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Beijung Summer Olympic Games
From 8 August
The Beijing Olympics
The Olympics are held every four years and are hosted by one
country.
This year the Olympics are in China, in the city of
Beijing. Britain will be hosting the Olympics in London
in 2012.
The Olympic Flag
The
Olympic flag is white with five coloured connecting rings.
There
are five rings to symbolise the five continents from which the
competing nations come:
Europe, Asia, Australasia, Africa and the
Americas
(which are counted as one).
The
rings are red, green, blue, yellow, and black.
These represent the colours of national flags.
All the flags of the world are made up of combinations of
these colours. The rings are joined together to represent the unity of the
nations of the world.
Every country likes to wave their own flags at the games
and they also have mascots who represent them. Our official British mascot for the games is called "Pride"
copyright
http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/education.aspx
However,
the Chinese have the cutest mascots. They have five Olympic
mascots, called "Fuwa", who carry a message of friendship
and peace to children all over the world. (Images
- Copyright
The
Beijing
Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad).
Beibei - a fish, represents prosperity
Jingjing - a
panda, represents happiness
Huanhuan –
the Olympic flame, represents passion
Yingying – a
Tibetan antelope, represents health
 Nini
– a swallow, represents good luck.
If you put all five
names together they say: Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni – which means
“Welcome to Beijung”.
The
National Anthem
When an athlete comes first in his event or race, he wins a gold
medal and stands on a podium to receive it. Everyone cheers
and the band plays his country's national anthem.
This national anthem for the UK - see if mum and dad can sing the
words correctly, most people can't remember more than the first two
lines!
"God
save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen."
Learning
Every under 5 should try this lovely website. You'll learn to
read in no time!
http://www.starfall.com/
The BBC also has an excellent website where you can learn as you
play:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/preschool/
For a bit of arty fun try this website www.jacksonpollock.org
All you need to do is wiggle the mouse and click it!
For small children who'd like to know the story
of the Nativity, you'll find a simple version with
illustrations at:
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/nativity/index.htm
Film websites
Charlotte's Web Resources
Visit the
official website at: http://www.charlotteswebmovie.com/site/index.php
The website also has spin offs to loads of fun activities.
There are lovely colouring sheets featuring your favourite
characters to print off at: http://www.walden.com/walden/create/charlotte/coloring.php
If you scroll further down the same page you can also
find Fern's Sketchbook to colour in, an activity calendar and two
games; Wilbur's Barn Break and Memory Match. (Just click
on the titles on the website to go to them.)
RATATOUILLE.
As the official website for this film is a Disney one, it's full of
good things. You can watch a long film trailer, explore
Linguini's apartment in Montmartre, play games and even download
daily recipes. http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille
SHREK THE THIRD. There's a trailer, downloads, games and a
soundtrack, plus Virtual Shrekland and Shrek Sudoku at:
http://www.shrek.com/main.html
It'll probably take you as long to explore this
website as it would to watch the film!
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER
OF THE PHOENIX.
There is an action-packed trailer at:
http://www.harrypotterorderofthephoenix.com/
Your kids can join Dumbledore's Army by
visiting:
http://joindumbledoresarmy.warnerbros.com
Where they can practice Defence Against the
Dark Arts spells and charms, meet the members of Dumbledore's
Army and even recruit new members from their own website.
EVAN ALMIGHTY. The official website for this
film has masses to keep little people amused. From the menu
page you can explore the ark. You can read extracts form
"Ark Building for Dummies", watch the Evan dance video and
learn the moves, take an interactive history lesson, play games and
animal Sudoku. There is also a wonderful Activity Book to
download which would be perfect for taking on holiday as it has
puzzles, facts, a wordsearch, a maze, a crossword,
spot-the-difference and activities to keep kids occupied for
ages.
You can find all this at:
www.evanalmighty.com
Pirates of the Caribbean Resources
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/
Mr Bean Resources
The official website:
http://www.beansholiday.com/flash.html
This fun site has clips, downloads, games and e-cards to
keep you entertained.
http://www.mrbean.co.uk/
Meet
the Robinsons Resources
View the exciting
trailer at:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/meettherobinsons/
As this is a Disney film, there is a very sophisticated
website with games, videos, downloads and a personality quiz.
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/meettherobinsons/
Happy Feet website
This website is great fun. You can meet the characters and watch a
trailer, then download - desktops, posters, screensavers,
bookmarks and door hangers, plus a printable Tip-tap-toe Game.
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/happyfeet/
For those who can't get enough of penguins - you can find all sorts of penguin
pictures to colour at:
http://www.coloring.ws/penguins1.htm
You can make a
penguin out of a toilet paper roll
with the template from:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpenguin.html
Make a very special penguin with
handprint wings by visiting:
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mpaperpenguin.htm
Sing along with the words to a Penguin
Song, set to the music for "O my darling Clementine"!
Just print off as many copies as you need.
http://www.abcteach.com/Themeunits/Antarctica/penguins.pdf
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