2012 OLYMPIC DAY TOOL KIT MINI OLYMPIC GAMES RESOURCE Catch the excitement of the Olympic Games and Olympic Day by hosting a club wide Mini Olympic Games. Enjoy the fun of 30 modified versions of the summer and winter sports in the TRAININGOlympic Games program. LOG Bind along this line www.olympicschool.ca 2012 OLYMPIC DAY TOOLKIT MINI OLYMPIC GAMES RESOURCE CLUB LEADERS GUIDE • Get to know the Olympic Values: Use the Athlete Stories found at www.olympicschool.ca to teach This is your chance to let your club / team members Olympic Values such as excellence, leadership, experience their own Olympic Games. By participating friendship and respect. Try having participants do in modified versions of some of the summer and winter role-playing or charades to see if others can guess the sports in the Olympic Games program, participants will Olympic Value. Encourage older participants to use possess a better understanding of the sports, experience details such as particular sports and Canadian athletes. the Olympic values and be equipped to get behind Consider having an Olympic Value of the day in your Canada’s Olympic Team as they prepare for the next group or club, and try integrating the value into your Olympic Games. clubs shared values initiatives such as bully prevention, Depending on the amount of time you have allotted to safety, connectedness and inclusion. Have a group hosting an Olympic Games experience, you may choose to discussion about the importance of these values in engage your whole club, in the following activities: sport, in school and in life. • Become the Canadian Olympic Team: Research the Canadian Olympic Team at olympic.ca. Assign each participant an athlete and tell them that they are representing that athlete for the day. Participants can learn about the athlete’s hometown, sport, training regime, best results, favourite foods, hobbies, etc. • Learn the sports: Go to www.london2012.com and www.sochi2014.com to have participants learn more about each sport: what are the rules, how many countries compete in this sport, which are the top ranked countries (previous medalists), how do teams or athletes qualify for the Olympics Games in a particular sport? • Decorate your club or gym: Create the Olympic rings with various art or sports materials. Create a mini version of London or Sochi sites in your club with art supplies (Big Ben, Parliament, Tower of London, Olympic Village, The Summer Theater and Sochi Preparation Activities Arboretum). • Adopt a country: Divide the group into countries • Create a Cheer: Ask the participants to create cheers and have each team learn more about their adopted for their team and for the Canadian Olympic Team. Have country. Have participants conduct research on their teams present cheers to one another and to the other country’s language(s), culture, traditions, cuisine and groups. Encourage participants to wear their team’s clothing. Participants should use graphic organizers colours and country flag or emblem. such as a KWL chart (Know, Want to Know, Learned) • Pin Trading: One of the favorite activities in the Olympic to track learning goals and achievements. Participants Village is trading pins. Have the participants design can also make flags or uniforms to be used in a formal their own pins for their country, using cardboard and art celebration such as a food festival or traditional supplies. Participants can trade them with other teams ceremony. Create an Olympic Village display on the and try to get a pin from every nation. walls and have the participants present research Bind along this line findings to the group. 2 www.olympicschool.ca 2012 OLYMPIC DAY TOOLKIT MINI OLYMPIC GAMES RESOURCE OPENING CEREMONY Consider inviting the club president or mayor of the city to officially open the Games. • Host a Parade of Nations: Have one team enter at a • Include an Artistic Routine: No opening ceremony time to create a long parade of teams coming to your is complete without a cultural dance or experience. outdoor field or into the gymnasium. Participants will Encourage mass participation in a routine learned be encouraged to wear team colours, wave team flags previously or lead by a staff member, such as a drum and show the spirit of their country. circle or dance, gymnastics or jump rope routine. • Take the Athlete Oath: At the start of each Olympic • Singing the National Anthem: As a large group, stand Games, every athlete promises to play fairly and obey and sing “Oh Canada” as though they are athletes all of the Olympic rules. One athlete from the host from Canada who have just won a gold medal. Ask country takes this oath at the Opening Ceremonies on participants to search for online videos of athletes behalf of all athletes. Incorporate the following Olympic on the podium and have them reflect on how they Oath in your Opening Ceremony: think the athlete is feeling during the playing of their “In the name of all competitors, the athletes of national anthem, in celebration of the Gold medal. Club <<INSERT: Your club’s name>>, I promise that we leaders are also encouraged to raise a Canadian Flag shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting (participants can also make their own Canadian Flag). and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the • Light the Olympic Flame: Conduct a torch relay true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport around the club with club torch bearers, while other and the honor of our teams.” participants create a cheer tunnel for the relay. Have Ask participants to write a reflection or discuss in groups the final torchbearer carry a modified version of an what they think this oath means, why it’s important and Olympic torch into the Opening Ceremony, light a if they would add or change anything. Consider having a pretend cauldron and declare the Olympic Games open. group discussion about the importance of following rules as Olympic athletes and as participants in a club. Why do we have rules? Why is it important to follow them? Bind along this line Hayley Wickenheiser – Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games 3 www.olympicschool.ca 2012 OLYMPIC DAY TOOLKIT MINI OLYMPIC GAMES RESOURCE CLOSING CEREMONY Olympic Sports Day Activities Guidelines: • Medal Ceremony: Host a medal ceremony awarding Divide the group into ‘countries’. Each group should have gold, silver and bronze medals to the deserving participants allocated to each of the teams. Each country countries. Have participants design their own Olympic should have 6-8 participants, and ideally they should be medals to represent the significance of the Olympic evenly numbered and comprised of participants from Games. different age groups. • Participation Certificates: Provide participation The activities described, assume that the participants certificates to all participants. Participation certificates will rotate between stations as a group of two country are available for download at www.olympicschool.ca teams. Indicate the time for activity rotation using a bell or whistle. Allow time for teams to move between stations • Values Ambassador: Have teams vote on who they before initiating the activity start bell. thought was the greatest ambassador of the Olympic Values. Have participants write a reflection or discuss To ensure clear delivery of instructions and participant in groups which values they felt they displayed the best safety, have an adult or leader facilitate each activity and how. station. Be sure that each activity station is free from safety hazards. Explain and emphasize the Olympic Values • Play a Slideshow: Have a lead volunteer photographer that participants should remember while participating take photos and videos, photo editors tweak in events. photos and have a design team create a slideshow of the Olympic Sports Day. Try to include as many There are 30 modified sports activities provided: however, participants, club leaders and all “countries” as it is with the expectation that most sports days will only possible. Please submit photos to cosp@olympic. have enough time to complete 8-12 activities. Select the ca, visit www.olympicschool.ca to download a media activities that best suit your resources and meet your release form. participant needs, or consider hosting a two day event. Bind along this line Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 4 www.olympicschool.ca 2012 OLYMPIC DAY TOOLKIT MINI OLYMPIC GAMES RESOURCE ARCHERY ALPINE SKIING CRISPINMANUEL DUENAS OSBORNE-PARADIS SinceSince ancient he was times,three years the bow old, and Manny arrow liked have beenskiing important and loved hunting going fast. tools. It Archeryis no surprise has been partthat of he the ended Olympic up as Games a downhill since skier. 1900 Byand has seen2006, 83 he countries was on themake Canadian appearances Olympic in that Team time.and was2008 aiming Olympian to be and the 2011 fastest Pan skier American in the Gamesworld. Silver His season Medalist started Crispin with Duenas, a gold medalof North York,win in ON, the claims Super watching Giant Slalom Robin World Hood Cup as a child sparkedevent in a Lake passion Louise, for archery,Alberta. which led to a 10-year career on Team Canada. Crispin spends 30-35 hours per week training so that he can be on top of his game this year in London. OBJECT – To have participants move through the course in pairs, as many times as possible, over the activity time. INSTRUCTIONS SET-UP & MATERIALS SCORING Line up participants in pairs. Set up 3-5 pylons in a zigzagging Teams will work to move through With their hands on the backs pattern for participants to weave this course in pairs. Award of the partner’s shoulders, through. If ski goggles are available, one point for every time a pair participants move through a zig- have the participants pt them on completes the course.