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London 2012 Olympics

Form a Get Set action group

Form a Get Set action group

In the starting blocks

Ideas to get you started on your journey towards the Get Set network

1. Form a Get Set action group and live the Values

  • Use an existing Student Council or Student Union to form a Get Set action group to take responsibility for the application. You could begin with as few as four or six of you, each of whom would take on a different role such as Project Manager, Data Analyst, Blogger and Publicity Manager. There’s more information and advice on running an action group in the 14-16 area. Check it out.
  • You could also elect representatives from different year groups or courses to be responsible for specific Values, and for taking the lead on the planning and running of special events.

Here’s some examples of what different ‘Values groups’ and courses could do:

Friendship

  • Organise an art exhibition that celebrates friendship both inside and outside of the school or college. Use your college website to advertise the exhibition, and invite students across the school/college to create a piece of artwork for it.
  • Make links with another college or secondary school. The Map area of this website which will give you further ideas about the sorts of projects you could take on, and help you to think about which school or college might make a good partner.

Respect

  • During a tutorial, hold a discussion on the importance of respect for others and respect for oneself. This can be linked to whole school or college initiatives such as healthy lifestyles (respect for oneself,) knife crime, vandalism, harassment and can include youth workers, the police and other key agencies.

Excellence

  • Profile individual students who have excelled in a particular area – this might be in sport, arts, languages or a community project for example.
  • The profile might be an on-line video on the college Virtual Learning Environment, in a college newsletter, on your blog or on posters displayed around the college.

Equality

  • Focusing on equality is an opportunity to celebrate the cultural diversity of the students and your local community.

Courage

  • Set targets for all students to work towards – this might be taking up a new sport, being more healthy and active or instigating a brand new community project, perhaps linked to the environment or the arts for example. These can be promoted through the college website or your blog and monitored throughout the year.

Determination

  • Profile individual students or groups within the school/college who have shown grit and determination – perhaps in overcoming a difficulty or disadvantage. Post their profiles on the blog or in a special display area e.g. ‘This month we nominate xxx as the most determined student’. ‘You could talk to local businesses about sponsoring a trophy or offering a prize.

Inspiration

  • Conduct research for your Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), or equivalent, on an inspirational figure that you admire. What is it about them that inspires you?
  • Your EPQ Project Proposal Form can help you to develop your ideas and start to plan out how you might research your inspirational figure. Your EPQ supervisor will advise you on how to follow up your research.

See below for two examples of how the Values could be used in specific projects

Project Production Log 16-19 equality (31.27 kb)

Project Production Log 16-19 inspiration (32.72 kb)

2. Set up a Get Set club

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are a perfect opportunity to set up a club or group that promotes the Values of the Games:

  • respect
  • friendship
  • excellence
  • courage
  • determination
  • inspiration
  • equality

Your club might be sport or arts-related to bring together a group of students who strive to be the best in their chosen field. Or you might want to start a club that promotes friendship with students from a similar school or college in another country, or a club that celebrates the diversity of the students in the school/college and promotes respect for other cultures.

Download a fact sheet to help you set up a club
Running a club (16-19 years) (277.00 kb)
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