Plan a World Cup week

Harness the energy around the football World Cup

in Brazil 2014 and plan your own exciting World

Cup-themed week. Don’t miss this fantastic

opportunity for your pupils to find out more about

what goes on in the world. Use our resources to

explore global justice issues through the lens of

sport and football.

For resources to plan your World Cup week, go to:

cafod.org.uk/sport

Kick start your week with…

... a World Cup assembly

Download our assembly to introduce your pupils to the World Cup. It includes a

PowerPoint presentation and teacher notes.

… a CAFOD volunteer

Find out more about inspirational sport and peace projects that CAFOD is

supporting. Go to cafod.org.uk/uk to contact your local CAFOD office and

arrange a visit.

Make your mark …

…using our cross-curricular World Cup resources

Poetry in Motion activity

An activity to stimulate creative writing and reflection on justice, using a

football-themed poem from Brazil.

World Cup quiz

A quiz to introduce children to the football World Cup taking place in Brazil this

summer.

Fair play activity

An activity to discuss football and issues of unfairness and injustice, by looking

at differing salaries in the football industry.

Beautiful game debate

A debate activity to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of football.

About Brazil PowerPoint

A PowerPoint to find out more about Brazil and CAFOD's work there.

…by sharing sport and peace stories

As children hear stories of inspirational sport projects around the globe, they will

learn how sport can be used to make a real difference to people’s lives. Find a range of stories in our Focus on…Sport and Peace printed resource. Online resources are also available:

Lucky’s story

Suitable for Key Stage 1 and 2.

Film available at

picturemyworld.cafod.org.uk/sport-and-peace

Suggested focus: Use the story to reflect on the value of solidarity. Discuss how different children come together in the St John’s Sports Society. They work in

solidarity following their motto ‘Pamoja Tunaweza! Together We Can!’ What is your school motto and what does it mean?

Activity: Produce a class motto to show solidarity.

Maria’s story

Suitable for Key Stage 1.

PowerPoint available at cafod.org.uk/sport.

Suggested focus: Use the story to reflect on the value of living as family and

community. Discuss how Maria enjoys the friendship of her dance group. Playing

sport together gives Maria and the other children a sense of belonging to the

group, which helps them to live as a community. What groups do you belong to?

How does belonging to a group make you feel?

Activity: Plan ways you can live as more of a family and community in your class

or school.

Ian’s story

Suitable for Key Stage 2.

Film available at cafod.org.uk/sport

Note: Film includes images of conflict so please check

suitability for your class.

Suggested focus: Use the story to reflect on the value of the promotion of peace.

Discuss how sport is bringing people together in Ian’s community, helping

people to live together in friendship and peace. When have you and your friends

fallen out? How did you feel? How were things put right?

Activity: Set up a school club, similar to the peace club that Lucky goes to.

End the week with your own mini World Cup

Plan your very own mini World Cup. Around the world, sport is being used to make a real difference in people’s lives. You too can use sport to make a

difference in your own schools and classrooms.

Day Monday

Introducing the World Cup

Tuesday

Go global… find out more

Wednesday

Get creative

Thursday

The power of sport

Friday

The mini World Cup

Whole

school /

activity

ideas for

all key

stages

World Cup Assembly

Download resource here

Invite a CAFOD volunteer to hear about our sport and

peace projects

World cup Quiz

Use our quiz to introduce

children to the football

World Cup taking place in

Brazil this summer.

Download resource here

MUSIC

Engage children with the

World Cup and issues of

social justice in Brazil and

around the world by learning

CAFOD’s World Cup-song.

Download resource here

FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Research recipes from Brazil

and around the world and

make global snacks. You

could sell them at your mini-

World Cup. Visit CAFOD’s

website for global recipes,

such as delicious Brazilian

biscuits. Note: please check

for allergies.

Find recipes here

Hold a mini World Cup

Download resource here

ICT Use cameras to

capture your World Cup

day. You could use the

pictures to form part of a

global exhibition at your

school, to show how sport

is being used across the

world to promote peace

and development and to

learn key skills.

EYFS/

Key Stage

1

NUMERACY

Count how many weeks,

days or hours it is until the

World Cup. You could count

down the days on a class

calendar.

GEOGRAPHY

Research flags from

different countries around

the world. Design flags to

support each country team

in the World Cup.

ART

Design banners to be used

to support each country

team in your mini World

Cup.

Share Maria’s story from El

Salvador.

Download resource here

RE/PSHE

Organise a circle time about

what peace means.

ART

Create a mural/ sculpture to

reflect sport and peace.

Key Stage

2

LITERACY/ MATHS/

CITIZENSHIP

Use this Fair-play activity to

discuss football and issues

of unfairness and injustice,

by looking at differing

salaries in the football

industry.

Download resource here

GEOGRAPHY

Find out more about Brazil

in our PowerPoint.

Download resource here

Research what life is like in

different countries

participating in the World

Cup and create a fact-file.

LITERACY

Stimulate creative writing

and reflection on justice,

using a football-themed

poem from Brazil.

Download resource here

LITERACY/ CITIZENSHIP

A debate activity to evaluate

the positive and negative

aspects of football.

Download resource here