Learn Family fun activities Family fun activities All about medals As we look forward to the upcoming Paris Paralympics this Summer, find out all about medals given out at past Paralympic Games. Medal Making Workshops & Trail Come along to our medal making workshop at the Paralympic Heritage Centre on Thursday 11th April at 2:30-3:30pm. Chat to our friendly and knowledgeable volunteers and have a go at our Paralympic Heritage Centre trail. Everyone welcome! Find out more and book your place here. Activities This holiday time join in with our activities for all ages, starting with a quiz which features some of our gold medallist champions of the track. Contents Track quiz Medal wordsearch Handwriting practise Design your own medal Learn how to sign 'medal' Vlog - a very special gold medal Track quiz If you attended one of our online Meet the Paralympian talks with athlete Thomas Young MBE you will already know a lot about his Paralympic debut. Test yourself in this blended learning quiz sheet showcasing some of the fastest sprinters in the world. How far could you run or push in the times our Paralympians achieve on the track? Suitable for 8 years and up. Click on this link to download the activity sheet. How did you do? Find out on the answer sheet here. Medal wordsearch Our British Paralympians win medals wherever they go and the medal ceremony is a moving experience for all. Search some of the key words that feature at the medals ceremonies using our Widgit wordsearch. Suitable for 6 years and up. Click on this link to download the widgit sheet. Writing practise Want to improve you handwriting? That will take practise! Practise like a gold medallist Paralympian with our medal themed Widgit handwriting sheet. Suitable for age 5 and up. Click on this link to download the handwriting sheet. Design your own medal Have you seen the new medal design created for Paris Paralympics 2024? Have a go at designing your own medal ready for the Summer Games. Suitable for 5 years and up. Click here to download the medal design activity sheet. Younger children can have a go at the dot-to-dot activity to create a Paralympic medal. For ages up to 5 years. Click here to download the dot to dot activity sheet. Learn how to sign medal Marie shows how to sign 'Medal' using Sign Supported English (SSE). Click here to play the short video. Medal vlog One of the most coveted medals we have in the collection is the very first medal won by a British athlete at the Paralympic Games. Find out more about this beautiful object in our Vlog below. Suitable for all ages. Additional family fun activities Paralympic sports activities and craft Designed for children to engage in some fun activities while learning about the history of the Paralympic Games. Sharing our Treasure Explore objects in our Paralympic collection with Shaun Finegan, volunteer at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust Storytime with April Storytime for children under 5 read by April Byrne, volunteer at the National Paralympic Heritage Trust, with BSL interpretation by Marie Biswell. What's in our Paralympic collection? Watch our series of Paralympic heritage collection videos Highlights from family fun events at the Paralympic Heritage Centre Manage Cookie Preferences