Practice your breathing exercises Calm me breathing exercise

• Practice your breathing exercises. • Calm me – breathing exercise. Does your mind feel calm and ready to learn?

This week we are continuing our topic: Celebrating Difference

Let’s recap the Equality Act… It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of • age • gender reassignment • being married or in a civil partnership Equality Act 2010 (England) • being pregnant or on maternity leave • disability • race, including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin • religion or belief • sexual orientation These are all called 'protected characteristics'

Watch this video about Paralympians. If it doesn’t play automatically, you may need to use this link: https: //video. link/w/U 3 s 4 b

Let’s look at some inspirational Paralympians.

Ellie Simmonds • Para-swimming team • Beijing Olympics 2008 - 2 Gold • London Olympics 2012 - 2 Golds, Silver and Bronze • Rio Olympics 2016 - 1 Gold, Bronze • Many other gold, silver and bronze medals at World Champion Events

Briefly research these Paralympians and find out their achievements. Tanni Grey–Thompson and Jonnie Peacock Click to add text

Hollie Arnold, Will Bailey and Lauren Steadman

Ask yourself: • What do I admire about this Paralympian? Think about the Paralympian you have chosen from your homework… • What barriers has he/she had to overcome? • Do you think that winning a medal was worth all the years of training and hard work?

1. Design an AA (Admiration Accolade. . . like an Oscar or an award) for your Paralympian. The task for today is: 2. Underneath write a short presentation speech as if you were presenting the AA to your Paralympian. Remember to include powerful and emotive words to celebrate the achievement.