The founder of the Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, was really interested in education. He wanted the Games to be a celebration of mind, body and spirit and he developed a set of values. These values can be interpreted as:
- Respect - fair play; knowing one’s own limits; and taking care of one’s health and the environment
- Excellence - how to give the best of oneself, on the field of play or in life; taking part; and progressing according to one’s own objectives
- Friendship - how, through sport, to understand each other despite any differences
The Paralympic values are based on the history of the Paralympic Games and the tradition of fair play and honourable sports competition.
They are: - courage; - determination; - inspiration; and - equality
Potential Primary Research The groups below are some organisation which are educating with young school children about the olympics. This will benefit me and may want to particpate in there group to help me with my visual brand identity. Whilst i am there i have more knowledge, info and insight of the organsation it self. I could also do live interviews with them
Welcoming the World
Young people are already getting creative in thinking about how they will welcome the world to London.
We worked with Creative Partnerships London East and South to deliver a project called ‘Welcoming the World’ with schools in the five Host Boroughs - Hackney, Waltham Forest, Greenwich, Tower Hamlets and Newham.
The project encouraged young people in 19 schools across the five Host Boroughs to think about how they want to welcome the world to their communities in the run up to 2012. The schools worked with film, photography and music experts on one of two projects – a photography project called ‘My World’ and a film project called 'Our World'.
The project began in early 2008 and finished with a celebratory activity on 4 July 2008.
The project was funded by the Arts Council England through the Creative Partnerships initiative.
Get Set
Get Set is the official London 2012 education programme for schools, colleges and local authority education providers across the UK.
The Get Set website offers a huge variety of opportunities, with resources targeted at 3 - 19 year olds.
There is a whole range of flexible, interactive learning resources designed to get you thinking about the Olympic and Paralympic Values - with games, factsheets, films, news articles and much more.
More than one in ten schools and colleges are already registered with Get Set, and more sign up each day. Visit the Get Set website to access the full range of inspirational resources and see what other young people have already started doing.
Get Set aims to:
Provide young people in every school and college across the UK with the opportunity to get involved in the 2012 Games.
Support the promotion of the Olympic and Paralympic values.
Support and drive existing educational priorities and agendas.
Enhance young people’s learning right across the curriculum – through sport, culture and education.
Place young people at the heart of the process, involving them in project design, development and delivery.
Offer one coherent structure through which schools, colleges and local authority education providers can engage and connect with Games bodies.
Build excitement right across the UK in the lead up to the 2012 Games.
Showcase and celebrate examples of interesting, inspiring and innovative practice.
Provide opportunities for committed schools, colleges, children and young people to be rewarded, recognised and endorsed for their hard work.
Go further
Through Get Set you can also get access to other learning resources to support learning. These resources are being developed with our partners and will be based on themes including:
communication, colaboration and citizenship
healthy active living
culture and creativity
PE and sport
internationalism
sustainability and regeneration
enterprise
practical learning
Education Logo competition
For the first time, London 2012 is inviting young designers aged 16-21 years to create a new infill for the London 2012 Olympic logo. This special version of the logo will sit alongside the London 2012 Paralympic logo and be known as the London 2012 ‘education logo’. It will be seen in communities across the UK!
Live it. Breathe it. Design it.
Our challenge to talented young designers is to create a new infill that reflects the amibitions and excitement of Get Set, the official London 2012 education programme, and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
We are looking for a distinctive concept that fits with the London 2012 brand and its strategy of participation. What says 'education and young people' in the UK? Can you create a single design or image which reflects your ideas?
The winning design will be used by schools and colleges up and down the country and the winning designer will get the chance to work with London 2012 to see their artwork turned into an official logo!
There will be lots of opportunities for universities and their students to play their part in the London 2012 Games - many are already underway.
Ceremonies and Cultural Olympiad
Two students from Rose Bruford College and the University of Kent worked as Assistant Stage Managers on the Olympic and Paralympic Handover Ceremonies in Beijing. Fifteen students from the London College of Fashion designed the costumes worn by the dancers and performers including the stunning dress worn by Leona Lewis!
We are still planning for the Ceremonies that will take place in 2012 but in the meantime you can get involved in the Cultural Olympiad through the major projects and the creation of 'Inspire mark' projects.
Competitions
London 2012 and a number of our partners have plans to run competitions targeted at students studying at University. We’ll promote all these opportunities through this page on the website.
Have you got talent?
Anyone with the drive to succeed can apply for the chance to visit a destination that could kick start their career: www.greatbritons.ba.com
Many universities are hoping to be Pre-Games Training Camps venues, hosting teams in the run up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. The hosting of these international teams presents a huge opportunity to explore overseas links and volunteering opportunities
A number of students will be involved as Games-time volunteers. The official Volunteering Programme for the Games will be launched in Summer 2010 and more information will be available after that.
Above is a very good opportunity for me to get vital information to help me sucessed my project.
International
The London 2012 Games will inspire and engage young people from across the world.
London 2012 are developing a range of international learning opportunities to make this happen:
1. International Inspiration
An international sport development programme is already helping to transform the lives of millions of children and young people in schools and communities across the world, especially in developing countries, by giving them better PE lessons and sport and play opportunities.
There are ten countries involved in the programme so far: Azerbaijan, Brazil, India, Palau, Zambia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Jordan, Mozambique and Trinidad and Tobago.
From 2011 young people all over the world will have the chance to engage in a conversation about the Olympic and Paralympic Values.
This programme is being developed with our partners – the best in the broadcasting and charitable sectors. There will be more information available over the coming months.
3. The International Olympic Youth Camp
In additional to these international programmes, which we are planning to run in the build up to the Games, we will also run an cultural exchange programme during the Games themselves - the international Olympic Youth Camp .
Two young people from every competing nation will be selected by their National Olympic Committee and invited to travel to London to take part in the Olympic Youth Camp. These young people will be official member of the Olympic Family and will stay in a special venue close to the Olympic Park.
Olympic Youth Camp participants will take part in a range of sporting and cultural activities, exploring the Olympic Values and UK culture, interacting with young people from across the UK and experiencing the excitement and atmosphere of an Olympic Games. There has been a Youth Camp at almost every summer Olympic Games since 1960.
We are currently working to identify a venue for the Camp and more information will be available here soon.
The London 2012 Children's Promise scheme pledged to provide every child born in the UK on 20 December 2004 the opportunity to play a role in a ceremony or event surrounding the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Our Culture and Ceremonies teams are still planning for all the events that will take place in 2012 so we can't tell you exactly what role the children will play but we will let you know soon.
Meet our Children's Promise kids
In December 2008 our Children's Promise kids were four years old. Each year we mark their birthdays in a different way. In 2008 we sent them a London 2012 t-shirt and asked them to send us a picture of them doing something sporty.
Already registered?
If you have already registered with Children's Promise don't forget to keep your contact details up to date. If you have moved house or changed your phone number or email address then let us know.
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