Olympics: London 2012 @ Sheffield High

Sheffield High School will be celebrating the London 2012 Olympics throughout this school year, culminating in an ‘Olympic Week’‘ including our own Sports Day, towards the end of the summer term.

Many events are still in the planning stage and events include an International Concert with a celebration of music from around the world.

Form groups in school have been linked with various countries throughout the world and many of our teaching subjects will be staging their own individual Olympic themes during the year.

The penultimate week of the summer term is earmarked for our ‘Olympics Week‘ and will feature an Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Olympic-themed activities in lessons.

Sheffield High’s Olympics Calendar 2012

Further information will appear throughout the spring of 2012.

Date	Event
Autumn Term Autumn Term Spring Term Spring Term Thursday 28 June Monday 2 July to Friday 6 July Tuesday 3 July Friday 13 July	Olympic Twinning Ceremony Art Department’s ‘Olympic Big Draw’ World Book Day – Olympic-style Year Mug Company produces Olympics 2012 SHS mug Olympics Concert Olympics Week Olympics Concert Olympics Closing Ceremony

All the events on the school calendar with an Olympic theme are focussing on one or more of the Olympic values of –

• 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

Many events this year linked to the Olympic theme are planned or have already taken place in school, including a Year 7 Maths Olympiad Day, a Year 9 & 10 Biology Olympiad and a separate Biology Olympiad in the Sixth Form. The year will culminate in an ‘Olympic Week’ which will feature both opening and closing ceremonies and also see the School’s own Sports Day with an Olympic theme.

Olympic competitor countries were allocated as follows –

Junior School
Australia, China, France, German, India and Spain

Year 7
Belarus, Mexico, Norway and Switzerland

Year 8
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, North Korea and Thailand

Year 9
Brazil, Canada, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Poland

Year 10
Cuba, Finland, Romania, Russia and Serbia

Year 11
Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile, Ethiopa and Turkey

Year 12
Azerbaijan, Hungary, Jamaica, Mongolia, Slovenia and South Korea

Year 13
Denmark, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal and Ukraine