Lent Rise Combined School Learning in a global community
Why Get Set?
Lent Rise Combined School (Buckinghamshire, South East) felt that their school fully embodied the Olympic and Paralympic Games vision and Values and were linking these to all aspects of the curriculum.
International work was a strength, with links to partner schools in fourteen nations world wide. Lent Rise wanted their successes to be shared with countries across the world. Joining Get Set meant continuing to bring a global dimension to school life.
Children were already excited about London 2012 and Lent Rise anticipates even more enthusiasm as the Games draw closer.
The Journey So Far
Each class has an e-twin partner in a different country and work has been shared with them. Lent Rise hopes to inspire partners to complete similar work showing how they live the Values in their schools.
Values have been linked to all parts of school life. Lent Rise has built in days where children can focus on the Values and show commitment to their goals. Children have made pledges promising to show how they will live the Values.
Children have designed and made medals, even for athletes who have tried hard! Being close to Dorney Lake, the rowing site for the Games, children used geography and ICT skills to think about developing the site. Children have focused on Inspiration, discussing who inspires them.
An Olympic Dream Team was created by parents to run alongside work in school. Parents also organised ‘Go for Gold’ with events such as ‘Skate and Scoot’ around Dorney Lake and a family sports day. Many parents have set themselves a challenge to get fit and stay healthy.
Positive Values
Lent Rise feels Get Set has provided a context which engages and enthuses the children. A visit from a medal winning Paralympian taught children about determination and genuinely inspired them. It acted as a focus for Year 6 interview writing, and teachers commented on how engaged the children were and how high the quality of their work was.
And the highlights for students?
- “I liked our visit to Dorney Lake because we got to go on rowing machines and I have never done that before.”
- “We learned about how hard it is to be an Olympic athlete and how hard you have to work.”
- “I think learning about London 2012 is fun because it is interactive and we can share what we have learnt with our e-twin school.”
Towards 2012
Lent Rise aims for the project to engage the whole school community, with children understanding the scope of the Games beyond sport itself.
Activities will continue to promote the excitement of the Games with trips, video conferencing and visits built into planning and using e-twinning partnerships and the Get Set blog to share work with the world.
“We aim to integrate our London 2012 work throughout the curriculum so that the children have a well rounded appreciation of the Values, are inspired and have high expectations of what they can achieve. This also means that we too, are going for gold! “
