The Winter Olympics

Mon 3rd
	4-5pm Romeo and Juliet Rehearsal
	Class and Team Photographs
Tue 4th
	Yr 3 & 4 Gedling Athletics
	Main School Staff Meeting
Wed 5th
	Years 5 and 6 Cross country - Bedstone
Thu 6th
Fri 7th
	Cross Country

The Winter Olympic Games is a major international sporting event that occurs once every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating. The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1936, after which they were interrupted by World War II. The Olympics resumed in 1948 and were celebrated every four years. The Winter and Summer Olympic Games were held in the same years until 1992, after a 1986 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to place the Summer and Winter Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years. Because of the change, the next Winter Olympics after 1992 were in 1994.

Team GB have only won 9 Gold Medals in the entire history of the Winter Olympics.  If we win a Gold in Sochi, it will be a major achievement.
Possibly the most famous winners for team GB were the ice dancers Torvill and Dean.  They won Gold in 1994 on Valentines Day.  Over 24 million people tuned in to watch the pair crowned as Olympic ice skating champions who scored maximum points at the Zetra Stadium for their slow, sensuous free dance performance of Ravel's Bolero.



Another famous Winter Olympic event took place in 1988. Jamaica entered a team in the bobsleigh event. It was the first time they had taken part in the Winter Olympics. A film called "Cool Runnings" was made which told their amazing story.





Jokes
Q. What do you get when you cross a shark with a snowman?
A. FROSTBITE!

Q. What do Snowmen have for Breakfast?
A. Snowflakes

Q. How does a Snowman get to work?
A. By icicle -

Quiz of the week
Who won Team GB's last Gold Medal?