If you can remember, I talked about the Edinburgh Marathon Festival in a post from May. In less than two weeks time, Scotland will again welcome thousands of athletes and spectators as Glasgow hosts the Commonwealth Games 2014.

I’ve never been to the Commonwealth Games personally but I know people who have and they say it was an amazing experience. The Commonwealth Games were first held in 1930 and have taken place every four years ever since. The games are described as the third largest multi-sport event in the world, after the Olympic Games and the Asian Games.

The Commonwealth Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the programme and selects the host cities. A host city is selected (Glasgow) for each edition and 18 cities in seven countries have hosted the event.

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 will be the third Games to be held in Scotland. A highly sporting nation, there is always a buzz of genuine support and enthusiasm among the spectators. Glasgow will also welcome visitors from all over the world and over 6000 athletes from the 71 competing nations. Not only do the Games promise to be very special, but the city and surrounding area also have so much to offer.

If you’re after a place to stay while you’re watching the games, then look no further than the Holiday Inn Edinburgh – City West and the Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport. Both come highly recommended by the 4Ever Fitness team because they have great locations. The City West in particular is located only 1.5 miles from the City Centre and only 2 miles from Edinburgh Castle.

Some of the biggest names in sport such as Bradley Wiggins, Michael Jamieson, Mo Farah and Nicola Adams are preparing to go for gold at the Glasgow Games 2014. Here’s a video I found on YouTube to get you pumped:

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Something that I have used in my teaching is Anatomy Arcade and with more and more people having access to computers and mobile devices you can access to it too! I find this website a massive help in taking away barriers and making learning fun.

The games on Anatomy Arcade are organised by body system and game type. The two main games are Whack-A-Bone from the skeletal system and Poke-A-Muscle from the muscular system. In addition, there are jigsaws, crosswords, word searches, match twos, and just for fun.

Whack-A-Bone is an excellence main activity in the class and will lead your learners towards an instinctive knowledge of the major bones of the body. You can build up, scan and whack the arm, leg and core and when this has been perfected, you then scan the entire skeleton! To advance you have to score 80% or higher which is a good standard to set for learners. There is a chart that will allow learners and teachers to monitor progression and set new goals.

Be warned however phalanges is used for both your finger and toe bones. There’s a written distinction (“(toe) phalanges”) but the vocals don’t distinguish between the two and you have to choose correctly or it’s counted against you.

Overall, I love this game! The learners can play it to learn and use it as a homework task. I tend to run a league table throughout the year and award a prize for the best score and the most improved score of the month!

The first thing that hooked me on this site was Poke-A-Muscle is its excellence for learners on BTEC & GCSE pathways again I run beat the teacher (Just to add I’ve never been beat yet!) and the students love it. Poke-A-Muscle is designed to help the learning of the major superficial muscles of the body. You do this in a way where you hunt for muscles with an x-ray scanner and poke the right muscles with your finger. There are 10 stages in all that will challenge most students and allow you the teacher or parent to monitor progress.

Try it out and tell us what you think?

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