NEW OLYMPIC FLAG

Most students will be familiar with the Olympic Flag or are they?. Hide all pictures of the flag/rings in the room and challenge the pupils to answer the following questions

• How many rings are on the flag?
• What are the colours of the rings?
• Can they list the colours in their correct order from left to right.
  

Tell students that the colours of the rings are are blue, yellow, black, green and red.

Why do they think these colours were chosen? (These colours were chosen as at least one of these colours can be found on the national flag of every country in the world).

Challenge students to design a new Olympic Flag. The new flag must use the same colours but the design can be completely different. What design ideas can they come up with?

Have students present their new flag, along with an explanation of their new design.

TEN PIN BOWLING SET

Each student or group will need …

• Ten empty one litre milk cartons
• Plastic ball or round object
• Wallpaper Paste
• Old Newspapers
• Old Sponge or Brush
• Acrylic Paints
• Coloured Paper
• Clear Lacquer

Instructions : Attach a crumpled ball to the top of each milk carton using tape.

To create a sturdy Ten Pin bowling set you first must papier mache each individual milk carton and the attached ball.

Papier mache a round object into the shape of a ball for your set. Students could make several of these of differing weights by adding extra layers of papier mache.

Leave all cartons to dry out completely.

Have students or groups decorate each set in colourful patterns to make their set totally unique.

Run a ten pin group bowling contest.

ALPHABET MATHS

Students give each letter of the alphabet a monetary value, eg A=$1.00, B= $2.00, C=$3.00 etc. … Z = $26.00Once listed, students complete the following:

• Find the value of their Christian names and Surnames
• Which member of their family has the most 'expensive name?
• Who has the most expensive name in the classroom?
• Find words that are worth $50.00, $100.00, $200.00
• Using a dictionary, find the most expensive three letter, four letter and five letter words.
• What teacher has the most expensive name at the school?
• What is the total value of all the names in the classroom. Challenge another classroom to complete this exercise. Which classroom is the most expensive in the school?
  

What are the values and meanings of the following words?

• rumbustious
• saprophyte
• squeamish
• eccentric
• umiak

Now place them in both alphabetical order and value order

Make a pictogram graph ladder and have every student place their Christian names in ascending value order. Now reverse the value of the alphabet, eg Z=$1.00, A =$26.00. Where will their names now be placed on the graph?

Vowels are now declared to have no monetary value. Have each student now calculate how much their name has decreased in value.Only vowels have a value - consonants have no value. What is the new value of their name?