The DASP Olympic Torch
| As part of its Olympic celebrations, DASP schools carried an Olympic Flame from school to school. Each school found exciting ways to transport the torch to the next. And, of course, there is a deep meaning in this, which is embodied by the Olympic flame, you can read about it on special educational resources, buy term papers online on https://top-papers.com/buy-term-papers-online/ and immerse yourself in history. |
DASP Celebrates the Olympics in style!
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Winterbourne Valley and Sunninghill celebrate on top of Maiden Castle.
See the Cerne Abbas 'Giant' Torch |
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On Thursday 20th October 2011, St Mary's Charminster Olympic Ambassadors, collected the Torch from the East Dorset Education Partnership.
The Schedule
DASP Olympic Torch Relay
Thursday 20 October 2011? Thursday 9 February 2012
Click on the school name to see photos of the handovers.
Date School Receives Torch |
School |
Date of Handover |
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Thurs 20 Oct |
St Mary?s First Charminster |
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Fri 21 Oct |
Fri 21 Oct |
Damers First |
* Photos Available!* |
Wed 2 Nov |
Wed 2 Nov |
Broadmayne First |
* Photos Available!* |
Fri 4 Nov |
Fri 4 Nov |
Frome Valley First |
* Photos Available!* |
Wed 9 Nov |
Wed 9 Nov |
Puddletown First |
* Photos Available!* |
Mon 14 Nov |
Mon 14 Nov |
St Mary?s Middle, Puddletown |
* Photos Available!* |
Fri 18 Nov |
Fri 18 Nov |
St Mary?s RC First |
* Photos Available!* |
Wed 23 Nov |
Wed 23 Nov |
Prince of Wales First |
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Mon 28 Nov |
Mon 28 Nov |
Manor Park First |
* Photos Available!* |
Thurs 1 Dec |
Thurs 1 Dec |
St Osmund?s Middle |
* Photos Available!* |
Wed 7 Dec |
Wed 7 Dec |
Dorchester Middle |
* Photos Available!* |
Tue 13 Dec |
Tue 13 Dec |
Thomas Hardye?s |
* Photos Available!* |
Wed 4 Jan |
Wed 4 Jan |
The Learning Centre |
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Mon 9 Jan |
Mon 9 Jan |
Winterbourne Valley First |
* Photos Available!* |
Thurs 12 Jan |
Thurs 12 Jan |
Sunninghill Preparatory |
* Photos Available!* |
Tue 17 Jan |
Tue 17 Jan |
Milborne St Andrew First |
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Fri 20 Jan |
Fri 20 Jan |
Cheselbourne First |
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Wed 25 Jan |
Wed 25 Jan |
Piddle Valley First |
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Wed 1 Feb |
Wed 1 Feb |
Cerne Abbas First |
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Fri 3 Feb |
Mon 6 Feb |
St Mary?s First Charminster |
Thurs 9 Feb |
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Thurs 9 Feb |
EDEP |
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In February 2012, the Torch was returned to the East Dorset Partnership, after a fantastic few months in Dorset. Now it is time to look forward to the actual Olympics!
Download a Word file of background information about the Olympic Torch by clicking here.
Download a Word file of information about the Cultural Olympiad by clicking here.
Download a Word file of information about the Jurassic Coast Activities linked to the Olympics by clicking here.
Download the Powerpoint Presentation from the DASP Student Voice Day. (Note this is a 14mb file)
And there is another torch as well!
The details of the Olympic Torch route are out and can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13391986. The torch will be passing directly by many of our schools so you can start planning how you will get the children out to see the action.
Mel Lane explains the DASP Olympic Torch Project to the Student Voice Meeting, July 2011
Useful Links
See the Olympic Dreams webpage.
And don't forget the Get Set website:
http://getset.london2012.com/en/home
BBC Teach 2012 (includes resources for assemblies etc.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/world_olympic_dreams/9405838.stm
The Olympic Truce is something that can cross all age ranges - and is good for anything from an assembly to a class discussion at the end of the day - why is it such an amazing thing? what can we learn from it?
http://getset.london2012.com/en/get-set-goes-global/get-set-for-the-olympic-truce4
The NCETM (National Maths Organisation) has put together a lot of maths resources relevant to the Olympics and Paralympics. They can be found at
https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/11669
Big Jurassic Classroom - If you haven't yet signed up for the FREE 2 hour twilight training session on offer this year, please contact the Jurassic Coast Team by calling (01305) 224401 or emailing
BJC Newsletter.(December 2011)
BJC Newsletter.(January 2012)
The training is excellent and offers lots of useful information about the Jurassic Coast and how to incorporate learning about our World Heritage site with the Olympic and Paralympic Values. You can also book the National Trust BJC Van to come to your school - it comes complete with staff and activities for children of all ages.
As part of the SW Cultural Olympiad a group of arctic experts and philosophical thinkers have claimed a new piece of rock, which has now been officially recognised as Nowhere Island. The team will travel the SW, including visiting Weymouth from 25 July 2012. The project is designed to highlight the issues involved in setting up a community, agreeing rules for the island, etc, which is another issue easily accessible by all ages.
More information at:
www.nowhereisland.org
World Sport's Day - Monday 25 June 2012 - is a national day to celebrate the arrival of overseas teams to the UK - there are so many different opportunities that come out of this and there will be loads of resources to help you celebrate in school. It takes place in the school term too, rather than the Summer holidays.
Find out more here:http://getset.london2012.com/en/get-set-goes-global/london-2012-world-sport-day
Support a Team - Finding out about the athletes, their countries, their training, their diet, etc... again has masses of potential. If you click here http://getset.london2012.com/en/get-set-goes-global/nation-information you can download resources including a world map of competing countries. There is also info on work you can do with children helping them to promote the paralympic games.
Mandy Burrow, the creator of the brilliant ?Woodlands Junior? website, has created an Olympics 2012 website which contains information and links suitable for children, and educational resources and ideas for teachers. The Olympics 2012 website is part of her Project Britain website which has lots of information about what life is like in Britain today. There is masses of useful stuff on there in the traditional Woodlands style.
Take a look at http://projectbritain.com/olympics/
link below to book the National Trust Jurassic Coastin' Van which will come to your school with lots of resources for investigating the Jurassic Coast - suitable for KS1 and KS2
http://www.jurassiccoast.com/420/educational-resources-34/big-jurassic-classroom-265/national-trust-jurassic-coastin-van-863.html
This website has some good dinosaur information and some '3D' dinosaurs that you can rotate to have a good close look at them. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/dino-directory/
This one has some background infor and activites based on Mary Anning
http://invigorate.royalsociety.org/
This is the Paralympic Athletes website and it has pages of teacher resources you could use
Autumn Inspire Newsletter
Lots of activities and opportunities for our region.
Here are a few more Olympic and Paralympic resources for use in school:
This is a lovely resource investigating what makes a hero or heroine. It covers heroes and heroines that have done great things for people around the world and also links this to the Olympic Games
http://www.bridgesglobal.org.uk/documents/HeroesandHeroinesPrimarywithInspireMark.pdf
The BBC now have a link on their webpage directly to information related to the Olympics and Paralympics
Playfair 2012 have put together a resources pack aimed at KS2 and KS3 which tackles the topic of who makes the sportswear and sports equipment that we wear and use. It deals with the issues of human rights and a responsible Olympics.
You can order a free teachers? pack containing photocards, activity cards, a DVD and 10 lesson plans.
http://www.playfair2012.org.uk/resources/fairs-fair-teaching-pack/
Here is some information about a twilight where you can try out some art ideas for celebrating the Olympic Torch passing through our area, with ideas on what to do with the children.
http://schools.dorsetcpd.co.uk/courses/bookings/c_detail.asp?cid=10343
Denise Poote is an artist and her website is chock full of ideas on things to make and it has step-by-step instructions which include pictures to show you every step of the creative process. Her ideas are very adaptable and have lots of opportunities for personalisation.
I've attached some more info and Denise's website can be found at: www.denisepoote.co.uk
Student Voice Minutes
Where the DASP or Thomas Hardye Student Voice meetings cover the Olympic Torch Relay, we will make Minutes available here for download.
Meeting at THS October 7th