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School’s sports stars welcome athletes at Olympic opening ceremony

Eight children in Years 7, 8 and 9 from Lydiard Park Academy (LPA) lined the route as athletes paraded their way through the Olympic Park
into the stadium for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 27 July.
Only 204 schools across Britain, “It’s an incredible thing to be asked
one for each of the competing to take part in the Olympic opening
countries, were chosen to send rep- ceremony.”
resentatives. The Swindon pupils Chloe Lewis said the excitement
were allocated Georgia to support was growing. “We’ve watched
and took with them a banner made how everything is building up to
by the art department to welcome the Olympics. It’s really amazing
that country’s athletes - some of the that we are going to be so closely
10,500 taking part in London 2012. involved. It’s something we won’t
The academy in Grange Park forget.”
was selected through the Get Set As well as having the opportunity
network, the official London 2012 to cheer on the world’s best athletes
education programme, in recogni- and be part of a global moment, the
tion of its commitment to living the school groups also had the exciting
Olympic and Paralympic Values chance to tour the Olympic Park and
and incorporating them into their see some of the venues before the
school lives and curriculum. world turned its attention to Danny
Each tutor group at the school Boyle’s Olympic Games Opening
chose a country to study and deco- Ceremony in the Olympic Stadium
rated their room with information later that day.
and flags, and teams of children The majority of the pupils are
carried the Olympic message to familiar with the park already, hav-
other schools. ing visited test events in the stadium
LPA sports coordinator Andy Ceremonial participants, clockwise, from left, Loretta White, Ryan Embling, Chloe and the aquatic centre. Charlie
Steckbeck said he was delighted Lewis, Shona O’Dwyer, Charlie George, Tom Sewell, Jay Atkinson, Josh Bowden George said: “It’s a fantastic place,
for the children: “It’s a fantastic Photo: Richard Wintle www.calypix.com it will look great when we go there
reward for the hard work they to take part in the athlete’s parade
have put in to project the spirit of of activities like fencing, archery school had been chosen. “It’s a big and we’ll be watching all the events
the Olympics during the last year. and rowing as well as Paralympic privilege to go to the Olympic Park; closely on TV.
Apart from engaging in their own sports such as botcha and goalball.” it’s going to be amazing to see all • Olympic mascot visits Oakhurst.
individual sports, the pupils have Boxer and footballer Ryan Em- the athletes.” See page 4
run Olympic days in all the West bling, who organised a Year 7 Tom Sewell, who plays hockey • Swindon Games brings together
Swindon primary schools where football league, said before the trip for Wiltshire under 15s and won 2,000 pupils. See www.swindonlink.
children have taken part in a range to London that he was pleased his the Wessex cyclocross league, said: com

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