Conduct your own Olympic Games in School

Olympic Games Breakdown

1. The students will start the day by looking to see what group they have been assigned to before they enter homeroom.
2. Once all of the morning’s activities have been completed, the students should head out into the hall and sit with their teams. The students will sit on both sides of the hall leaving the middle open for demonstrations of the day’s events.
3. When the students are out in the hall, Mr. Duran will go over some ground rules for the Olympics such as no booing, we expect each student to stay with and cheer for other members of their team. There should be no talking with members of opposite teams. When you are not competing you should be on the sidelines cheering for other teammates.
4. Tell all of the students that they will have one warning and that will be it. After their one warning, they will sit out of the Olympics for the remainder of the day.
5. The weather will decide whether we go on to step six or ten. If it is not raining or wet outside, we will go on to step six.
6. Tell the students that they will be competing outside in three different events. The events include lap racing, standing long jump, and running long jump. Mr. Duran will demonstrate each event in the hall. 
7.    Mr. Duran will then explain the opening ceremony breakdown (we will be playing the Olympic theme music while the students march with their team in a single file down to the end of the hall and outside). The teams have an option of creating a chant or a cheer for the ceremony.

8. Before the teams march outside, Mr. Duran will tell each team what station they are heading to first. Teams one and two will go to the standing long jump with Ms. Stewart, teams three and four will come over to the running long jump with Mr. Duran, and team five will go to the lap races with Mrs. Searles.
9. The teams will cycle through and once the first team has completed their event, they will switch. Ms. Stewart’s students will switch to running longs jump, my students will switch to the lap race, and Mrs. Searles’ students will switch to the standing long jump.
10. On the second day, or if it is raining out, the students will be competing in three events in the school. Paper plate discuss with Mr. Duran in the hall, Javelin straw throw in Mrs. Searles room, or the cotton ball shot put with Ms. Stewart in her room. All three events will be demonstrated by Mr. Duran prior to the start.
11. Mr. Duran will tell each team what station they are heading to first. Teams one and two will go to the cotton ball shot put with Ms. Stewart, teams three and four will come over to the paper plate discus with Mr. Duran, and team five will go to the javelin straw throw with Mrs. Searles.
12. After each day of games, the students will reconvene in their homerooms before they go to specials.

Olympic Events

Javelin Straw Throw –

The desks will be cleared to the middle of the room and yardsticks will be placed from end to end across the room. The contestants will throw the straw from a standing point at the end of the yardsticks. The straw is to be thrown like a spear or a javelin. The player with the longest throw as measured by Mrs. Searles and the player with the best form will win.

Cotton Ball Shot Put –

The desks will be cleared to the middle of the room and yardsticks will be placed from end to end across the room. The contestants will shot put a cotton ball from a standing point at the end of the yardsticks. The player with the longest throw as measured by Ms. Stewart and the player with the best form will win.

Paper Plate Discus –

Yardsticks will be placed down the hall to measure the distance of the paper plate discus. Each student will complete two revolutions before tossing the paper plate like a discus or Frisbee. There will be a fault line and students will be allowed one fault without a disqualification. The winner will be the student with the most distance in their throw and the student with the best form.

Lap Race –

Students will run around a set of cones in a two/three lap race depending on time. They will run against a teammate of their choice and both of their times will be recorded. If you see that things are getting backed up at your station, have students run in a larger group, maybe like four people. The student with the very best time will be the winner in this event.

Standing Long Jump –

There will be a designated area outside where the students will long jump. Ms. Stewart will watch to make sure that students jump from the designated area. She will measure the closest point to the initial jump. Look for where the back of their feet come down or where they put their hands down. The winner of this event will be the student with the furthest jump.

Running Long Jump –

This will be the same as the standing except students will get a running head start. Inform the students that if they step over the line before they jump, they will have one additional chance to jump. If they fault twice, they are done. The winner will be the student who jumps the furthest.