News

2012 news

• Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School is a Get Set network school of the month for May 2012!

  The school will be rewarded with a suprise visit from a London 2012 representative!

  22 May 2012

• Oakfield Academy are a Get Set network school of the month for May!

  Find out what the school has planned for London 2012 World Sport Day on Monday 25 June 2012!

  22 May 2012

• Take your learning outside on Friday 6th July 2012

  School children will be abandoning their classrooms on July 6 and, for once, teachers won’t mind!

  21 May 2012

• Name that plane competition winners!

  Get Set network schools across the UK entered a competition to name the plane that will fly the Olympic Flame from Athens. Find out what the plane is now called!

  16 May 2012

• Great Ouseburn School are preparing for London 2012 World Sport Day!

  There are only 40 days until London 2012 World Sport Day…is your school ready?

  15 May 2012

• Get Set to support Team GB and ParalympicsGB – Our Greatest Team!

  Show your support for Team GB and ParalympicsGB and win prizes! Find out more

  14 May 2012

• In the Zone launches its London 2012-themed week-long project

  Students are invited to take part and explore the mind and body in motion.

  14 May 2012

• St Breock primary school students impress local restaurant

  St Breock primary school
  St Breock entered the Get Set to exercise your taste buds competition and were selected as runners up.

  14 May 2012

• London 2012 Mascots visit Mid Calder Primary School

  Schools across Scotland are preparing for London 2012 World Sport Day!

  10 May 2012

• Dick and Dom tell you to welcome the Flame!

  Join in the fun and Get Set to celebrate!

  3 May 2012

• Aintree Davenhill’s Brazilian Carnival lights up the Sefton Olympic Torch Relay

  Aintree Davenhill Primary is getting ready for the Olympic Torch Relay!

  30 Apr 2012

• Pupils get sports masterclass from Team GB athletes!

  School pupils from Tower Hamlets and Glasgow are taking part in a unique cultural exchange.

  27 Apr 2012

• World Sport Day Winners announced!

  Find out who won the London 2012 World Sport Day competition…

  24 Apr 2012

• Leicester school children Walk the World

  Find out how students from two Leicester schools have been out looking for links to the Olympic and Paralympic nations in their community.

  24 Apr 2012

• School of the month - Seven Stars Primary School

  Find out how Seven Stars Primary school are planning for London 2012 World Sport Day

  20 Apr 2012

• School of the month - Nonsuch High School

  Find out how the staff and students of Nonsuch High School are living the Olympic and Paralympic Values…

  20 Apr 2012

• Who will be Young Geographer of the Year?

  Take part in the competition being run by the Royal Geographical Society.

  18 Apr 2012

• Get Set to inspire the athletes!

  Find out which lucky PRUs will have their artwork featured in the fitness facilities in the athletes village at Games time!

  12 Apr 2012

• Edgewick Primary School make the most of the Plan your 2012 programme

  Eight schools took part in a theatrical performance entitled ‘Coventry Get Set to Go’!

  12 Apr 2012

• Vote for your favorite Big Voice film

  Thirty-six films have been made by young people throughout the UK, vote for your favourite!

  3 Apr 2012

• International Education Programme reaches 127 countries!

  Users in 127 countries have registered for our International Education Programme resources!

  2 Apr 2012

• Broxburn Academy win STEM Challenge 9 with their Van de Graff generator!

  More than 150 school teams across the UK registered to take part in the challenge!

  28 Mar 2012

• Get Set network school of the month March 2012

  Leading activities to create a lasting legacy

  28 Mar 2012

• Get Set network school of the month March 2012

  Living the Olympic and Paralympic Values!

  28 Mar 2012

• British Council’s “Languages for the Games” competition

  Showcase your creativity in a second language!

  28 Mar 2012

• Call for performers at the BT Big Voice film festivals

  BT are looking for schools and colleges with talented students to come and perform on stage at their local festival!

  28 Mar 2012

• St Philip's Catholic Primary School share their plans for London 2012 World Sport Day!

  Take inspiration and start planning how you will welcome the world to the UK on London 2012 Wold Sport Day!

  22 Mar 2012

• The Education show at the NEC in Birmingham had some special visitors!

  Be inspired to start your preparations for London 2012 World Sport Day!

  22 Mar 2012

• Catshill Middle School start their preparations for London 2012 World Sport Day!

  Why not take some inspiration from the school and start your own preparations!

  21 Mar 2012

• Charlton Kings Junior school is living the Olympic and Paralympic Values!

  Find out what this school has been up to with its cluster, as part of the ‘Plan Your 2012’ grant.

  21 Mar 2012

• Thousands of schools in the Get Set network ‘Get Set’ to take their London 2012 seats

  Thousands of school children across the UK find out what tickets they will receive to the London 2012 Games!

  15 Mar 2012

• Get Set+ partner Deloitte Parasport celebrates 5th birthday

  Deloitte Parasport continues to fill a gap within grass roots disability sport. Find out more!

  14 Mar 2012

• Get Set to name that plane

  Be a part of the historic moment when the Olympic Flame makes its way to the UK and name that plane!

  12 Mar 2012

• Students from Gateshead get ready for London 2012 World Sport Day!

  Sports presenter Ben Shephard made a visit to the school to find out more!

  9 Mar 2012

• 1000th school to register for the Communication Triathlon!

  St Osyth C of E Primary School near Clacton on Sea has been visited by a Paralympian!

  1 Mar 2012

• Get Set to make your mascot pin badges hit the London 2012 shop!

  12 students from across the UK can now proudly view their pin badge designs in the London 2012 shop.

  27 Feb 2012

• Get Set network school of the month February 2012!

  Getting set for London 2012!

  23 Feb 2012

• Get Set network school of the month February 2012!

  Taking part in a range of activities across the curriculum in the build-up to London 2012!

  23 Feb 2012

• Tom from McFly learns the Mascot Dance!

  Why don’t you learn the London 2012 mascot dance?

  22 Feb 2012

• Coca Cola enterprises

  Cramlington Learning Village a member of the Get Set network celebrates Real Business Challenge victory!

  6 Feb 2012

• Get Set to get creative competition entries

  The lucky winners have been informed and have been sent London 2012 goody bags!

  1 Feb 2012

• Students from schools in the Get Set network to perform in London 2012 Ceremonies

  Only 6 months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games!

  27 Jan 2012

• Scientists in Sport anti-doping challenge

  Take part and win some fantastic prizes!

  27 Jan 2012

• London 2012 World Sport Day has launched!

  Take part and celebrate the athletes and cultures of the world!

  24 Jan 2012

• Get Set network school of the month January 2012!

  Every month, a Get Set network school is selected for living the Olympic and Paralympic Values and for celebrating them in innovative and creative ways.

  24 Jan 2012

• Get Set network college of the month for January 2012!

  Living the Olympic and Paralympic Values!

  24 Jan 2012

• Support a team

  Want a chance to be in the Olympic Park on Opening Ceremony night? Tell us who you are supporting!

  18 Jan 2012

• STEM Challenge 8 Final

  Find out who the winners are and how you could get involved in STEM Challenge 9!

  16 Jan 2012

• Budding film-makers explore the issue of bullying

  Students accross the UK are creating short films for the BT Big Voice Competition.

  13 Jan 2012