More about your Get Set team
Your road to the Get Set network
Part one
Like a great champion, you will have to be determined and come up with some great ideas, but the steps to success, and entry to the Get Set network are within your reach.
Here’s what to do:
- By feeling curious enough to read this far, you have already begun your journey. Ask your teacher to help you register your school’s interest in the Get Set network. It’s as simple as that – you’re on the starting blocks.
- Think about how you could organise and run your application to become part of the Get Set network. You might, for example, decide to talk to the School Council – or which ever group listens to the views and ideas of the pupils in your school – about it, or form a brilliant new Get Set Club. You could meet at lunch times, after school or whenever it’s best for you.
- Start collecting evidence from different groups of people in school about how they feel the Olympic and Paralympic Values are already a part of your school. Below you’ll find lots of survey material to print out and use for your research.
- Post the results of your surveys, questionnaires, interviews etc along with photographs or drawings on to your school blog.
- Work out which of the Olympic and Paralympic Values you want to concentrate on first, for example, friendship, determination or courage. You can include all of them if you like.
- Start thinking about how you could link up with another school in your area to see how they are living the Values too. You could perhaps plan a special event or just exchange emails to begin with.
Download some activity sheets to get you started.
Activity sheet - What we value 1 - 258.63kb
Activity sheet - What we value 2 - 255.63kb
Activity sheet - Keeping track of the results - 250.83kb
Good luck!
Questions you may well ask:
Q: I’m not sure I can really be bothered – why should I?
A: Because it will be fun and you’ll learn loads of things that will help you for the rest of your life, such as how to communicate well with people and how to stay organised. You’ll also receive free ‘goodies’ from time to time – all sorts of stuff including visits to the Olympic Park, updates from top athletes, the chance to win prizes in loads of different competitions and of course the chance to look back on the London 2012 Games when you’re older and remember that you did something special.
Q: Who do we need to help us?
A: We will be giving you masses of help on this website including games, presentations that you can use to tell other people in your area about the Get Set network, top tips, templates, things to talk about, amazing facts and probably a few jokes. You will also need help from your teachers and/or another adult in your school such as a parent or school governor. Top tip : get your Head Teacher on board!
Q: Who else could we involve?
A: Talk to other members of your family about your school’s Get Set network application and ask for their ideas. They may even be able to give some time to help in school, or put you in touch with someone they know who might help you to carry out the ideas you’ve had for special events or projects. You could talk to your Head Teacher about giving a presentation about the project to the school governors or friends of the school.
Q: What happens when I move on to my next school?
A: Every school in the country can get involved in Get Set so your next school may already have signed up by the time you get there. If not, use the starter ideas you have already tried out to get a group going in your new school.
Q: What happens if our application fails?
A: It can’t. The worst that can happen is that the assessors may think you need to do a bit more work on certain aspects of your Plan, or you may need to collect a few more examples of things that happen in your school that show you are ‘living the Values.’
