Get Set for 2012
We have been awarded membership of the Get Set for 2012 network.
We have just heard that our application to be part of the Get Set for 2012 network has been granted! We are officially supporting members! With this exciting news in mind we will be planning lots of sporting and non-sporting events and activities for our students to take part in, in the run up to 2012.
So, what's it all about ?
The founder of the Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, saw in the
Games an ideal opportunity to develop a set of universal principles, or
values that could be applied to education and to society as a whole, as
well as to sport itself.
These Values can be interpreted as:
• respect – fair play; knowing one’s own limits; and taking care of
one’s health and the environment
• excellence – how to give the best of oneself, on the field of play or
in life; taking part; and progressing according to one’s own
objectives
• friendship – how, through sport, to understand each other despite any
differences
The Paralympic Values are based on the history of the Paralympic Games and the tradition of fair play and honourable sports competition.
They are:
• courage
• determination
• inspiration
• equality
Get Set, the London 2012 education programme, is based on these seven Values.
