Help younger students to explore the relevance of the Olympic Truce in their own school and life.
Through the Olympic and Paralympic Games, people from all over the world play sport, make friends and have fun. Every four years the summer Games bring together athletes from every nation to take part in friendly competition.
Your students have the right to play, participate in sport and to make new friends regardless of their backgrounds. How can we try to make sure everyone has these rights and opportunities? The Olympic Truce promotes friendship, respect and understanding across the world through sport and culture.
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These resources include topics for discussion, whole class activity ideas, and lots more information for students to explore what the Olympic Truce could mean to them. Help your students learn about friendship, fairness and peace through the Olympic Truce and London 2012. Download Get Set for the Olympic Truce in Primary Schools Olympic Truce primary - 623.54kb to find out more and encourage your students to learn about, discuss and plan activities they could do in their school or community to bring people together through sport and friendship.
Watch the Olympic Truce film to learn about the origins of the Olympic Truce in Ancient Greece and its role in the modern Games.
You could introduce the Olympic Truce to your school or class through the teachers’ assembly presentation Olympic Truce assembly for teachers - 3982.00kb; or use the Assembly for Students Olympic Truce assembly for students - 3506.61kb for older students to create their own presentations.
Do you use the Values already? The story ‘Taking Sides’ Olympic Truce - Taking Sides story - 337.62kb is a good starting point for primary students to think about the truce-inspired activities in their school and playground by discussing fair play and respect.
You could use the Olympic Truce learning poster - 257.57kb and the Olympic Truce Peace Corner poster - 247.39kb to explore what the Olympic Truce means to the students themselves and the communities in which they live. Use the white panel to record your ideas and to think about how you could work with your local and international partner schools to promote the idea of London 2012 bringing the world together through sport.
If you would like to find out more about the Olympic Truce, download the fact file Olympic Truce fact file - 457.64kb.
And remember, if you’re already part of Get Set, the activities you do that are inspired by the London Games will entitle you to join the Get Set network. By learning about the Olympic Truce you’re learning about and living the Values of respect and friendship, so use this to join the network. Tell us what you will be doing that is inspired by the Olympic Truce and gain access to rewards and special opportunities that are only available to Get Set network members.
