Blue Band 4
Athletics
Letters and Sounds Phase 4
Phonemes covered: Adjacent consonants with long vowel phonemes
Athletics is a sport with lots of events. Browse the complete Collins catalogue at
www.collins.co.uk ISBN 978-0-00-825163-5
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Athletics
An information book
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What is athletics? Athletics is a sport with lots of events. You can see: runners sprinting
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Sprinting Sprinters run in a quick burst of speed.
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At the start, they power off from the starting block.
starting block
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Marathon In a marathon, competitors train hard to run much further.
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They must not rush at the start but can sprint as they speed to the finish. The crowd claps to support the winner.
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