Trophies & Medals 🥇🥈🥉

Jul 22, 2022

This is a CST activities page which aims to celebrate achievement, by focusing on awards and honours, or trophies and medals.

Begin the session by asking members what they excel or excelled at?

Ask them to bring a medal, trophy, certificate or any other signifier of achievement to the session. It could be swimming medals, gardening rosettes, signed memorabilia, their or their parents war medals or anything else. Another way of putting it is to bring something you are proud of having been given.

Take time to discuss the relevance and meaning of each object and encourage reminiscence and story telling.

Then have some fun completing this short picture quiz, which as usual is interspersed with some songs, this time to do with achievement.

Round 1. Sporting Medals & Trophies

	In cricket, what is 'The Ashes'?
	Which sporting trophy has a pineapple on top?
	Name this belt?
	Which two teams compete for 'The Calcutta Cup'?
	With which sport is 'The Ryder Cup' associated?
	Name the games?
	With which sport is the 'Americas Cup' associated?
	In Rugby Union, what are 'The Six Nations'?
	With which Royal event is 'The Gold Cup' associated?
	Which trophy is this?

Video break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDuHPvNtgg

Who is holding up the trophy?

Song break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI

Which international song contest did ABBA win in 1974, and with which song?

Round 2. Arts

	Name the statue?
	Name the award, and the presenter?
	Name the award, and the recipient?
	Name the award, and the recipients?
	What does 'MBE' mean, and who is this holding one?
	What does 'OBE' mean, and who is this wearing one?
	What does 'CBE' mean, and who is this receiving one?
	What is happening in this photo, and who is kneeling before HM Queen Elizabeth 11?
	Who is this, and what Queen's honour is she holding?
	Who is this, receiving the 'Companion Of Honour', and who is presenting it to him?

Song break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljm9CDRAhMQ

Which 1958 movie is this still taken from?

Round 3. TV

	Who has signed the cheque?
	What is this award called, and who awarded it?
	Who is this 'King Of The Jungle' winner, and for which show?
	Who is this winner, and for which show?
	For which TV quiz show is this the trophy?
	Name the quiz show, and name the presenter?
	Name the show, and the presenters?
	Who is this, and which award is he holding?
	Who is this, and which award is he holding?
	Who is this 'Glitter Ball' winner, and for which show?

Video break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epe_wmvYd_s

Song break - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXw8CRapg7k

Complete these top Queen hit song titles:

BOHEMIAN ********

UNDER ********

DON'T **** ** ***

CRAZY ****** ***** ****** ****

RADIO ** **

I WANT ** ***** ****

SOMEBODY ** ****

KILLER *****

A KIND ** *****

ANOTHER ONE ***** *** ****

SIMPLY THE BEST

Discuss with members what they are 'Simply The Best' at.

We all have unique skills and hidden talents. It might be having a nice singing voice, being a good Mum or Dad, having an arts or crafts background or telling a good story.

Even though we are all changing as we age, and some of us face more challenges than others, we need to keep reminding ourselves that we are the best and most authentic version of ourselves we can be at this time, and celebrate that.

So ... Have a go at helping members to make their Gold, Silver or Bronze medal for the thing that they are 'Simply The Best' at. It might just be "Being me!" and that is wonderful.

Here are a couple of medal templates to use for painting and drawing expressions of our best selves.