telescope consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally BMX Recumbent Bike Cima Coppi Sir Bradley Wiggins Giro d’Italia Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Gondola Italian or Italiano? Fashion Italian Sunday Lunch Sistine Chapel you’ve finished. Your card will then be checked Getting against the Caller’s card — and if correct, you are the winner. About / Be sure to listen out for Fun Active Facts as you play. Travel Walking Skateboard Jogging Snowshoeing Rickshaw Italian Geography Pisa Lake Garda Pompeii Sardinia Sicily Marking Cards AW.indd 8 17/04/2014 13:47 Italian The Great History Giro Game! Mark off each item as it is called out. When you have 5 Gladiators Julian Calendar Chariot Racing Money Planets consecutive Fun Facts marked in a row either… Cycling horizontally vertically diagonally Stephen Roche Folding Bike Cycle Rickshaw Racing Bike Recumbent Bike Italian Culture Girotastic! …call out to let everyone know Italian or Italiano? Cappuccino Fashion Pasta Michelangelo’s David you’ve finished.