SSCO London - Olympics 2012
Olympic Games Twinned Country Theme
Each year, leading up to the 2012 Games in London, Islington schools will be
twinned with an Olympic nation from the top 65 poorest countries in the world.
Schools will be encouraged to develop cross-curricular projects associated
with their Olympic Country and the SSCO programme has provided information to
support this research. Other projects will enable schools to produce their own
display of Olympic Games artwork, build their own model of an 'Olympic Torch'
and build their own 'mechanism' for pupils to be able to parade their twinned
country board high above their heads at the start of borough sports events.
Each school will be able to choose a different country every year and this
will hopefully widen the opportunities for pupils to learn about other
countries in the lead up to the Games.
Each year, the country that schools are twinned with will change, hopefully
this will widen the opportunities for pupils to learn about other countries in
the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. For this reason we ask schools
to take good care of their display board so that a different school can use it
next year.
To view a list of schools and their twinned countries for 2006,
click here
.
Useful websites and resources to gain information on your
Olympic Country
To assist schools in cross-curricular projects associated with their Olympic
Country, the following websites will prove useful.
Country profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
www.fco.gov.uk (click on left hand menu Countries & Regions)
www.wikipedia.org (type in country in Search)
Olympic Organisations
www.boa.org.uk
British Olympic Association
www.olympic.org
International Olympic Committee
Development organisations
www.dfid.gov.uk - Department for International Development
www.commissionforafrica.org - Commission for Africa
www.ethicaltrade.org - Ethical Trading Initiative
www.fairtrade.org.uk - Fairtrade Foundation
www.makepovertyhistory.org - Make Poverty History
www.tjm.org.uk - Trade Justice Movement
www.un.org - United Nations
www.unctad.org
- United Nations Conference on Trade & Development
www.vso.org.uk - Voluntary Services Overseas
www.oxfam.org.uk - Oxfam
www.christianaid.org.uk - Christian Aid
Free resources
DFID produce an excellent free quarterly
magazine called ‘Developments’ available by visiting the website
www.developments.org.uk or calling DFID on 0845 300 4100.
DFID produce a free booklet called ‘The Rough Guide to a Better World,’
available at any Post Office.
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