JOURNEY TO THE WORLD CUP
Learning Intentions:
Playing football requires training and fitness. It is both a team and an individual journey. Every player makes a commitment to themselves and their teammates to be match fit and bring their A-game.
Learning intentions for this experience are:
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Investigate individual journeys and challenges.
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Understand that skill and fitness contribute to enjoyment.
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Create a game pool schedule.
Kōrero | Discussion:
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Why do people play football or futsal?
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What behaviours and values are shared amongst players?
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What does it take to be in a national team? For example, training and fitness.
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Do you think game pools are a fair way of organising a tournament? Explain your views.
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What is another way of organising a tournament?
Ngā ngohe | Activities:
Sports reporter
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Select one or two countries who played in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™
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What is the history of football in the country?
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Who did they play in the qualifying rounds?
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What were the highlights of the games?
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Who was in the team? What do you find most interesting about the country, team or players?
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Identify the following features of the country:
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Location, names, flag, capital city.
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Greetings.
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Interesting facts and statistics.
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Record audio or visual interviews, or write a report or story; or create a timeline poster or mural to share what you have learned.
Local leagues and legends
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Identify someone in a local football or futsal team you can interview about what they enjoy about football or futsal.
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Create a script of questions, or storyboard an interview for an audio or video recording. Include the following:
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Whakapapa.
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What they enjoy about football or futsal.
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Where they play and train.
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Interesting personal stories and highlights.
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Record your audio or video documentary or write an essay about them.
Game pools
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Organise a team tournament for football or futsal. This could be a global, local or school-based event.
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Investigate and design a game pool. Refer to New Zealand Football for examples.
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How are participating teams chosen?
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Identify how many teams, pools, and games?
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Decorate your pool chart with flags or icons from each country.
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How many playing fields will be needed?
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Which games will be played concurrently and which will be played consecutively?
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How many games would the winner play if there were 20, 12, 104 or 10 teams?
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Use a coin or dice to decide the outcome of each game. For example, heads or the highest number wins.
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Complete the pool chart as you go.
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Keep playing and identifying winning teams until there is one winner.
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Make a game pool for your football festival.
Kuputaka | Glossary:
Consecutive: one after another.
Concurrent: at the same time.