The North Neighbourhood Olympic Torch Project came to a dramatic finale on the 30 May when participants took part in a Mini Olympians final event at Bangholm (writes Ricky Karoyan). Pupils were split into countries before taking part in various Olympic sports – from athletics to martial arts – and competing to win gold! Pupils were awarded prizes based on effort and being a good player in keeping with the Olympic values.
The torch started it’s journey at Craigroyston Primary on Tuesday 21 February. The torch was then delivered to St Davids and ended up at Lorne Primary on the 21 May. As the torch travelled from school to school the pupils got to experience one of the Olympic sports, whilst also sharing the experience with a neighbouring school. They even got to meet some Team GB Olympians, such as hockey player Graham Moodey) and athlete Lynsey Sharp, who visited schools in their Olympic Games kit! This project involved P3’s from 11 schools from across North Edinburgh.
The activities experienced were hockey, basketball, judo, athletics, Paralympics events, handball, taekwondo, seated volleyball, fencing and boccia.
The pupils had a great time and learned lots of exciting new sports and skills with neighbouring schools. Active Schools were really impressed with the effort that the classes put into their class presentations and their flag and mini torch making.
A special thanks to all the schools who supported this project and for their enthusiasm and energy. Also a big thanks to Telford College who delivered our final festival, bringing lots of energy and excitement to the event. Lets hope our mini Olympians are future Olympic athletes in the making!
Ricky Karoyan
Active Schools Coordinator, Craigroyston Cluster
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