Schools across England and Wales are celebrating Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week and being inspired to take part in more sport!
Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week begins!
29 Jun 2010
This week, nearly 14,000 schools throughout England and Wales are taking part in Lloyds TSB National Schools Sports Week – that’s around 5 million children and young people!
The Week kicked off on Monday 28th of June with many schools hosting opening and closing ceremonies, others torch relays and inter or intra school competitions, working across their School Sport Partnership and inviting local clubs to come in and give taster sessions in a variety Olympic and Paralympic sports.
Today, Olympic Gold Medallists Sir Chris Hoy and Jonathan Edwards joined schoolchildren at Eltham Green Specialist Sports College- a college with 350 pupils from schools across South East London- to celebrate this year’s Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week. The schoolchildren took part in a Festival of Sport themed event and tried their hand at a range of Olympic and Paralymic sports, including tennis, handball and badminton, along with the Olympic Gold Medallists.
“Hosting the London 2012 Games in Britain provides us with all sorts of opportunities to introduce young people to new and exciting sports. Events like National School Sport Week are great as they give school children the opportunity to take part in a new Olympic or Paralympic sport for the first time. I tried various different sports at school before I found something I loved, and I hope that through events like these we can encourage more children to get involved in sport.” said Olympic Gold Medallist, Sir Chris Hoy.
At the end of the week at 12.20pm on Friday 2 July, pupils across Eltham Green School Sport Partnership will be joining millions of other young people across the country with a two minute sporting showcase, celebrating the new sport they’ve tried during the week.
Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week is a part of the PE and sport theme of Get Set + and London 2012 is keen to reward all schools that have taken part in the Week through the Get Set network.
Eltham Green Specialist Sports College are a member of the Get Set network – the London 2012 reward and recognition scheme for the active community of schools and colleges across the UK that are demonstrating a commitment to living the Olympic and Paralympic Values.
Through their membership of the Get Set network, Eltham Green have gained the right to use the London 2012 education logo, and are given priority access to the most exclusive prizes and opportunities.
Find out more about the Get Set network
Find out more about Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week
Be inspired by students’ experiences of the Week so far
