Waltham Forest Schools learn what 2012 can do for them
LOCSP Press Release: Tuesday 7 July 2009
Uniting Schools, Exciting Communities
Waltham Forest Schools learn what 2012 can do for them
Score, Leyton, London – Teachers from across Waltham Forest descended upon Score last Thursday for the inaugural Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme (LOCSP) Waltham Forest Olympic Schools Conference.
Working under the banner of ‘Uniting Schools, Exciting Communities’ the conference showed how the London 2012 Olympics can benefit their educational establishments by helping them to gain an insight into the progression of construction of the Olympic Park so far, a better understanding of the Olympic Legacy post 2012 and the chance to get involved in the consultation for the site.
As well as encouraging networking opportunities, the conference also enabled those present to discuss Olympics curriculum ideas, Olympic resources and sports projects to inspire ideas. It also saw the launch of the LOCSP ‘Pass the Baton’ pledge.
’Pass the Baton’ enables schools to sign up and book a week up to July 2012 for their school to hold a whole week of Olympic activities which can be lesson-based and before or after school with the emphasis on getting parents and the whole community involved.
Throughout the day youngsters from the nationwide ‘Supporter to Reporter’ (S2R) project were on hand to take photos and videos and to ask questions of the day. S2R is currently working with LOCSP to train youngsters in media and interviewing techniques, ready to be experienced and skilled reporters for 2012. [All of their work is available on the S2R Leyton website – see Notes for Editors below].
Attendees were welcomed by Philip Rudling, LOCSP Education Manager/Deputy Chief Executive, before hearing from Andrew Martin, Education Programme Manager, London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG).
Jon Widdows, Sports Development Manager, Waltham Forest Council, then introduced the Waltham Forest Ambassadors who talked about what the Olympics means to the youth of the borough.
Samantha Sifah, Community Engagement Manager Olympics Legacy, London Development Agency (LDA), then talked about the plans for the site and its legacy.
Then followed two workshops for the attendees with the first based around the Olympic ‘Get Set’ educational website. This workshop aimed to get the teachers on to the website and look at how they can use it back at their school. Teachers then looked at how they could link it in with their curriculum with all their feedback and thoughts shared around.
The second workshop saw Carlo Roberts from Hackney 2012 look at the resources that they have available, particularly their ‘Personal Best’ programme. Attendees were shown a whole week-long curriculum for Primary Schools and how they can benefit from that and what else the borough has to offer.
After a break for lunch the event at Score was rounded up with a passionate speech by Natalie Fitzgerald, Development Manager, Waltham Forest School Sports Partnership about how school sports will benefit from the Olympics before all attendees made their ‘Pass the Baton‘ Olympic pledge.
All attendees then finished their day with a trip to the Olympic Viewing Platform at Holden Point in Stratford to see the progress of the Olympic Park construction site.
LOCSP have just released their 2009/2010 Education Programme booklet. For a copy of this and for more information about LOCSP Education please contact Phil or Andree on 020 8556 5973, email education@locsp.org or visit the website at www.locsp.org
Notes to Editors:
1. Quotes:
Andree Selner, LOCSP Education Centre Manager said:
“We wanted to coordinate all the schools in the borough together before the summer break so we could speak about all the resources and information regarding the London 2012 Olympic Games.
“It was great to return to the Olympic Viewing Platform after two years – it was flat then but now you can really see the site taking shape. It was the first time for a lot of teachers and being up there, rather than on site, enables you to see so much more and where things are in relation to each other.
“We had over 50 attendees from 30 educational establishments in Waltham Forest here today plus representatives from the WF Healthy Schools Team, WF Extended Schools team, WF School Sports Partnership and the City Learning Centre.
“We had some great feedback from people here today, particularly Andy Martin from LOCOG. He was really impressed by our S2R reporters and said that his workshop was really useful, as it was great to experience firsthand how people react to the website that he created.
“Overall, I am really pleased with the day and hope it has helped to enthuse schools into joining our borough-wide Olympic project.”
Samantha Sifah, Community Engagement Manager Olympics Legacy, London Development Agency (LDA) said:
“Hopefully the Olympics will raise the aspirations of children in the area. There will be some amazing sports facilities left as well as some amazing cultural and arts facilities and exhibitions.
“Of course, retail and job opportunities will exist too so even if you are not particularly interested in sport there will be opportunities available beyond the games. There is a lot to draw you into the Olympic Park; you may want buy a house there, work there or just enjoy the public open space.
“It’s great that the Olympics are in London, particularly east London and today’s event has been a perfect way to engage with important members of the local community who are going to be directly involved with the games.”
Richard Mackintosh, Teacher, Joseph Clarke School for the Visually Impaired, Highams Park said:
“I was in Australia for the 2000 Olympic Games and it will be great to experience them for the second time here in London.
“It’s been good to come here today to get a bit more of an idea about how our school can get involved with the Olympics.
“You will have the world’s best athletes here and London is good at dealing with large events so it will be a positive event for everyone.”
Desre Spencer, Teacher, Willowbrook Primary School, Leyton said:
“We have been running a lot of taster sessions for Olympic sports and assemblies too, also some of our topics in Year 4 and 5 are based around the Olympics.
“The kids are positive about the Olympics and as they get nearer they are getting more and more excited - especially about the new sports that they have not heard about.
“The athletes coming in here will have a positive influence as role models and perhaps inspire our kids to be better than they are at the moment.
“We have seen very clearly today how we can get our children more involved with the whole of the Olympics.”
Tom Howell, Teacher, Kelmscott Secondary School said:
“Our school has already had an Olympic day and we will be focussing on running more Olympic themed days in the future.
“I’m excited about the prospect of what we will have after the Olympics have visited and I’m excited about seeing some of the elite athletes here doing their thing.
“When the athletes come over we need them to influence young people to get involved with sports and teams.
“Young people won’t change just because the athletes are here – it’s about getting them engaged, keeping them busy and stopping them from being bored.”
2. For more quotes and hi-res pictures please contact Andrew McSteen, LOCSP Communications Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email andrew.mcsteen@locsp.org.
3. This event was not an official London 2012 Olympic/Paralympic event and was organised independently by Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme.
4. Radiowaves/S2R links:
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73971
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73975
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73985
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73976
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73993
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73961
5. About Leyton Orient Community Sports ProgrammeNamed 'Community Club of the Year' at the 2009 Football League Awards, LEYTON ORIENT COMMUNITY SPORTS PROGRAMME (LOCSP) exists to help young people develop the skills and confidence to succeed in their lives, with our core work taking place in the six London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Newham, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and Hackney - a total combined population of over 1.3 million people.Established in May 1989 by Leyton Orient Football Club and the London Borough of Waltham Forest, LOCSP started with 150 young people a week and now provides over 4,500 sporting and educational participation and engagement opportunities every week for young people across London - equating to 225,000 a year.LOCSP has invested £5.5 million in the east London community since 1998 and work with some of the most challenging young people, jointly confronting difficult issues including racism, sexism, lack of cultural awareness, crime, unemployment, lack of education and training and ageism.
Leyton Orient - Community Club of the Year 2009: Watch our video - CLICK HERE!
Uniting Schools, Exciting Communities
Waltham Forest Schools learn what 2012 can do for them
Score, Leyton, London – Teachers from across Waltham Forest descended upon Score last Thursday for the inaugural Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme (LOCSP) Waltham Forest Olympic Schools Conference.
Working under the banner of ‘Uniting Schools, Exciting Communities’ the conference showed how the London 2012 Olympics can benefit their educational establishments by helping them to gain an insight into the progression of construction of the Olympic Park so far, a better understanding of the Olympic Legacy post 2012 and the chance to get involved in the consultation for the site.
As well as encouraging networking opportunities, the conference also enabled those present to discuss Olympics curriculum ideas, Olympic resources and sports projects to inspire ideas. It also saw the launch of the LOCSP ‘Pass the Baton’ pledge.
’Pass the Baton’ enables schools to sign up and book a week up to July 2012 for their school to hold a whole week of Olympic activities which can be lesson-based and before or after school with the emphasis on getting parents and the whole community involved.
Throughout the day youngsters from the nationwide ‘Supporter to Reporter’ (S2R) project were on hand to take photos and videos and to ask questions of the day. S2R is currently working with LOCSP to train youngsters in media and interviewing techniques, ready to be experienced and skilled reporters for 2012. [All of their work is available on the S2R Leyton website – see Notes for Editors below].
Attendees were welcomed by Philip Rudling, LOCSP Education Manager/Deputy Chief Executive, before hearing from Andrew Martin, Education Programme Manager, London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG).
Jon Widdows, Sports Development Manager, Waltham Forest Council, then introduced the Waltham Forest Ambassadors who talked about what the Olympics means to the youth of the borough.
Samantha Sifah, Community Engagement Manager Olympics Legacy, London Development Agency (LDA), then talked about the plans for the site and its legacy.
Then followed two workshops for the attendees with the first based around the Olympic ‘Get Set’ educational website. This workshop aimed to get the teachers on to the website and look at how they can use it back at their school. Teachers then looked at how they could link it in with their curriculum with all their feedback and thoughts shared around.
The second workshop saw Carlo Roberts from Hackney 2012 look at the resources that they have available, particularly their ‘Personal Best’ programme. Attendees were shown a whole week-long curriculum for Primary Schools and how they can benefit from that and what else the borough has to offer.
After a break for lunch the event at Score was rounded up with a passionate speech by Natalie Fitzgerald, Development Manager, Waltham Forest School Sports Partnership about how school sports will benefit from the Olympics before all attendees made their ‘Pass the Baton‘ Olympic pledge.
All attendees then finished their day with a trip to the Olympic Viewing Platform at Holden Point in Stratford to see the progress of the Olympic Park construction site.
LOCSP have just released their 2009/2010 Education Programme booklet. For a copy of this and for more information about LOCSP Education please contact Phil or Andree on 020 8556 5973, email education@locsp.org or visit the website at www.locsp.org
Notes to Editors:
1. Quotes:
Andree Selner, LOCSP Education Centre Manager said:
“We wanted to coordinate all the schools in the borough together before the summer break so we could speak about all the resources and information regarding the London 2012 Olympic Games.
“It was great to return to the Olympic Viewing Platform after two years – it was flat then but now you can really see the site taking shape. It was the first time for a lot of teachers and being up there, rather than on site, enables you to see so much more and where things are in relation to each other.
“We had over 50 attendees from 30 educational establishments in Waltham Forest here today plus representatives from the WF Healthy Schools Team, WF Extended Schools team, WF School Sports Partnership and the City Learning Centre.
“We had some great feedback from people here today, particularly Andy Martin from LOCOG. He was really impressed by our S2R reporters and said that his workshop was really useful, as it was great to experience firsthand how people react to the website that he created.
“Overall, I am really pleased with the day and hope it has helped to enthuse schools into joining our borough-wide Olympic project.”
Samantha Sifah, Community Engagement Manager Olympics Legacy, London Development Agency (LDA) said:
“Hopefully the Olympics will raise the aspirations of children in the area. There will be some amazing sports facilities left as well as some amazing cultural and arts facilities and exhibitions.
“Of course, retail and job opportunities will exist too so even if you are not particularly interested in sport there will be opportunities available beyond the games. There is a lot to draw you into the Olympic Park; you may want buy a house there, work there or just enjoy the public open space.
“It’s great that the Olympics are in London, particularly east London and today’s event has been a perfect way to engage with important members of the local community who are going to be directly involved with the games.”
Richard Mackintosh, Teacher, Joseph Clarke School for the Visually Impaired, Highams Park said:
“I was in Australia for the 2000 Olympic Games and it will be great to experience them for the second time here in London.
“It’s been good to come here today to get a bit more of an idea about how our school can get involved with the Olympics.
“You will have the world’s best athletes here and London is good at dealing with large events so it will be a positive event for everyone.”
Desre Spencer, Teacher, Willowbrook Primary School, Leyton said:
“We have been running a lot of taster sessions for Olympic sports and assemblies too, also some of our topics in Year 4 and 5 are based around the Olympics.
“The kids are positive about the Olympics and as they get nearer they are getting more and more excited - especially about the new sports that they have not heard about.
“The athletes coming in here will have a positive influence as role models and perhaps inspire our kids to be better than they are at the moment.
“We have seen very clearly today how we can get our children more involved with the whole of the Olympics.”
Tom Howell, Teacher, Kelmscott Secondary School said:
“Our school has already had an Olympic day and we will be focussing on running more Olympic themed days in the future.
“I’m excited about the prospect of what we will have after the Olympics have visited and I’m excited about seeing some of the elite athletes here doing their thing.
“When the athletes come over we need them to influence young people to get involved with sports and teams.
“Young people won’t change just because the athletes are here – it’s about getting them engaged, keeping them busy and stopping them from being bored.”
2. For more quotes and hi-res pictures please contact Andrew McSteen, LOCSP Communications Officer on 020 8556 5973 or email andrew.mcsteen@locsp.org.
3. This event was not an official London 2012 Olympic/Paralympic event and was organised independently by Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme.
4. Radiowaves/S2R links:
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73971
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73975
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73985
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73976
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73993
http://www.radiowaves.co.uk/story/73961
5. About Leyton Orient Community Sports ProgrammeNamed 'Community Club of the Year' at the 2009 Football League Awards, LEYTON ORIENT COMMUNITY SPORTS PROGRAMME (LOCSP) exists to help young people develop the skills and confidence to succeed in their lives, with our core work taking place in the six London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Newham, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and Hackney - a total combined population of over 1.3 million people.Established in May 1989 by Leyton Orient Football Club and the London Borough of Waltham Forest, LOCSP started with 150 young people a week and now provides over 4,500 sporting and educational participation and engagement opportunities every week for young people across London - equating to 225,000 a year.LOCSP has invested £5.5 million in the east London community since 1998 and work with some of the most challenging young people, jointly confronting difficult issues including racism, sexism, lack of cultural awareness, crime, unemployment, lack of education and training and ageism.
Leyton Orient - Community Club of the Year 2009: Watch our video - CLICK HERE!
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