Find out which schools won the primary Get Set to Make your mascot competition and hear all about the final.
Get Set to make your mascot primary competition winners!
8 Feb 2011
Wenlock and Mandeville will make the school sports day extra special for 11 primary schools across the UK this summer as a prize for taking part in ‘Get Set to make your mascot’.
‘Get Set to make your mascot’ invited primary schools to undertake a project to find out about their local area and change Wenlock or Mandeville to represent something that is special about their community.
Hundreds of primary schools entered the competition and 23 were shortlisted to spend a day in London and attend the national final. The finalists got the opportunity see the Olympic Park and meet Diving Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor and three times Wheelchair Basketball Paralympian Clare Strange, who were also on the panel of judges choosing the winning projects.
The finalists then showcased their presentation skills as they pitched their mascot designs to the panel and shared them with the other schools. Following this they took part in a question and answer session with the panel where they spoke about the how they use the Olympic and Paralympic Values throughout their school.
Wheelchair Basketball Paralympian, Clare Strange: ‘The children have worked so hard on their designs. It’s so exciting to see how passionate they are about their local areas and communities and how proud they are that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking place in the UK.’
Take a look at this video to see what happened at the final!
11 winners – one from each of the English regions, Scotland and Wales were announced at the end of the day.
And the winners are…
South West – Wadebridge, Cornwall
St Breock Primary School
Pupils from St Breock Primary School said: ‘We were nervous and quietly confident at the same time. When we got to London we decided to do our very best for the rest of our school. We were sparkling with excitement at this once in a life time opportunity’.
South East – Burnham, South Buckinghamshire
Lent Rise Combined School
Pupils from Lent Rise Combined School said: ‘I really liked doing our presentation at the national final in London, even though there were lots of people so it was quite scary! The mascot visiting will be amazing because it will encourage us to practise more and try our best on sports day.
London – Southwark
St John’s Catholic Primary School
Pupils from St John’s Catholic Primary School said: ‘It was a pleasure coming to Stratford to show our project. It was a great experience and it was wonderful that we won as every school was good and deserved to win! We want to say thanks for everything and we look forward to Wenlock visiting our school.’
North East – Cleveland, Guisborough
Highcliffe Primary School
Pupils from Highcliffe Primary School said: ‘We really enjoyed our day out, it was a once in a lifetime experience – apart from the very early start!’
Scotland – South Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Fernhill Primary School
Pupils from Fernhill Primary School said: ‘ We really enjoyed meeting the Wenlock and Mandeville and then Clare Strange and Leon Taylor. Overall it was a great experience.’
Yorkshire – Sheffield
Emmaus Catholic and Church of England Primary School
Craig Malkin, School Sports Co-ordinator and Wendy McLaren, Class Teacher and P.E. Co-ordinator from Emmaus Catholic and Church of England Primary School said: ‘It was extremely moving to see the children on the stage showing so much enthusiasm for the Olympic Games and their home city. The children were so proud of their achievements on the day and are so excited about one of the mascots coming to Emmaus Primary School.’
Wales – Wrexham
Gwenfro Primary School
Pupils from Gwenfro Primary School said: ‘We had a wonderful day and a brilliant surprise to win. Looking over to the Olympic Stadium was cool – it is massive.’
East Midlands – Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Walton Holymoorside Primary School
Pupils from Walton Holymoorside Primary School said: ‘It was a fantastic, once in a lifetime experience for all of us & we loved meeting the mascots and athletes.’
East of England – Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Heycroft Primary School
Lucy Easkin, Art Teacher from Heycroft Primary School said: ‘This has been a great experience for the school. We are very proud of the way the children worked together and involved everyone in the school.
The day in London was very special and exciting for us all and one which the children will never forget – they were treated like VIPS! We are looking forward to our visit from Wenlock in June’.
North West – Oldham
Coppice Primary School
Pupils from Coppice Primary School said: ‘Meeting the athletes was so inspirational for us and the Olympic Stadium looks superb. The whole day was exciting and a first for us all.’
West Midlands – Coventry
Edgewick Primary School
Pupils from Edgewick Primary School said: ‘We were proud to represent our school and liked meeting the judges. The whole of Edgewick school are really excited because Mandeville is going to visit us.’
