'Get Set': The 2012 Educational Programme
Summary
- Get Set is the
official London 2012 education programme for schools, colleges and
other education providers in the UK.
- It is primarily aimed at 3-19 year olds across the UK.
- Get Set has been designed for use by children and young people
and educators.
- Get Set is driven by an interactive Website (www.london2012.com/getset).
It provides children and young people across the UK with the chance
to learn about the Olympic and Paralympic Values and the London
2012 Games
- Get Set is not curriculum specific. It does not provide lesson
plans or curriculum packs but instead provides a range of flexible
tools which can be used in classroom, assembly, extended school or
other settings.
Special 2012 'Learning
brand'
- If your application to be part of the network is successful,
your school/college will be recognised and rewarded for the
excellent work you are already doing. Your school/college will be
able to gain access to the special London 2012 'learning brand' –
the first time in the history of the Games that learning
establishments have been recognised in this way.
Who can
register?
- The programme will run from now until the Games in 2012
- Complete the form on the Teacher
registration page.
- Almost 90% of the site is still available without logging in.
You can also register your interest so that you can receive monthly
e-newsletters
- If your institution's have difficulty registering, please
contact the Get Set Website (email: registration.education@london2012.com
)
Potential
Benefits
- 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 - no matter
what they are inspired by
Case Studies
Local Get Set
Activity
- Northwick Manor Primary School
- Lord Coe Visit (30th April 2009): A day of activities were
organised ranging from art, history, Get Set activities and
orienteering, to street dance, drumming, a talk from a blind
footballer, circus skills, gymnastics and the Museum on the
Move
- The school is developing a three year plan which will see it
adopting the values of Raising Our Game (Olympic and Paralympic
values) between now and 2012 as a platform for learning.
- Droitwich Spa High School
- Using sport/Olympic theme for whole school ethos – Olympic
Enterprise/Learning Day:
- Physical activity challenge; Cooking challenge; ICT Challenge;
Art Challenge; Design and build challenge
Get Set Website
Tools
- Films – the site currently offers films featuring: interviews with young Olympic
and Paralympic athletes (including Tom Daley, Shanaze Reade and
Shelley Woods); young
people who work for London 2012; construction workers on the
Olympic Park;
information about the Paralympic Games; Beijing 2008
highlights; and, interesting facts and figures about previous
Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Games – the
site provides a range of interactive games focused on the Values
and tailored to different age groups (eg. 3-5yrs or 16-19 yrs).
These games are designed for whole class or individual use and are
designed to help young people understand the Values and think about
what they mean.
- Activity ideas – these are designed to encourage young people
to consider what the Olympic and Paralympic Values and London 2012
Games mean to them, to their school / college and to their local
community
- The Get Set map
– through the map, LOCOG will profile the wide range of activity
that is taking place in schools and colleges across the UK,
inspired by the 2012 Games. Different versions of the map also
provide information about LOCOG's plans and progress. For example,
there is a map about the Archaeology of the Olympic Park, a map
about Paralympic Handover and a map explaining what an athlete's
life during the Games will be like.
- An Educators
section - this section is designed for teachers, senior
managers and practitioners and provides case studies and ideas for
how Get Set could be used to enhance young people's learning.
- The site also provides a range of other tools including polls,
debate ideas and the latest news from London 2012.
- 'Go Further' - Get Set also provides a section
called 'Go
Further'. Projects contained within this section include:
'Young
Ambassadors'; 'Make your Mark
Challenge' and EDF Energy's
'The Pod.'
Contacts
Links
What should you look out for
in 2009?
- There will be lots of new resources, events and opportunities
in 2009. These include:
- A whole host of new resources in each of the 'Go Further'
themes of the Get Set Website
- New films, games and activity ideas on the main Get Set
Website
- The launch of the Get Set network in early 2009. First
applications for the Get Set network will be received in the Summer
term of 2009.
- LOCOG will also be running competitions and draws throughout
the year to encourage institutions to register and
share their work
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