Gold Coast 2018 - Blake Education

Hamilton

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Vancouver

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Kingston

Edinburgh

Edmonton

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Kuala Lumpur

Manchester

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− 1930

− 1938

− 1954

− 1962

− 1966

− _____

− 1978

− 1986

− _____

− 2002

− 2010

− 2018 ___________

India

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Malaysia

Scotland

___________

Scotland

___________

Australia

Canada

Australia

Canada

COUNTRY

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IND

ENG

MYS

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CAN

SCO

JAM

AUS

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AUS

CAN

Abbrev.

9781925490329 © Blake Education • 2018 • Commonwealth Games

TOWN

YEAR

Use the Hosting History web page to complete the Timeline.

Hosting history

What’s in a name?

Table tennis trivia!

The traditional owners of the land now known as the Gold Coast were the Kombumerri people. Many of the place names around the Gold Coast can be traced back to their Aboriginal language roots.

Use the Table Tennis web page to complete this information about table tennis.

Table tennis is a sport of speed and agility. Players need to __________ the featherweight _______ whilst skilfully hitting it over the net and making it land on the ______________ side of the _________ so it cannot be returned.

Use the History of our suburbs web page to complete the table.

Clagiraba P______________

Name: _______________________________________

al t h e w n o Co mm e s G am

Gold Coast 2018

a) Place of the peewee b) Freshwater crayfish c) Place of the noisy miner

It has been described as ‘threading a needle while on a _____________’.

Currumbin

Over ________ nations will ___________ during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games event being held at _____________ Studios.

Coomera C______________

6600 277 15 000 852 35 000 831 3000 ___________ medal events will be contested. ___________ gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded. ___________ is the number of gold medals won by Australia in previous Games. ___________ international media will broadcast to an audience of 1.5 billion people. ___________ athletes and ofﬁcials will participate in the 2018 Games. ___________ volunteers will help to run the 2018 Games. ___________ spectators ﬁll the Carrara Stadium. By ordering the numbers from highest to lowest, you will discover the answers to the following questions.

How many?

✁

a) Place of the cobra worms b) Place of turtles c) Home of turtles/a pocket of land

The ________________ will be electric as the _______ watch players spring, leap and lunge in the battle for ________.

Tallebudgera

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Your next event is Rugby Sevens at B,9. What is the name of the venue? ________________ You’re really hungry! Walk to the closest food vendor (see Legend). Where are you? ___ , ___ From the food vendor, find 2 ways to the beach volleyball at ,6. Choose 2 colours to record your route options by road using compass points and grid squares. For example, West 3. a) ____________________________________________________________________________ b) ____________________________________________________________________________ Which is shorter – the route North or South of Carrara Stadium? ____________ How did you work this out? ______________________________________________________

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You are watching Pakistan vs Malaysia at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre. Which 2 venues lie directly West of you? ________________________________ and _______________________

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Walk East 3 squares; South 1 square; East 1 square; South 1 square; East 3 squares; North 2 squares and West 1 square. What grid reference are you at now? ___ , ___ Which venue is it? _____________________________________________________ You will be watching Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Food vendor

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5

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10

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Name: __________________________________________________________________

Follow the trail to get to your events. Mark your route in red. Start at A,3.

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Finding your way!

Teacher’s Notes: Middle Primary Created by: Melanie Theed & Jackie Wright – JaM Education Resources

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Students will need to access specific websites to complete some activities. Set up a folder of website links for easy student access. To avoid confusion, we suggest giving each link the name in bold used in the booklet. u Hosting History https://www.thecgf.com/games/games_index.asp u History of our suburbs http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/history-of-our-suburbs-2557.html u Table Tennis https://www.gc2018.com/sport/table-tennis u Venues https://www.gc2018.com/sports/venues Photocopy the student activity sheets. Follow the directions to make one example booklet: u Fold the sheet in half lengthways — text facing out. u Keep folded, then fold in half again widthways, then in half again — score well with fingernails or a ruler. (See diagram 1) u Open up, re-fold in half widthways so the dotted cut line is visible. u Cut the centre of the page along the dotted line — only cut as far as the end of the line. u Open up again. Place the page face up in front of you so the cut is vertical; pinch horizontally either side of the cut and gently pull the centre apart while folding in half vertically. u Fold the pages into a booklet. (See diagram 2)

DIAGRAM 1

DIAGRAM 2

What it will look like! A mini concertina booklet with eight pages and four activities.

Commonwealth Games — Interesting Information

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Name: ____________________________

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association that comprises countries that were formerly British colonies. Only countries from the Commonwealth can compete in the Commonwealth Games (CG). The first CG was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, with 400 athletes from 11 countries competing in 59 events across 6 sports. Over the years the Games have grown, with the Gold Coast 2018 Games hosting 6600 athletes/ officials from 70 nations/territories competing in 277 events across 18 sports and 7 para sports. u The Core Values of the Games are Humanity, Equality and Destiny. u The CG are often referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’ and aim to unite Commonwealth countries through sport. 2018 is the XXI (21st) Commonwealth Games. The Kombumerri people were the original inhabitants of large parts of the area now known as the Gold Coast. The local dialect of the region is Yugambeh, which is where the 2018 mascot, Borobi, gets its name — Borabi means ‘koala’.


Curriculum Links This booklet links to the Australian Curriculum in the areas of: ACARA CODE

CONTENT DESCRIPTION

The diversity of Australia’s first peoples and the long and continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to Country/Place.

ACELY1680

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features.

ACELY1692

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating texts.

ACMNA052

Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 10 000.

ACMNA072

Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least tens of thousands.

ACMMG065

Create and interpret simple grid maps to show position and pathways.

ACMMG090

Use simple scales, legends and directions to interpret information contained in basic maps.

MATHS

HISTORY

ACHASSK083

ENGLISH

The importance of Country/Place to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who belong to a local area.

ACHASSK062

GENERAL CAPABILITIES

ACTIVITY

What’s in a name?

Table tennis trivia!

How many?

Finding your way!

Investigating with ICT

Further Interesting Information and Resources The central values of the Kombumerri community were to keep life simple and to have respect for family, the environment and self. This site explains more about the cultural practices, codes of conduct and stewardship of the environment from a traditional owner’s perspective. https://hillstoheadlands.com.au/kombumerri-saltwater-people/ The Gold Coast City Council site, which has a local history section that includes historical photos. http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/gold-coast-histories-26556.html The official site of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, which includes a fun interactive map of the Queen’s Baton Relay. https://www.gc2018.com/ The official Commonwealth Games site, which includes information and histories of all Commonwealth Games. http://commonwealthgames.com.au/

Extension Ideas If your students are showing a deeper interest in these activities, you may like to make the most of the opportunity. Students can: l

Further research the countries participating: u Location on a map u Population u Capital city u History of connection to Commonwealth u Currency u Most successful athlete from each country in the Commonwealth Games l Research the history of place names in their own local area. l

Go to the Queen’s Baton Relay interactive map and watch the video clips from countries participating. (See Further Interesting Information and Resources for the link.)

Watch these three video clips and discuss similarities and differences between these countries and Australia. u https://www.gc2018.com/video/queens-baton-visits-scotland-0 u https://www.gc2018.com/video/queens-baton-visits-india u https://www.gc2018.com/video/queens-baton-samoa

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Explore roman numerals — for example, 21st Commonwealth Games – XXI / 2018 – MMXVIII


Answers: Middle Primary Finding your way!

Hosting history YEAR TOWN

COUNTRY Abbrev.

1. G,3; Coomera Indoor Sports Centre

− 1930

Hamilton

Canada

CAN

2. Robina Stadium

− 1938

Sydney ___________ Australia

AUS

3. B,5

− 1954

Vancouver

CA N ______

− 1962

Perth ___________ Australia

4. a) East 1; North 3; East 4; South 1; East 1; South 1; East 1 b) East 1; South 1; East 5; North 2; East 1

− 1966

Kingston

Jamaica JAM ___________

5. South

19 70 − _____

Edinburgh

Scotland

6. Various, e.g. counted squares

− 1978

Edmonton

Canada ___________ CAN

Canada

− 1986 Edinburgh ___________

Scotland

AUS

SCO

7. Anna Meares Velodrome; Robina Stadium

SCO ______

1998 − _____

Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

− 2002

Manchester

England ENG ___________

− 2010

Delhi ___________

India

− 2018

Gold Coast ___________ Australia AUS ___________ ______

MYS

IND

What’s in a name? Clagiraba

Young or single men’s ground

impama P______________

a) Place of the peewee b) Freshwater crayfish c) Place of the noisy miner

Currumbin

High up/place where high trees grow/ q uicksand

Coomera

Native species of wattle / blood or vein referring to the river as a life source

oombabah C______________

a) Place of the cobra worms b) Place of turtles c) Home of turtles/a pocket of land

Tallebudgera

Good fish

How many?

Table tennis trivia! control Table tennis is a sport of speed and agility. Players need to __________ ball the featherweight _______ whilst skilfully hitting it over the net and opponent’s side of the _________ table so it making it land on the ______________ cannot be returned. rollercoaster It has been described as ‘threading a needle while on a _______________’. compete during the Gold Coast 4 0 nations will ___________ Over ________ Oxenford Studios. Commonwealth Games event being held at _____________ atmosphere will be electric as the _______ fans watch players The ________________ gold spring, leap and lunge in the battle for ________.


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