Ability v Ability has been designed to be used interactively in the classroom. The teacher guidance here is not prescriptive but supports a direct approach to teaching that is oral, lively and interactive.
The resources here are addressed to the teacher and provide generic guidance on teaching approaches that support the delivery of the ten activities in the Learning Zone.
Each of these activities can be used with a range of subjects and learning situations. They will help pupils to understand more about the achievements of Paralympic athletes and, through the idea of Personal Best, link this to their thinking about academic, sporting and personal achievements.
You will find new material that will help you either develop or continue to develop your Paralympic curriculum programme. There are three schemes of work which have come directly from schools and have been updated to address the September 2008 secondary curriculum plus 6 case studies on how some School Sport Partnerships have addressed this issue either with in their school or across their partnership.
Paralympic resource pack (example)
Paralympic schools pack (2006-2012)
Paralympic Schemes of Work
English or citizenship year 6/7 scheme of work linked to the ability v ability DVD in the pack
Maths-based Year 10 & 11 scheme of work
Maths-based Year 10 & 11 resources booklet
Olympic and Paralympic History Y7 scheme of work
(This scheme of work uses the factsheets and worksheets found directly below. Note: There is no FS6.)
Paralympic Schemes of Work resources
Starter - world map
Starter - three athletes
Structuring a newspaper article
Paralympics 60th anniversary (2008)
1948 – the first Stoke Mandeville games.
FS1 - Ancient Greece and the Olympics
FS2 - Origins of the Modern Olympics
FS3 - The Stoke Mandeville Games 1948
FS4 - Paralympic Results
FS5 - London 2012
FS7 - Oscar Pistorius
WS1 - Ancient Greece and the Olympics
WS2 - Origins of the modern Olympics
WS3 - The Stoke Mandeville Games
WS4 - Results and Medals
WS5 - internet research
WS6 - The effect of the Paralympics
WS7 - Newspaper front page
Resource guidance
Weekly planner
A template for teachers to use.
Writing guidance for A day in the life!
Writing guidance for Get fit!
Good teaching and classroom observation
Grid matching key aspects to activities.
Lesson observations and planning: key prompts
A template for use when delivering the activities.
- Paralympic Curriculum Resource Pack (2000 - 2005)
This pack contains additional materials to supplement the current resources
Teacher guidance
Direct teaching
Strategies to improve delivery.
Connecting the learning
Flow-chart
Modelling writing
What and why?
The new curricula and AfL
The principles and how ability vs ability can contribute.
Working in groups
guidance and strategies for teachers.
Able learner guidance for teachers
Identification, strategies and extension work.
Case studies
Below you will see a number of case studies on how some schools have used the ability vs ability Education pack. We hope that you find them useful.
Acknowledgements curriculum material:
Ability v Ability would like to thank the following for their help in making this possible. Neil Macrae, Judith Oakley, Lisa Pittwood, John Duggan, Jan Hall and Paula Smith (Leicester/shire and Rutland SSP/CSP), Martin Ingram at Whitehaven School (Copeland SSP), Peter Falshaw (Bury Association of Disability & Inclusive Education in Sport), James Yates (Head of Mathematics The Skegness Grammar School).