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First annual citizen week for pupils underway

Pupils from schools across the country are being encouraged to ask what it means to be British and celebrate diversity as part of the first 'Who Do We Think We Are? Week'. Launched yesterday - on International Olympic Day - the programme embodies the Olympic Spirit, bringing young people of different backgrounds together. Paralympic champion Tanni Grey-Thompson joined Schools Minister Jim Knight to launch the week with a scheme linking schools with largely white pupils in rural areas with...

Children and young people to celebrate Paralympic Handover

A new website has launched with resources to get schools and colleges involved in celebrating Paraympic Handover on 17 September. Children and young people are being encouraged to create special events to mark the moment the Paralympic Flag is handed over from Beijing to London. All schools and colleges have been sent a special pack including a timeline showing the history of the Paralympic Games and a short DVD featuring UK athletes who are going to compete at the Beijing Games. Ideas for marking...

Local children’s artwork displayed around Olympic Park

ODA Chief Executive David Higgins praised children and young people from east London yesterday for their artwork which they unveiled on hoardings on the Hackney Wick towpath. The ODA and Tower Hamlets-based social enterprise Signs of Life have been working with primary, secondary and special needs schools in the Five Host Boroughs in a creative engagement programme to design the images which are now on display. The ODA held a celebration event for all the children and young people involved in the...