SCHOOLS & YOUNG PEOPLE
Folkestone Academy Launch Event – September 17th
Folkestone Academy will be the centre of celebration for the signing up to the values and launch of the Kent 20in12 Learning Programme.
Between 1.25 – 2.10pm performers from nine Specialist Arts Colleges will be celebrating the Olympic and Paralympic values. Specialist Arts Colleges will demonstrate the values through a series of animations, dance, music, performing and the visual arts.
Whilst some values will be depicted by a single Specialist Arts College, Respect and Friendship will be shown by St Edmonds, Homewood, St Johns and Folkestone Academy through a mix of dance and performing arts.
Following the performances there will be a countdown to the Handover Ceremony with a live link to Beijing.
Where practical, it is hoped that children will be able to witness the Handover Ceremony live
on television at 2:30pm and this will coincide with the schools own ‘signing’ ceremony.”
We want to make the experience of London 2012 an exciting and memorable occasion for young people across the county and to welcome the world to the UK.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
This event is being supported by a generous donation of £5,000 from the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust.
PRIDE in Valence School as it launches its new status as a Sports College
Wednesday 17th September 2008
Pupils and staff of Valence School Sports College will be following Kent’s plans to celebrate National Handover day by signing up to the Olympic and Paralympic Values grouped in order to make the word PRIDE.
- Personal excellance
- Respect and Friendship
- Inspiration
- Determination and Courage
- Equality
The event also marks Valence School, Westerham, successful bid in becoming the first Kent special school to become a Specialist Sports College. Valence which caters for students who have complex physical and medical needs joins a number of Kent secondary schools who are already Sports Colleges.
After each of five morning activities the 130 children taking part will receive the relevant letter to be stuck onto a badge. By the end of the morning everyone will be wearing a badge with the word PRIDE on it. Everyone will then be invited to watch live from Bejiing the closing ceremony and the handover of the Paralympic Flag to the city of London.
In the evening the word PRIDE will once again take centre stage through a rap performance and Valence will then launch their Sports College Status with PRIDE inviting everyone to party with them.
Kent's young people 'Imagine the Olympics'
Back in the spring of 2008, a group of local school children and students at Canterbury Christ Church University took part in all day workshops and seminars exploring the London 2012 Games and the London 1948 Games. Follow this link to view the result of their research (pdf).
Kent 2012 project is award winning!
Over the Spring of 2007, Kent County Council commissioned a young people's film project with Screen South through the Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games. The project focused on three groups of young people from across the county storyboarding, scripting, filming, acting and editing their own films inspired by the London Olympic Games or Paralympic Games. Canterbury High School students were one of the three groups and we are delighted that this summer the students won the Brenda Blethyn ACTING AWARD for their slapstick comedy Titanic Year Olympic Games 1912.
Canterbury High School's young film makers are therefore already winning their own Olympic medals, and we hope 2012 continues to inspire them to even greater efforts over the next four years!
The award was one of several presented at the inaugural Kino Kids Film Festival, run by Medb Films, as part of the Screen South Summerscreen programme.
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