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2010
2012 Comenius Partnership
All
about Me, All about You, All about Us
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Comenius Project 2010-12
'Don't Just Sit There Join In!'
The next stage of our Project was discussed and
agreed at our meeting at St Philip and St James CofE
Primary School in Oxford 18 22 May 2011
Before Marseille
(in 3 languages) in September 2011
1. History
of famous Olympians
2. Research past Olympic Games from own country
3. Ancient Olympics
4. Baron de Coubertin
5. Research famous Olympians from own country
6. Logo for School & Project
7. Inter-school Olympic Games:
Skipping hour: how many skips in 1 minute
Shuttle relay race 20m x 4
Long distance throwing beanbag backwards
over head
Table tennis rally 3 metres apart from
bat to bat, no bounce
Sack race 10m
Basketball how many hoops?
Results: Website via Bob
Take photos of training, etc to Marseille
Manchester email links
cathylouisegill@googlemail.com
holly-richards@hotmail.co.uk
After Marseille
Tracksuit
/ T-shirt designs
Anthem
Guidebook for London
In 2012 the Olympic Games will be held in Europe -
in London. Baron de Coubertin the founder of the
modern Games was quite clear that elite sport was
only half of the equation; it was also vital to
remember the role that sport and activity can play
in childrens healthy, positive development.
His stated aims for the Olympic movement have much
more to do with education than sport:
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the balanced
development of the body, will and mind
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the joy
found in effort
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the
educational value of being a good role model
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respect for
universal ethics including tolerance,
generosity, unity, friendship,
non-discrimination and respect for others.
We wish to develop a project based around these
Olympic ideals. All schools serve varying
communities and are responsible for educating
children who will live, work and be active in
countries which are becoming more diverse in terms
of culture, faith, ethnicity and social backgrounds.
Through their ethos and curriculum and the unifying
ideals of the Olympic Games, schools can promote a
common sense of identity and support diversity,
showing pupils that different communities can work
together to develop a coherent, successful and
healthy future for Europe.
A partnership 'Olympic Festival' planned and
organised by the pupils to be held in 2012 - using
information and communications technology to link
the event live across participating schools.
The Festival would extend beyond sport to include
children's games, music, cookery, poetry and
writing, art and design.
www.dontjustsitthere.org.uk FOC meets online
every two weeks throughout the project.
As the schools prepare for the 'Olympic Festival'
they exchange information, building collective
knowledge about the participants through the
Partnership interactive Website.
Publications to include:
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A guide to
preparing for the 'Olympic Festival' - e.g. food
and diet, training, tips to improve performance
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A guidebook
of useful words and phrases for visitors to the
'Olympic Village'
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A tourist
guidebook for each country
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Book of
local traditions, festivals and celebrations
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A CD/DVD of
traditional music, songs and dances from each
country
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A compendium
of playground and street games
Design and Technology Projects to include:
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Virtual/Model Olympic Festival Village
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Flags and
banners for the 'Opening Ceremony'
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Clothes
design for the participants - tracksuits,
uniforms
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Olympic
souvenirs and memorabilia
The pupils will be challenged to engage their local
business communities in securing sponsorship and
support for the books/materials they produce and
sell.
All profits from the publication and sale of books
and resources will go to community based charities
nominated by the pupils - these charities to support
the removal of barriers to any child's participation
in sports and activities.
David How
Headteacher Beaver Road Primary School
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