September annually Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields, England, UK Road

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1 Welcome to the start line of the Great North Run and of our TSC TryAthlon journey together. This teaching resource for the wonderful sport of Athletics will give you some fun facts and figures to share with your class, introduce you to some inspiring role models and provide you with some ideas for fun games you can incorporate into your PE lessons. We ve even included a few suggestions for using this resource to expand and contextualise learning in other areas of the curriculum. THE GREAT NORTH RUN Date Location Event type Distance September annually Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields, England, UK Road Established 1981 Course records Official site Half marathon 58:56 (Martin Mathathi, 2011) 1:05:39 (Mary Keitany, 2014) Over 57,000 people took part in the most recent Great North Run, making it the largest half marathon in the world!!

2 Major UK Athletics events include: You could go along and support the athletes. British Athletics Indoor Team Trials 2017 English Institute of Sport Sheffield February 2017 Müller Indoor Grand Prix 2017 Barclaycard Arena Birmingham 18 February 2017 British Athletics Team Trials 2017 Alexander Stadium Birmingham 30 June - 2 July 2017 Müller Grand Prix 2017 Alexander Stadium Birmingham 20 August 2017 MO FARAH Date of Birth March 23, 1983 (age 33) Birthplace Mogadishu,Somalia Sport Known for Distance Runner Career Highlights Gold at London Olympics Personal Best 8:30:40 WR (2 miles) Mo Farah is the UK s greatest ever distance runner, having overcome a difficult start to life. At the age of 8 Mo arrived in west London where he grew up speaking very little English. His major breakthrough came in 2006 when he won silver in the 5000m in European T&F Championships. Mo went on to win double gold medals at 2012 London Olympics and double gold medals at 2016 Rio Olympics in both the 5,000m and m. Jessica Ennis-Hill Date of Birth January 28, 1986 (age 30) Birthplace Sheffield Sport Known for Track & Field Athlete Career Highlights Gold at London Personal Best Olympic Heptathlon Champions Jessica Ennis-Hill is Track and Field athlete who has achieved great things in her career. Jessica got involved in athletics at the age of 13 when a teacher spotted that she had tremendous raw talent. After she graduated from the University of Sheffield she decided to become a full time athlete and went on to win bronze medal in the 2005 Commonwealths Games, Gold at the 2009 World championships and her career culminated at the London 2012 Olympics where she was the face of the home games and became Olympic Heptathlon Champion. After inspiring thousands to part in athletics and returning after the birth of her son, she retired from athletics following the Rio Olympics.

3 Fun Athletics lesson KS1 THROW GOLF KEY Child Tee (cone) Hole (hula hoop) Javelin Travel EQUIPMENT: 15 bean bags (different colours), 15 foam javelins, 6 hula hoops, 30 pieces of paper (see additional resources) with 30 pencils. This activity is played in the same way as golf, but the children use different throwing objects and try and get them in the hole (you will use a hula hoop for the hole). Set up. On the playground or field. Set up 6 holes. Place a tee off cone and hula hoop at different distances from each other. Use the same coloured cone and hoop to identify that hole (make sure there is enough space between the holes). 1. Explain that each coloured cone and hoop represents a hole on a golf course. 2. Divide the class into groups of 5 and give each group a piece of equipment, so 3 groups will have the same equipment. 3. Send each group to their starting hole. 4. Each child takes in in turns to throw. Children try and throw their object into the hoop in as few throws as possible. 5. When they have taken their throw they stand next to their object. Remind children to be careful of others when they are throwing. 6. After their first throw, the object that is closest to the hole throws first. 7. If their object lands and stays in the hoop they have completed that hole. 8. Mark down their score on their score sheet and stand to the side of the course, ready to go to the next hole. 9. When all players have completed the hole, move to the next hole. Teachers tell children when they can start. 10. When they have completed the course replay the course using the other piece of equipment. See if they can beat their previous score. Teaching points: 1. Demonstrate the different throws with the objects 2. Javelins throw with foam javelins. Stand with feet staggered, non-throwing arm facing forward directed at the hoop and throwing arm behind your ear at a 90 degree angle, push your throwing arm forward towards the hoop releasing the javelin when your arm is extended. 3. Shot Put with bean bags. Keep beanbag under the neck and thrust the arm up and forward towards the hoop. Use the opposite arm pointing towards the hoop, to help with direction. Progression ideas: Add obstacles into the course, blue cones or PE mat as water and yellow cones as sand. They get a 1 shot penalty if the land in these. On one of the holes place 2 different coloured hoops on the course about 10 metres from the starter cone. If a player lands it in one of these hoops with their first shot, they can walk 10 steps closer to the hole.

4 Fun Athletics lesson KS2 SKYBALL Key Child End Zone Ball Travel Court Equipment: 20 small soft balls, 2 large soft balls, 2 foam javelins, cones, bibs for 4 teams. The activity is fun and easy to set up. The activity is competitive and encourages accurate and powerful throwing techniques and catching. Set up: Use a tennis court size area, with a net or row of cones and 2 coned end zones. You could play 2 games at the same time. 1. Give each team different coloured bibs. One team on each side of the net. 2. Place a number of balls on the cones where the end zones are. 3. Each team select a catcher. The catcher starts in the opposite end zone. 4. Each child has to throw their object over the net and into their end zone to their catcher. The catcher has to catch the object. If they catch the object the person who threw it goes into the end zone and becomes a catcher. The opposition have to block their throws and retrieve the balls. 5. The first team to get all their players into the end zone win. Teaching points: 1. Encourage accurate throwing and blocking techniques. 2. Focus on throwing their equipment high and with power over the opposition. 3. Encourage players to move around with the ball and identify when and where to throw it. 4. Encourage players to move around when defending and to bend their knees when they are jumping to block the ball. Progression ideas: Introduce the 2 larger balls. If you successfully throw a larger ball into the catcher you can choose another player to join you in the end zone. Combine the teams and introduce the 2 javelins. If you successfully throw a javelin into the catcher your team win the game. All throw and catch with their weaker arms for Year 5 and 6. throw End zone

5 PICTURE QUIZ

6 WORD SEARCH J A V E N L I N O L K V H U S C R B C G M Y D A I X M H F Q N V K R T J S A P G U I N P U H L M T O B D N R K O L Y I O G A V N Y T D E L J K F Q K U S S E T L A N F A X R J D E I N W E B Z R H K I O C S V A M S C A T O C S H O T P U T N H B O L T P Y C W J U W N Can you find these Athletics words? RUNNING HIGH JUMP BOLT SHOT PUT ATHLETICS HURDLES MO FARAH JAVENLIN

7 If you want to get involved in athletics in your area you can visit the following website: Find an athletics club near you Cross curricular ideas Athletics provides you with lots of opportunities to explore areas of the curriculum, here are a few Reception Can pupils draw a picture of themselves taking part in some athletics and write a sentence about it? Year 1 Can the pupils spell the words they have found in the wordsearch? Year 2 Can pupils measure how far they can jump? Year 3- Can pupils read the Role Model section and gather facts? Year 4 Can pupils work out their average score in their own class Tryathlon? Year 5 Can the pupils research an athlete s diet? Maybe split them up and give them different events to look at. Year 6 Can the pupils write a report about an athletics event maybe a press release about your own school sports day? ANSWERS- PICTURE QUIZ 1. Usain Bolt 2. Alistair Brownlee, Jonny Brownlee ( Brownlee Brothers) 3. Jessica Ennis-Hill 4. Greg Rutherford 5. Katarina Johnson Thompson 6. Mo Farah 7. Christine Ohuruogu 8. Colin Jackson 9. Jonnie Peacock