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The Kent 20in12 Learning Programme
The Kent 20in12 Learning Programme aims to ensure that every young person in Kent has the opportunity to engage in educational experiences relating to the Olympic & Paralympic Games...more »
Pluckley Primary School Pupils Tour the Olympic Park!
Nov 03, 2011
Lucky students from Pluckley Primary School have enjoyed a once in a lifetime experience and visited the Olympic Park.
Kent School Wins “Big Voice” Competition
Nov 03, 2011
A Kent School has won £1000 and access to professional film production support as part of a nationwide competition to support community change!
Gold Challenge: The only Olympic & Paralympic charity challenge
Oct 12, 2011
As part of the Olympics mass participation programme, Gold Challenge has teamed up with the British Olympic Association and Sport England / Sports Council Wales / sportscotland to offer schools to share the excitement of London 2012
PRIDE
20in12 aims to provide a direct link for all schools and settings with the National 2012 Educational Programme ‘GET SET’ to ensure as many Kent schools and settings become accredited members of the ‘GET SET NETWORK’, which will result in them receiving many enhanced benefits for their students in the build up to the London Games in the summer of 2012.
The “GET SET” programme is based on learning activities linked directly with the 7 Olympic and Paralympic values. In Kent, we have placed the 7 values into the following order to show PRIDE.
Videos and Podcasts
Watch a selection of videos about the Olympic Games and Kent's involvement in it.
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News headlines from around the 2012 websites.
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Get Set
Get Set is the National Olympic Education Programme.
Latest news from the official National Olympic Education Programme. Visit their website for more »
Scientists in Sport anti-doping challenge - Fri, 27 January 2012
Take part and win some fantastic prizes!
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Students from schools in the Get Set network to perform in London 2012 Ceremonies - Fri, 27 January 2012
Only 6 months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games!
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Get Set network college of the month for January 2012! - Tue, 24 January 2012
Living the Olympic and Paralympic Values!
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Get Set network school of the month January 2012! - Tue, 24 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.
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London 2012 World Sport Day has launched! - Tue, 24 January 2012
Take part and celebrate the athletes and cultures of the world!
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Support a team - Wed, 18 January 2012
Want a chance to be in the Olympic Park on Opening Ceremony night? Tell us who you are supporting!
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STEM Challenge 8 Final - Mon, 16 January 2012
Find out who the winners are and how you could get involved in STEM Challenge 9!
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Budding film-makers explore the issue of bullying - Fri, 13 January 2012
Students accross the UK are creating short films for the BT Big Voice Competition.
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School of the month December 2011 - Wed, 21 December 2011
Living the Olympic and Paralympic Values.
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Get Set to get creative competition entries - Tue, 20 December 2011
In the New Year we will announce the lucky winners who will receive London 2012 goody bags!
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London 2012
Official site of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games.
Latest news from the official site for the London Olympic & Paralympic Games. Visit their website »
London 2012 Games Maker orientation training begins
The first orientation training event for London 2012 Games Maker volunteers and Games-time employees took place today at Wembley Arena in London.
Deadline extended to apply for permission to trade or advertise near London 2012 venues
The deadline has been extended for businesses to apply for permission to trade or advertise near London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic venues.
London 2012 reveals plans for Olympic Flame
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has announced details of the lighting of the Olympic Flame and its arrival into the UK on the 18 May.
Final country joins London 2012 International Inspiration programme
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has today confirmed that Egypt has joined the London 2012 legacy programme International Inspiration, becoming the 20th and final country to do so.
World's best announced for Track Cycling test event
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has today revealed a world-class line-up for the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, presented by Samsung, which takes place on 16-19 February 2012.
London schoolchildren to perform in London 2012 Ceremonies
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today announced that the under 16s Volunteer Performer Cast for the Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies will be selected from schools in the six east London Host Boroughs.
Village handover marks six months to go to London 2012
With exactly six months to go until the London 2012 Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) will today hand over the Olympic and Paralympic Village site to the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG).
London 2012 construction workers recreate French masterpiece
The Olympic Park’s artist in residence, Neville Gabie, has created his own version of the ‘Bathers at Asnieres’ as part of the Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA's) Art in the Park programme.
More spectators will enjoy best views of Olympic Cycling Road Race
The London 2012 Organising Committee has announced that up to 15,000 spectators will be able to enjoy one of the best vantage points on the Olympic Cycling Road Race route, up from an original 3,500.
Plans announced for London 2012 World Sport Day
London 2012 has announced plans for schoolchildren across the UK to take part in sporting and cultural activities for World Sport Day, presented by Lloyds TSB on 25 June.
Podium
PODIUM is the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games.
Latest news from Podium. Visit their website »
Research Councils UK launches debates on cutting edge science behind London 2012
The Royal Institution, London, was the setting for the launch of the UK-wide Cutting Edge 2012 series, as hundreds flocked to the Faraday Theatre to hear about the science and research that powers the UK’s medal hopefuls.
London 2012 Look Web Shop now open to universities and colleges across the UK
Podium is pleased to announce that London 2012 branded items are now available to universities and colleges across the UK from the London 2012 Look Book, meaning all FE and HE institutions can now browse through and purchase officially branded items from the London 2012 Look Web Shop.
University of Winchester Street Arts project awarded London 2012 Inspire Mark
The Faculty of Arts at the University of Winchester has been awarded the London 2012 Inspire Mark for the third year running, in this instance to develop an innovative Street Arts project in the run up to the Games.
UEL athletes taste medal success before London 2012 Games
Two of the University of East London's (UEL) leading elite scholarship athletes and Team GB hopefuls for this summer’s London 2012 Games won medals at the British Closed Judo Championships.
King’s College operated London 2012 anti-doping laboratory unveiled
London 2012 has unveiled the WADA accredited anti-doping laboratory in Harlow, Essex which will operate during Games-time with service providers GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and laboratory operators King’s College London.
Colleges and schools asked to get involved with London 2012 World Sport Day
Schools and colleges across the UK are being encouraged to start planning how they are going to celebrate the athletes and cultures of the world on London 2012 World Sport Day on Monday 25 June 2012.
Call for case studies for Universities Week 2012
Universities UK is asking institutions to submit case studies to help form two reports to be released during Universities Week 2012 (30 April – 7 May) which is aimed at promoting the wide and varied role of the UK’s universities.
The Podium Awards are now open - nominate your London 2012 inspired project today
Nominations are now open for the prestigious Podium Awards, a one-off celebration recognising the vital role Colleges and Universities have played around all aspects of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Team GB take home silver medals at Winter Youth Olympic Games
Bobsleigh pair Mica McNeil (pictured right), aged 18, and Jazmin Sawyers (pictured left), aged 17, claimed a silver medal on the final day of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria.
Manchester Met student breaks British record ahead of London 2012
Holly Bleasdale, a student at Manchester Metropolitan University, has smashed her own British indoor pole vault record and moved to second on the all-time world list with a clearance of 4.87m in Lyon.
Counting Down!
The 2012 Olympic Games:
27th July - 12th August
173 Days to go!
The 2012 Paralympic Games:
29th August - 9th September
206 Days to go!
Webcams
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Kent 20in12 Learning Programme. Using the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire the delivery of the curriculum. Kent County Council working in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University
