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A vast clean-up operation has taken place on the Olympic Park site and almost 200 buildings have been demolished to clear the site for construction.
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Calderglen's motto 'Excellence through Unity' reflects their community ethos and existing links with Sanderson High School, a specialist school for children with additional support needs.
Students also took part in the Bank of Scotland National School Sports Week and the Calderglen Games was another way of helping them find sports they enjoy! The Calderglen Games was planned in conjunction with an event organised by their South African partner School, Mount View High. Students from both schools are involved in a joint leadership development programme supported by the International Inspiration programme.
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27 January 2009: The first section of the Stadium roof is fitted into place on top of the Stadium's steel seating rakers.
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Robert Smyth Academy run a Paralympic Week every year. In all core PE sessions, sixth form sports leaders run sessions on goalball and sitting volleyball. They also run interhouse tournaments in these activities. Assemblies carrying the Olympic and Paralympic theme and their associated Values are delivered to all students in the academy. The local wheelchair basketball club Leicester Cobras have ran workshops for students and current or former Paralympic athletes have given presentations. The school also runs Paralympic themed house matches.
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On the busiest days of the Games, up to 500,000 spectators and around 50,000 athletes will need transport. We are improving transport infrastructure to meet this demand. Many of these improvements will be finished before 2012 and will benefit commuters.
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Men’s 200m Individual Medley (SM6)
Men’s 100m Breaststroke (SB7)
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Men’s 1km Time Trial (LC3-4)
Men’s Individual Pursuit (LC3)
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Archery - Men’s Individual Open Compound
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Team GB enjoyed record-breaking success at the Beijing Olympic Games. This map shows how the gold medals were won - and where our new Olympic champions come from in the UK.
Congratulations to all our silver and bronze medallists too!
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Dundonald Primary thoroughly deserved their visit from Olympic Mascot Wenlock after they revamped their sports day to incorporate the Olympic and Paralympic Values and made the day more inclusive.
Wenlock had a great day- he joined a whole school assembly and loved presenting pupils with Values Certificates for living one or more of the Olympic and Paralympic Values on the school sports day. Wenlock later took part in the sports festival- learning judo and cricket and even cheering on dance competitions. He made lots of new friends and had a great time in Northern Ireland!
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This public 'live site' is one of eight that have been created at locations across the UK.
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Young Ambassador Hannah, from Chase Terrace Technology College has been doing a fantastic job of organising sports festivals for pupils from right across Burntwood.
In July 2008 Hannah organised a multi sport festival based on the Olympic and Paralympic Values. She involved more than 200 students of all ages. This year she is planning to invite local primary school children to a 'Dance Factor' event!
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15 July 2008: adidas unveiled an exhibition of photography celebrating the athletes competing in Beijing. Each athlete is pictured in a setting that has inspired them in their chosen sport.
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Proving that learners with Special Educational Needs don't always need things done for them, ten students from Wilson Stuart School organised a sports festival for children in their local mainstream primary school.
<a href="http://getset.london2012.com/educators/case-studies/case-study-wilson-stuart-school-and-sports-college">Find out more about how the sports festival was organised</a>.
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adidas is encouraging young people in London 2012's Host Boroughs to get involved in sport at free 'adiZones'. So far, five of the giant outdoor multi-sport areas have been created - one in each of London 2012's Host Boroughs.
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On September 17 2008, the Paralympic Games started their journey home to the UK. We staged a fun and inspiring Handover Ceremony in Beijing as the 2008 Paralympic Games closed.
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26-28 September 2008: The Open Weekend marked the start of London's Cultural Olympiad. More than 650 inspiring cultural events were held across the UK.
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A new permanent facility on the edge of the Lee Valley Regional Park, Hertfordshire, with a 300m competition course.
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Loughborough University
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As part of the process of getting the Olympic Park site ready, archaeological investigations took place on the sites of the 'big five' permanent venues. This picture shows them at work on the Aquatics Centre site.
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Eleanor Simmonds was born with achondroplasia or dwarfism, and has been swimming since she was five. At 13 she was the youngest member of the British team in Beijing and became our second youngest British Paralympic Champion ever!
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Students from across a School Sport Partnership gathered at Chelmsford Sports and Athletics Centre to hear from a top athlete, take part in a range of Paralympic sports, see a gymnastics display and watch the Handover ceremony live from Beijing.
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Twenty young leaders and Young Ambassadors, Reglan and Will, held a Year 4 Multi-skills Festival at Haygrove School in Somerset.
Sixty pupils from six local primary schools took part in eight events including hockey, basketball, tri-golf, hurdles, sprinting and long jump. The pupils' aim was to achieve 1000 points by counting up the amount of baskets they scored, centimetres they jumped, hockey goals, tri-golf points scored and the number of seconds they ran in the sprint and hurdles event!
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In 2012, the Olympic Village will be home to over 14,000 athletes and officials during the Olympic Games and 4,200 during the Paralympic Games. They will find everything they need while they are there.
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Students from Eirias High School in Wales want to build 'Excell', a centre dedicated to the teaching of Parkour (free running). The centre could provide safe training in this new sport for all people over 14 years who would like to learn.
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In West London there are a total of 35 Young Leaders from across Surrey, Spelthorne, Hounslow, Hillingdon and Wandsworth.
The Young Leaders will all work with a BP coach recruited from their Sunbury-on-Thames offices.
The Young Leaders will work together to design, develop and implement volunteering projects to benefit their local communities.
The local co-ordinator for West London is Paula Greene
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Students from Matthew Arnold School wanted to create 'The Olympian', a magazine aimed at promoting the Olympic and Paralympic Values. The magazine could aim to raise interest in the London 2012 Games and inspire others to take up sport and get more involved in their local community.
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Every year until 2012, Lloyds TSB will be providing support to 250 young athletes based in communities around the UK. The programme, called Local Heroes, aims to help participants on the journey to London 2012 and beyond. It was launched by GB Olympic Champion Jonathan Edwards on London's Millennium Bridge.
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London became the next Summer Olympic Games Host City on 24 August 2008, when the Beijing 2008 Games closed. Millions of people around the UK joined together to celebrate London becoming the official Host City for the Summer Olympic Games.
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The Aquatics Centre (referred to as Aquatics/Water Polo on the application form) will be the venue for Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and the Aquatics discipline of the Modern Pentathlon during the Olympic Games. It will host Paralympic Swimming during the Paralympic Games. <a href="http://www.london2012.com/games/venues/aquatics-centre.php">Read more about the Aquatics Centre.</a>
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Year 11s from Tuxford School started a lunch time rugby club for year 8 pupils and combined it with a 20 minute one-to-one reading lesson. The project has helped to improve reading standards!
Tuxford are sharing their experiences with Colegio Estadual Humberto Mendes in Brazil, who are running a similar project to help their students get better at maths.
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Girls, displaced children, children living in institutions and disabled children are being reached across seven districts in Azerbaijan. <a href="http://www.london2012.com/get-involved/education/international-inspiration/where-is-it-happening/azerbaijan.php">Read more about International Inspiration in Azerbaijan.</a>
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Lizzie is one of the most motivated and determined pupils that I have met. She does her absolute best at everything she undertakes. While she is an all rounder blessed with many talents she doesnt take these for granted and works hard to seize all opportunities. Lizzie is disciplined in her swimming training (18 hours per week) and she always strives to improve. She has 8 county times and her regioanl time in the 200m breaststroke ranks her 13th in the region. She has won the U16 Lyme Regis Fun Run and was 1st in the U13 Open Water CobbSwim. Lizzie also sings and plays the piano(Grade 4) and writes poetry. Lizzie balances her time as an academic scholar and a competitive swimmer with zest. Lizzie is deserving of this honour and she does all this in good spirits and always with a smile on her face.
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Ella is a sporty, lively and happy girl with a love of playing football and being involved in sport in and out of school. She is friendly, likable and engaged at all times, always putting others before herself, this while dealing with the tragic death of her mother last summer with courage and resourcefulness. She is a strong and reliable friend to other members of her year group and demonstrates excellence in all that she does. Her courage and efforts demand the respect of her peers and the adults she works with, she is an excellent representative of Arnold Hill Academy and the Get Set network and would be worthy of this great honor.
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As part of the process of getting the Olympic Park site ready, archaeological investigations took place on the sites of the five new permanent venues. This picture shows them at work on the Aquatics Centre site.
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Sport: Boccia
Dan was first introduced to Boccia at Treloar College in Hampshire and he has now been involved in the sport for 12 years. His proudest moment in competition was winning the gold medal in Beijing in 2008.
<a href="http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/daniel-bentley">Find out more<a>
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Hugh is a very hardworking, polite and enthusiastic pupil. He has a real determination to succeed and gets on with things without making a fuss. Hugh loves sport and plays to a high standard both in and out of school for basketball and football. He gets on well with everyone, and shows great respect for his sport and fellow players. When he smiles, he can light up the room. Hugh is the perfect candidate to represent the school as an Olympic Torch Bearer. He would not only be doing this for himself but also for his family. Hugh and his older sister have achieved and maintained normal school life whilst supporting their brother through his fight and on-going treatment of cancer. This has shown the strength and determination of his character to try to maintain a normal life during this difficult time. This takes courage of someone so young. He truly is an inspiration to his peers.
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During the course of this year a pupil, who had left his previous school due to bullying issues, joined our school. When he arrived at the school this pupil had a clear lack of confidence and was very nervous. Without any prompting, Liam took the pupil 'under his wing' and ensured he has settled into our school. This new pupil has now higher self-esteem of himself and a circle of friends, both of which he did not have previously. This is only possible because of the friendship shown by Liam. Within the classroom Liam has forged excellent relationships with his teachers, whom he clearly respects, and he is continually producing work of the highest quality. Liam is also a well-respected member of the school football team- a sport he excels in and enjoys. Liam is a pupil who is well liked and respected by staff and students.
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At Hordle Primary, the whole school is dividing up to represent 10 countries. They are going to make a large flag for their chosen country. They then plan on composing a few lines to sing along to the mascot song On A Rainbow Olympic to record and edit so that the whole school are miming in the video. They will also make non-fiction books based on a country, and have a sharing assembly at the end of the day, where children can find out about the other countries.
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Columbia Primary School, Bethnal Green, got involved with the %u2018Welcoming the World%u2019 project to show the world where they lived. Year 4 Emerald Class made a fantastic film shown at the Paralympic Games handover ceremony in Beijing.
<a href="http://getset.london2012.com/your-space/welcoming-the-world">Read more about this work</a>.
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From his first day in St. Colms Jon identified himself as a remarkable young man. He excelled during our induction/team building day. He displayed qualities of mutual respect, friendship, kindness and empathy with his new classmates. He is often the first to volunteer to help with any activity both inside and outside the classroom. In his Science recycling project he produced a compost container for food waste. He made a presentation to the whole class demonstrating confidence and enthusiasm for the task. His peers voted him the overall winner.
Jon is a keen sportsman, he signed up for our Under 14 Hurling team. He attended all training sessions working very hard to be the best he could be. Jon played a vital role in the success of this team reaching the Ulster Colleges Final. He always has a smile and a pleasant word for all.
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Thomas has an inspirational attitude to life. He is always positive, polite, with a lovely smile and a can-do attitude, rising to any challenge with determination and cheeriness despite a disability that makes everyday activties a daunting prospect. To see him out on the rugby pitch is enlightening for everyone, the way he does push himself to keep up with all the able bodied students and thoroughly enjoys himself while doing it. He gives 100% at all times, never complains, is appreciative of any help and support he gets and is truly inspirational to us of how a positive attitude means you can triumph over any adversity. He is accepting of his disability and works with it to ensure he gets out of life, he gets on with having a good time with his friends and giving his all in lessons. He is a truly wonderful young man.
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In 2012, the Olympic Village will be home to over 14,000 athletes and officials during the Olympic Games and 4,200 during the Paralympic Games. They will find everything they need while they are there.
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Ellie Simmonds, Paralympic Gold Medallist, visited Long Eaton Secondary School to see its gardening club and sensory garden.
As a part of her visit she also heard about other work the school have done including: inviting the local community to enviornmental days, building a pond to attract water vole and opening their school grounds to the public!
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The London 2012 Olympic Stadium marks the start of a new approach to design and engineering of stadia.
This is an artist's impression of the Stadium at night.
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City College Norwich staged a spectacular Wind, Water and Wheels event for the local community outside Chapelfield Shopping Centre in July 2009 as part of the London 2012 Open Weekend.
Students from the College encouraged members of the public to think about their health and fitness, giving visitors and shoppers the opportunity to have their Body Mass Index (BMI) measured, take a handheld body fat test, have their blood pressure tested and undergo a general fitness check. The main emphasis was on having fun and finding out about new activities for a healthier and more active lifestyle!
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Sport:Boxing
Date of Birth: 25/12/88
Lives: Barry
Born: Barry
Height: 162.00
Weight: 52.00
Club: Splott ABC
Coach: Pat Mahoney
Nickname: The Welsh Wizard
Hero: Mike Tyson
Fav. Film: The Goonies
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The programme involved the initial set up of a Student Olympic Committee who had the task of planning, organising and running the swimming gala. The event was targeted at Year 7 students from secondary schools across Lincoln. The students made contact with a variety of outside agencies to help with the smooth running of the event. The students also managed to secure a visit from former Olympic medal winner Adam Whitehead, adding the wow factor to the event and showing a great deal of innovative thought! Participants at the gala took part in a number of challenges testing their teamwork and communication skills.
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In September 2011 Callum was savagely attacked by a dog. The dog bit at Callum%u2019s hands and chest and, when Callum fell while trying to get away, the dog viciously mauled his head. Callum had to have 46 stitches in the back and side of his head and 23 stitches in his face. Despite the psychological effects of the attack, and still being in considerable discomfort, Callum returned to school after just two weeks. He was determined not to let the incident have a negative effect on his life and wanted to return to normal, and his studies, as soon as possible. Callum did this successfully - his assessments reflect maximum effort in lessons and commendable achievement. Callum states that he feels inspired by the determination of the Olympic athletes to succeed, and by the Paralympic team who he feels don%u2019t let their problems get in the way of what they want. Callum is committed to Sport being a keen footballer %u2013 he plays for the school Y7 team and for the %u2018Hall Road Rangers%u2019 outside school. Callum%u2019s Head of House states, %u201CCallum is always smiling, caring and kind. He continues to inspire me and his peers. It would be great to see this young man rewarded for demonstrating such resilience through very difficult times.%u201D
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A group of students from Skinners Company School for Girls in Hackney ran and organised an Olympic themed carnival for over 150 of their local primary school pupils. The event celebrated the ethnically diverse mix of the Hackney area, whilst teaching pupils about the Olympic and Paralympic Values. A number of workshops were run on the day by the students to develop enterprise skills and capabilities. These included: an Olympic trade fair, a mini Paralympics and a cultural exhibition.
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Students aged 14-16 years developed the concept for 'Jump Through Hoops'. The initiative would provide e-learning materials for students in the form of education raps. Students could download these raps onto their MP3 players and study in a fun and mobile way!
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Students from Highcliffe School want to create a swipe card aimed at students in years 7-11. Each student will be given their own personal 'Scan and Play' swipe card which they could use every time they participate in a sport.
This idea earned Highcliffe School third place in the 2008 Make Your Mark Challenge!
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Abbie is an amiable and hardworking pupil who is always positive in her outlook towards life and sport. She has respect for herself, her peers and her teachers and is always willing to help others who are less able than herself. Abbie regularly represents the school in netball and plays tennis outside of school. She knows how to give her best and how important health and fitness are. She is a well liked and respected member of the school and has excellent relationships with her peers. Despite being young, Abbie is already showing excellent leadership skills and is confident when working individually, as part of a group and leading and organising sessions. Abbie's father was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and she has shown great courage when dealing with this. She remains positive and dedicated to her education and to her sports.
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Andwinese, a Young Ambassador from Old-field School in Bath, got creative with a team of other students to produce a photo montage of different sporting activities that spanned 1000 hours!
The montage showed a whole range of sports, including dance, athletics, netball, hockey, football, and judo, with back and white sporting images used to highlight the number 1000.
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Students from across the London Borough gathered as part of a three day Paralympic sports event. They were joined by Paralympians Giles Long and Elaine Barrett and Team Visa Apprentice Natasha Baker who is a 2012 hopeful.
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Luke is an extremely determined and courageous student who constantly strives for excellence. Since joining Magnus School in September he has trained hard and represented the school extensively at both rugby and football. He works hard in all lessons across the school and has proven a quiet yet well respected role model amongst his friends and peers. Luke manages to support everything the school has to offer; particularly within PE and Sport, on top of his considerable commitments for Lincoln City Football Academy and the challenges he faces with regular trips to hospital for skin graft treatments to his head. Take this week for example, on top of his usual football academy training and matches he has fully engaged in our January running by returning to the school fields each night to complete lap after lap of the course. If that was not enough, he is also due in London for the day on Thursday to have yet another operation. Luke deserves this opportunity, not only for his on-going achievements despite the challenges he faces but, most importantly, for the modest and undiscerning manner in which he continues to do so.
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The well-known exhibition centre, which hosts hundreds of international events each year, will be transformed into a 15,000-seat indoor Volleyball arena for the 2012 Games.
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adiZones are free and accessible for all the community to use. There are floodlit basketball, football and tennis facilities, an outdoor gym (pictured), a climbing wall and an open area for dancing and practicing gymnastics.
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University of Bath
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Seascale School will be celebrating World Sport Day by inviting parents and members of the local community to a special event called 'Let's Celebrate'. They have held this event for the past two years, but this year they will adapt the day to make it more relevant to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The children are in coloured sports teams which have been given country names. They will hold an opening ceremony parade of all athletes (aka children!) outside in the school grounds. The children will compete in track and field events and parents will spectate with flags and banners to support the different teams.
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Disaffected students at the Minster School and Escola Conego Olimpio Torres are working on a project to improve their self-confidence, tolerance and team work. At the Minster 24 year 10 and 11 students have started a sports leadership award while in Brazil students have been learning how to referee and how to build sports equipment from recycled materials.
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Spurred on by 'Who Do We Think We Are?', Lent Rise Combined School spent one lesson a day for a week exploring their cultural, geographical and personal identities. Children investigated their family trees and discovered interesting family stories.
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Ben Rushgrove first got into athletics when he was introduced to the sport by his PE teacher at school. He has broken the 200m world record and is a Paralympic medallist.
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Sport: Boxing
Date of Birth: 15/10/89
Lives: London
Born: Watford
Height: 198.00
Weight: 91.00
Club: Finchley ABC
Coach: Sean Murphy
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Track Cyclist Kevin is training six days a week. He has been on the Local Heroes programme since the age of 16 and says the best part of being a cyclist is seeing the hard work pay off.
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Archery - Women’s Individual Open Compound
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Maddie truly inspires others. She is extremely polite, kind & caring with an infectious smile. Maddie has achieved so much in her young life & is a real credit to herself, her friends/family and Penrice.
<a href="http://getset.london2012.com/en/the-games/about-london-2012/the-london-2012-torch-relays/get-set-network-torchbearers-1">Check out more Get Set network torchbearers<a>
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Mandeville had a fantastic visit to Hereford 6th Form College on 2nd July. The College won their visit following the launch of their Leadership Academy which encourages students to assist with local sporting events in the community. One of their projects is organising and running the Hereford Youth Games- held on the day of Mandeville's special visit! Students worked hard in planning the event to live the Values- they invited all the Primary schools in the County and had over 1,300 pupils attend the day- brilliant! Mandeville enjoyed awarding pledge certificates to pupils and joined in with the warm-up as the children prepared to compete. Over 80 volunteers from surrounding secondary schools and the community helped run the day- an incredible effort.
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In a country prone to flooding, more than 250,000 children are learning survival swimming through International Inspiration. <a href="http://www.london2012.com/get-involved/education/international-inspiration/where-is-it-happening/bangladesh.php">Read more about International Inspiration in Bangladesh.</a>
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London 2012's 'live sites' show events from the Games and act as a local stage for sporting and cultural activities.
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A whole team of Young Ambassadors, led by Marta, Joshua and Joanna, have been helping children across their Partnership to 'live the Olympic and Paralympic Values'. They have been visiting primary schools and running assemblies, created a Staffordshire Moorlands Sporting Oath which pupils sign up to before any competition, and are even writing their own curriculum pack! <a href="http://getset.london2012.com/assets-uploaded/documents/Staffordshire_YAs.ppt">View their Powerpoint presentation</a>.
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Ashlyn strives to achieve her best possible performance in all areas of sport and PE. She is captain of both the netball and hockey teams and is always prepared to encourage those around her. She is an extremely gifted sportswoman but she is also very modest and always prepared to listen to advice. She is a very popular student amongst her peers and she is very respectful both of peers and to her teachers. As captain of netball and hockey she can always be relied upon to fulfil her role with efficiency and enthusiasm. Ashlyn has also achieved a high standard of performance in athletics where she has demonstrated an all round ability in both track and field events. Ashlyn is an extremely positive pupil who thoroughly deserves this opportunity.
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Southwold Primary School is testing a new system that aims to make the school greener by helping them control their heating better.
The school also has a vegetable garden which double Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell recently helped out in on a visit to promote Green Britain Day.
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Sport: Boccia
David is currently ranked as the world no. 2 and was part of the gold medal winning BC1/BC2 Team at his first Paralympic Games in Beijing 2008.
<a href="http://www.paralympics.org.uk/gb/athletes/david-smith">Find out more<a>
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Women’s 1km Time Trial (B&VI)
Women’s Individual Pursuit (B &VI)
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Megan is a young sportswoman thriving for excellence at all times. Her determination to achieve this has been inspirational to many. Magan was crowned as the Mini Masters golf Champion at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport at the age of 11, which is an amazing achievement. Recently, Megan has also gained acclaim in hockey. Since beginning Ysgol Tregib Megan has represented the hockey team, where she utilises her skills and knowledge to encourage her friends to improve. Megan has developed many friendships both within the school and the local community treating all with equality. Her ability to create friendships is also down to the total respect she shows for individuals in a sporting and community environment. Megan has learnt very early to overcome the social challenge of following friends or following her dreams. Her ambition to achieve excellence means she has learnt to prioritise her wants and needs.
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Women’s 100m Freestyle (S6)
Women’s 400m Freestyle (S6)
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16 A level geography students had a behind the scenes tour of the London 2012 Olympic Park. The tour was one of the highlights of a week long geography summer school run by the Royal Geographical Society. This scheme gives students, who have never had such opportunities before, the chance to experience high quality fieldwork.
Harry Mooney from All Saints Catholic School in Dagenham said seeing the site first hand was 'something you don't get to see everyday, how they are building it and the vast scale of it. I felt excited seeing it happen and I'm looking forward to seeing the Games and being able to use the facilities afterwards. I will be able to incorporate this research into my geography studies next year.'
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In central London, 40,000 people - including record-breaking Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps - watched the Olympic Handover Ceremony as part of a free live concert in the Mall.
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James is viewed by his peers, teachers, neighbours and beyond as a truly inspirational figure. He is an excellent, modest, giving young person who has pushed himself beyond his personal best. He is very generous in his praise of others. James has represented his year group giving informative speeches to primary school children and their parents. He has been instrumental in building and maintaining links with our local primary schools. James values everyone without prejudice, treating others with infectious equality and respect. He gladly befriends those on the periphery in school, ensuring no one is isolated.
James has an inherent love of all sports, participating with boundless enthusiasm and commitment in his local GAA and soccer clubs. Beyond his sporting endeavours, James succeeds in other areas such as fund raising and playing guitar. He truly deserves his moment to shine and will thrive in the role of Olympic Torch bearer.
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In Stoke Mandeville, where the Paralympic Movement began in 1948, these young people were among thousands who celebrated the Paralympic Handover in schools and colleges around the UK.
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Kai has had a variety of set backs in his young life including asthma, eczema and various hospital visits following an operation to remove one of his kidneys in 2004. None of this seems to get to him, and he continues to approach sport and exercise (indeed all aspects of school life) with hard work and determination. Despite these set backs, Kai has attended every games session, where he gives 100% to everything he does. He asked to join rugby training where he enjoys the skills sessions, despite the fact he will never get to play, as he is not able to participate in full contact rugby. The highlight of this past year for Kai was representing the school under 15 football team against an Australian touring side, where despite being the youngest player on the pitch, he played a large part in a well earned victory. He is an inspiration to us all.
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9 October 2008: Workers help a crane to erect steel seating rakers on the second tier of the Stadium.
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To raise awareness of the Paralympic Games, Thornden school held a Paralympic morning with Paralympic swimmer Peter Hull MBE and Bronwin Carter, GB Paralympic throws coach. Activities offered included wheelchair basketball, sitting table tennis, volleyball, visually impaired football, running, archery, tennis, goalball, boccia and new age curling. The day began with a Paralympic and disability awareness presentation for year 8 students before they tried a selection of activities which year 9 students helped organize. Adult volunteers assisted from a range of organisations including WAMDSAD, Amputees in Action, Ability Vs Ability, EFDS, Blind Association, the FA, BBS Archery and England Athletics.
It was a fantastic event and the school now include Paralympic sports in their mainstream PE curriculum.
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As part of the 'Who Do We Think We Are?' programme, Tong High School worked with Rewind %u2013 an organisation dedicated to exposing the myths around the issues of %u2018race%u2019 and racism. As a result of the project there have been fewer incidents of conflict.
<a href="http://getset.london2012.com/educators/case-studies/educators-case-study-tong-high-school">Find out more about what students from Tong High School have been doing</a>.
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Newer buildings that had to be removed were dismantled rather than demolished. These steel-framed buildings were taken down by hand and will be reconstructed elsewhere.
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The first finds on the Park included a World War II gun emplacement, Roman river walls and this Roman coin. The coin has been dated between AD 330-335, the reign of Emperor Constantine.
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The Basketball Arena will host Basketball and the final stages of the Handball competition during the Olympic Games. Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby will be held here during the Paralympic Games. It is the largest temporary venue in the Olympic Park. <a href="http://www.london2012.com/games/venues/basketball-arena.php">Read more about the Basketball Arena</a>
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Stratford Regional Station will be the main gateway to the Olympic Park - an estimated 120,000 people will use it each morning during the busiest days of the Games. We are investing £100m to upgrade the station, increasing capacity and accessibility.
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Olympic Champions including Marlon Devonish (pictured) launched the Open Weekend by running through the Tate Britain gallery in London to form part of a work of performance art.
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Multiple World Champion and Olympic Games gold and silver medallist, Chris Hoy was photographed in the grounds of Edinburgh Castle, in the city where he was born and started cycling aged seven on a BMX.
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The Young Leaders from East London are all recruited from the five host Olympic and Paralympic Boroughs. In total there are 35 Young Leaders from each of the 5 host Boroughs, (Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest, Hounslow, Tower Hamlets.)
The Young Leaders will work together to design, develop and implement volunteering projects designed to benefit their local communities.
The local co-ordinator for East London is Simon Stevens
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Road Cycling, Women's Mass Start.
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Athletes from over 200 competing nations will use the Olympic Stadium during the course of the 2012 Games.
Over one million people will visit the Stadium to watch the action.
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The rooms will be fully accessible and take into account other needs %u2013 for example, extra long beds for the taller athletes like rowers and handball players.
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Get Set was an opportunity to build on existing links with Chadsgrove Special School, a local physical disability school.
Catshill and Chadsgrove's big event has been their 1000 days to go celebration, marking the time left until the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The day included a once in a lifetime opportunity to be joined by double bronze medal-winning Paralympian, Richard White.
Students experienced the excitement of trying out the Paralympic sports of Boccia and Curling and watching a Wheelchair Basketball game
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The rooms will be fully accessible and take into account other needs – for example, extra-long beds for the taller athletes like rowers and handball players.
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The first finds on the Park included a World War II gun emplacement, Roman river walls and this Roman coin. The coin has been dated between AD 330-335, the reign of Emperor Constantine.
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A 5,000-seat dining room will serve food catering to all tastes and dietary needs, throughout the day. Plus there will be more informal places to eat, including cafes.
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During the Games the Stadium will have a total of 80,000 seats in the upper and lower tiers. After the Games, the upper tier will be removed leaving 25,000 seats.
This picture shows each of the sections in the design.