There are many ways to use these resources in class – for storytelling, sequencing activities, making a story map, exploring plot, character and setting, displays, in creative writing... the only limit is your imagination.

Making waves juxtaposes the modern-day story of a paralympic athlete with the fictional 1948 commentary of the first Paralympic Games.

Read through the 'Good sport' closing thought and talk about the ideas in it during your class or school assembly.

Alexia is the only normal kid in a school for gods. What hope does she have on sports day? What with Hermes whose feet barely touch the ground and Artemis with her golden bow – not to mention Apollo, Hera and Zeus – she has no chance. Or has she?

Recreate our Sports Day on Mount Olympus adventure with this editable playscript. 

Reward your KS2 storytellers with this Sports Day on Mount Olympus themed certificate.

Reward your Early Years and KS1 storytellers with this Sports Day on Mount Olympus themed certificate.

A simple story structure sheet for Sports Day on Mount Olympus.

Cut out the sentences and arrange the main events of Sports Day on Mount Olympus in the correct order.

Great ideas for stimulating writing for use in a topic on sport.