EASTCOURT

SCHOOL
Home Olympic Games 2020
 Eastcourt Home Olympics

WE ARE BRINING THE 2020 ALL EVENTS CAN BE CALCULATE YOUR SCORES AND
OLYMPICS TO YOUR HOME. COMPLETED WITHIN YOUR SEND THEM INTO MRS
HOME OR IN THE GARDEN. FITZGIBBON.
What will I need?
◦ Equipment required:
◦ Anyone can get involved in the Home School
◦ Stop watch
Olympics, amend the challenges to make them
◦ Water bottle age appropriate.
◦ Tape measure
◦ Most importantly enjoy yourselves and have
◦ Masking tape
some fun.
◦ Boxes/ bucket
◦ Socks
◦ Towel
◦ 2 tins of food
◦ A big smile
Challenge 1: Running
◦ Running on the spot- using high knees, how many high knees can you do in 60 seconds,
◦ Find some space, somewhere safe. Get a parent or sibling to time you with a stop watch.
◦ Count how many times your foot hits the floor, remember keep those knee’s nice and high.

◦ You get one point every time your foot strikes the floor. For example if you counted 120 foot strikes then your score = 120
points.
Challenge 2: Long Jump
◦ Find a line or create a line using masking tape, or use some household objects to put either side.
◦ Now Take 2 foot steps and put down some tape,
◦ A further two foot steps. And place some more tape.
◦ And another 2 steps to finish.
◦ You should have 4 pieces of tape, we are now going to perform a standing long jump.
◦ If you can jump and land past the first piece of tape you get 5points, the 2 nd line of tape =10, 15 and even 20 points if I get past
the last line with a really big jump.
◦ Bend your knees swing your arms, propel your body forwards
◦ Record your best jump, your furthest jump and count up your score.
◦ REMEMBER We cannot go over the line unless we’re jumping. We must start with both feet behind the line.
◦ Look at the world record for a standing long jump on the next page
World record
attempt?
You could challenge yourself
and see how far you can jump
from a standing position.

Using a tape measure get a

parent/sibling to measure your
jump. Remember we measure
from the back of our closest
foot to the take offline.
Challenge 3: How high can you Jump?
◦ Find a safe space and find some cushions.
◦ You will need to wear some trainers.
◦ See how many cushions you can stack up and
jump over, you get
◦ 5 points for 1 cushion,
◦ 10 for 2 cushions
◦ 15 for 3 cushions
◦ 20 for 4 cushions and so on.
◦ Bend your knees, swing your arms, and lift those
legs up nice and high.
◦ Bend those knees to land to soften your landing.
Challenge 4: Gymnastics balance beam.
◦ Use a line or create a line with masking time
◦ In a safe space and area.

◦ Stand with one foot up in the air and one foot on the beam.
◦ The aim is to jump from one foot to the other and land on the
beam
◦ Don’t put that other foot down, keep it off the floor
◦ Ensure the whole of your foot lands on the beam.
◦ Keep jumping from foot too foot, every time you jump and land
on the beam you will get 1 point.
◦ Remember your best score.
◦ Totally up you score from all the challenges so far.
Challenge 5: Weight Lifting
◦ Find yourself some tins for example 2 x baked bean cans
◦ Standing in a space, keep your arms up nice and straight in front of you holding your tin cans.
◦ Time how long you can keep those arms holding those cans,
◦ Points: 1 minutes = 60 points
◦ 2 minutes = 120 points
◦ And so on.
◦ Keep totalling up that score.
Challenge 6: Speed Bounce
◦ Find a safe space and create a wedge,
◦ cross the wedge (or substitute for wedge) as
many times as possible within 20 seconds.
◦ Speed Bounce is a two-footed jump – feet
should leave the mat or floor simultaneously
and land on the mat or floor simultaneously.
◦ All you need is a stopwatch or phone and a
soft item – kitchen roll or rolled up towels
are examples of what can be used as an
alternative wedge.
◦ How many 2 footed jumps you complete will
give you your point score.
Challenge 7: Boxing
◦ Find a safe space,
◦ How many punches into the air can you do in
60 seconds.
◦ Count how many times you punch into the air.
These will equal your points.

◦ ** you will get NO POINTS if you hit

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 Challenge 8 Target throw:
◦ In a safe space
◦ Stand behind a line, you can create one using tape
and throws three items into the target placed at
3m. The target is then moved to 5m and the
process is repeated.
◦ 5 points if the item lands in the target. 2 points if
the item bounces out of the target or if the item
touches the floor before the target
◦ Tennis Balls, Rolled up socks or small soft toys
can be used.
◦ A washing basket, paper bin, cardboard box,
bucket or dog basket are example target items.
◦ Count up your scores.
How did you get on?
◦ By now you should have totalled up your scores, so you
should have added all your scores up across the 8
different Olympic activity challenges and then email your
scores into Mrs Fitzgibbon kf@eastcourtschool.org.uk let
me know your name and which class you are in.
◦ If you can send in photos/videos of you taking part in the
Olympic challenge please send them over.
◦ We can see who makes it onto the leader board

◦ Most of all well done for completing the

challenge, you should be incredibly proud of
yourselves 
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