Looking for an informative text resource for your pupils, then this Year 1 Women at the Olympics reading activity might just what you are looking for.

This resource will help your children understand Year 1 reading comprehension text, it contains an information text about the history of women at the Olympics, along with a choice of questions covering five reading content domains and questions for more in-depth written answer practice. We've also included some more in-depth questions for more detailed written answers.

National Curriculum Objectives:

• English Year 1: Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those that they listen to by drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher; discussing the significance of the title and events; making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done; and predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far.
• English Year 1: Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by being encouraged to link what they read or hear to their own experiences
• English Year 1: Explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them