Inspirational People – Nicola Adams KS1 reading and writing resources pack – LBGTQ+ Pride Month

Introduce KS1 pupils to sportswoman Nicola Adams, using our resources pack that looks at her achievements and how she is an inspirational person within and beyond the LBGTQ+ community.

Pupils will have the opportunity to develop comprehension skills using the questions linked to the biographical text about the boxer and will consider how she has inspired others. They will also go on to discuss who inspires them, with opportunities to write about who is inspirational in their own lives.

The resource can be used as part of Pride Month in June, or at any appropriate time during the school year.

The resources will:

• teach pupils that everyone is different and that those differences should be celebrated
• Give pupils the opportunity to practise reading and comprehension skills
• Prompt discussion about who inspires them

This pack includes:

• Inspirational People: Nicola Adams text and comprehension questions, available in a range of formats
• PowerPoint
• Teacher notes
• Nicola Adams image
• Nicola Adams fact cards
• Inspirational People writing task
• Who Inspires me? writing task

National Curriculum Programme of study links

• Pupils should know the importance of respecting others even though they are different from them (from Relationships Education Statutory Guidance 2019 – Respectful Relationships)
• Pupils should listen to … non-fiction at a level beyond at which they can read independently
• Pupils should understand the books that they can read independently and those that they listen to …

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• Inspirational People: Nicola Adams text and comprehension questions, available in a range of formats
• PowerPoint
• Teacher notes
• Nicola Adams image
• Nicola Adams fact cards
• Inspirational People writing task
• Who Inspires me? writing task