Games Legacy for Scotland

August 22nd, 2011

Forest Pitch Football Strip Design Competition

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Design a football strip for Forest Pitch!

Education Scotland and Forest Pitch are working in partnership to offer all primary age children in Scotland an opportunity to design the football strips for an exciting project connected with London 2012.

Forest Pitch is the only Scottish project in Artists Taking The Lead, a major part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, and is also part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad. The Cultural Olympiad uses art and culture to welcome the world, to inspire young people and to create a lasting legacy.

Scottish artist Craig Coulthard, supported by funding from Creative Scotland will be creating a full size football pitch hidden deep within woodland in the Scottish Borders. In July 2012, two games will take place on this pitch, one between men and one between women. The players will all be amateurs, resident in Scotland, over the age of 18. In addition they will all be people who have become British citizens since the year 2000. After these games, the pitch will be left to grow back, and become a living relic of the events that took place in the woods.

The project explores a range of themes: national identity and belonging, what it means to be a citizen, how personal and shared memories and myths are created, the power of sport, diversity in nature and society, and sustainability.

Forest Pitch is looking for your creative designs for the football strips which the players will wear. As there are 4 teams (2 men’s and 2 women’s) Craig is looking for 4 winners.

The competition is for primary-age pupils and is designed to enable children to express themselves openly and freely and to encourage critical thinking and creativity. They will be able to express their own ideas, thoughts and feelings by exploring the themes of Forest Pitch and then creating a football strip design.

To find out more and enter the competition click here.

You can find even more activities, lesson ideas and suggestions for discussion about Forest Pitch and taking part in the competition in this Daily What article

For further information contact [email protected]

… and don’t forget to register with Get Set and use Forest Pitch as part of your application to the Get Set Network. This will provide even more opportunities and resources for learning linked to London 2012 - and free tickets through the ticketshare scheme. Over 1100 Scottish schools are registered for Get Set and over 170 are now on the network.

August 22nd, 2011

What does it take to be a Paralympian?

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COURAGE DETERMINATION INSPIRATION EQUALITY

Did you know that 8th September is International Paralympic Day?

Paralympian athletes will be taking part in Glowing Thursday on 8th September. Sign up to Glow TV to take part and find out why you have to live the paralympic values to become a top athlete.

To make the Paralympics GB team, elite athletes with a disability train incredibly hard and put in some serious hours to ensure they are at the top of their sports and reach the high qualification standards needed to compete on the global stage.

Do you think you might have the potential to compete, and win, against Britain’s top athletes with a disability?

London 2012 Paralympics

London 2012 is not just about the Olympic Games. From August 29 - September 9, London will also host the Paralympic Games. The London 2012 Paralympic Games will see the largest ever team of British Paralympians take on the world’s best in front of the home crowds. The 11 days of competition will see almost 4,200 athletes battle it out across 20 sports in 15 different venues.

Find out what it takes to be there. Sign up for Glowing Thursday on 8th September when leading athletes talk about the challenges they have to face to reach the top of their sport and give tips on how you can make it too.

… and don’t forget to register with Get Set and apply for the Get Set Network for more opportunities and resources for learning linked to London 2012 - and free tickets through the ticketshare scheme. Over 1100 Scottish schools are registered for Get Set and over 170 are now on the network.

COURAGE DETERMINATION INSPIRATION EQUALITY

August 22nd, 2011

Games Legacy for Scotland at the Scottish Learning Festival

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Two seminars at the Scottish Learning Festival this year offer delegates the opportunity to find out more about using the inspiration of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 to support learning. Click on the links to find out more.

Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games - Building the Legacy for Learning

Forest Pitch - an art project to develop global citizenship

Representatives from London 2012 Organising Committee will also be exhibiting at the stand to promote Get Set, the official London 2012 educational programme which has a wide range of opportunities, benefits and resources for all practitioners in schools, centres and colleges. You can find out more about Get Set here.

August 19th, 2011

Are you set?

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Are you set for London 2012? Are you thinking ahead to Glasgow 2014

As the new session begins, over 40% of Scottish schools are now registered for the London 2012 educational programme, Get Set, and nearly 200 have taken the extra step of joining the Get Set Network, the official reward and recognition scheme for educational establishments.

Get Set provides a wide range of excellent interdisciplinary resources and activities, focusing on the Olympic and Paralympic values. Taking part in Get Set is an ideal way to prepare for Scotland’s own major sporting event - the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. By using the inspiration of these events we can leave a lasting legacy for learning in schools and communities across Scotland, building international partnerships and using this rich interdisciplinary context to support Curriculum for Excellence.

Establishments which go the extra mile and join the Get Set Network, are able to access even more opportunities, benefits and rewards including free tickets for London 2012 through the ticketshare scheme, athlete and mascot visits, the use of the 2012 educational logo and a wall plaque - and maybe even a visit from the Olympic Torch as it makes its way around the UK on the way to London.

If you would like further information about this and other Games Legacy opportunities, please contact [email protected]