What's included in the KS2 Paralympic Winter Games Rise and Read resource and why is it useful?

KS2 Paralympic Winter Games Rise and Read is a set of four short reading sessions about the Paralympic Winter Games, first held in Sweden in 1976. Each session explores a different part of the Paralympic Winter Games, so children build a fuller picture of it while practising key reading skills.

Session 1: an information text about the Paralympic Winter Games, with retrieval and purpose questions

Session 2: a story about a girl watching her first Para Ice Hockey match, with vocabulary and inference questions

Session 3: a photograph of a Paralympic athlete on the snow, with prediction and inference questions

Session 4: a diary entry from a Para Snowboarder, with a tick-box question

How do our KS2 Rise and Read resources work?

Rise and Read gives children a quick and purposeful way to settle, refocus and get ready to learn through reading. Use a session as morning work, after break or following lunch to give pupils an immediate focus as they come into the classroom.

Display each session on your whiteboard for whole-class reading practice, guided reading or small-group intervention. The questions give children regular opportunities to explain, justify and discuss their ideas.

Across the four sessions, children meet a variety of text types and images while practising skills such as retrieval, vocabulary, inference and prediction. Assessment-style questions sit alongside less formal activities, giving regular practice without needing a full comprehension test.

We have a full range of Rise and Read resources for KS1 and KS2, covering famous people, significant historical events, festivals and celebrations, sporting events and other topical occasions throughout the year.

This resource is a great way to mark the Paralympic Winter Games.