Welcome to the PDHPE rap
Athens Olympic Games
The Athens Olympic Games rap will run from Week 3 of Term 3, 2004 and is suitable for Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) students.
Dates
Coordinator
PDHPE outcomes
ICT
Joining the rap
Rap support materials
| Dates |
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| Registration Week 3 |
(from 2 August 2004) |
| Introductions Week 4 |
(week beginning 9 August 2004) |
| Rap point 1 Week 5 |
(week beginning 16 August 2004) |
| Rap point 2 Week 6 |
(week beginning 23 August 2004) |
| Rap point 3 Week 7 |
(week beginning 30 August 2004) |
Rap wrap up Week 8 |
(week beginning 6 September 2004) |
Coordinator
Rebecca Gallaher, A/Curriculum Adviser, PDHPE K-6
Email rebecca.gallaher@det.nsw.edu.au
PDHPE outcomes
This rap will provide opportunities for students to work towards the following PDHPE K-6 Syllabus outcomes.
Knowledge and understanding
Active Lifestyle (ALS2.6)
Discusses the relationship between regular physical activity and health.
Games and Sports (GSS2.8)
Participates and uses equipment in a variety of games and modified sports.
Skills
Communicating (COS2.1)
Uses a variety of ways to communicate with and within groups.
Values and attitudes
V6 Commits to realising their full potential |

Information and communication technologies
This rap will assist Stage 2 students in the development of their ability to:
use ICT to locate, access, evaluate, manipulate, create, store and retrieve information
express ideas and communicate with others, using ICT.
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Joining the rap
From 2 August 2004 you may participate in the Athens Olympic Games rap by entering your email address in the boxes below and clicking the Submit buttons. Please ensure you have registered the email addresses before doing so.
Teacher email will not be archived to protect privacy. The teacher rap runs concurrently with the book rap to provide additional support for teachers, and the opportunity to discuss issues which may arise during the rap.
You will receive confirmation emails for your class group and the teacher support listserv. Please save these messages as they contain important email addresses, and simply follow the instructions these contain when posting messages.
Archives of the class email discussion

Rap support materials
Introductions Week 4 (week beginning 9 August 2004)
Rap point 1 Week 5 (week beginning 16 August 2004)
Rap point 2 Week 6 (Week beginning 23 August 2004)
Rap point 3 Week 7 (Week beginning 30 August 2004)
Rap wrap up Week 8 (Week beginning 6 September 2004)
Rap maps
Find examples of maps and tally sheets. Students may use these to identify and locate schools participating in the book rap. Use these or create your own based on ideas from these examples.
Rap Lingo
| Rap |
an online discussion (about a topic or theme) |
| Rappers |
the people involved in the rap |
| Rap map |
a map marking other rappers' locations |
| Rap point |
a topic, issue or event to discuss |
| Rap record |
print out of messages responded to |
| Rap reflections |
sheets for rappers to reflect on their experiences and skills |
| Rap rep |
the person typing the responses |
| Rap reporters |
the people relaying rap news to others |
| Rap rules |
guidelines of a book rap discussion |
| Rap wrap up |
final message about a rap |
Credits
This rap is a joint project of the PDHPE and Library and Information Literacy Units, Curriculum K-12 Directorate. Support materials developed by Paul Doorn, PDHPE Unit, Curriculum K-12 Directorate, NSW Department of Education and Training.
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