Category Archives: Olympics

Issue 47: First Night of the Proms (Olympic Post)

I guess this marks the end of the series of Olympic posts, and I hope you won’t think that I have cheated too much: Here’s the link for the BBC proms website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms The festival opened today 13th July, and … Continue reading

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Issue 46: Olympic Bid Film

A 3’30” film that formed part of Britain’s bid for the Olympics back in 2005 can be found here; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4661209.stm It features young children watching sport, taking part, and dreaming about a future as an athlete. The background music reflects … Continue reading

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Issue 45: The Olympic Mascots and their Song

I’m probably way behind the times here, but today I discovered the London2012 YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL47A358CF7BB03109&feature=plcp where you can find the Olympic mascots’ song “Over the Rainbow”  sung by Carrie Fisher and Tom Fletcher with fun animations, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLDbXIp5atA and the … Continue reading

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Issue 43: Olympic Song “We live and learn”

https://www.lincsmusicservice.org/olympics-2012/ The Lincoln Music Service seems to have had a great time with their Olympic music project, creating their song “We live and learn”.  I came across the website by googling “Olympic music”. The website has all the downloads you … Continue reading

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Issue 42: Olympic Activity; Synchronised Swimming

This is a bit of a golden oldie, but none the worse for that. Working in pairs, the children mirror each other’s movements; child 1 is the leader, and child 2 is the “mirror”. So, whatever child 1 does, child … Continue reading

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Issue 41: Olympic Torch – Music and Movement Lesson Plan

Once again, I have been busily googling away to see what is out there in the way of Olympic-themed lessons. Searching on “Olympic Torch Music” brought up a number of YouTube videos of opening and closing ceremonies, but also this … Continue reading

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Issue 39: Olympics – Fanfare for the Common Man, and Mexican Waves

This is a powerful composition for brass ensemble and percussion by Aaron Copeland. You can hear it on YouTube here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqyby2x4e7c&feature=related (conducted by Aaron Copeland) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hNCIh9K6-U (displaying the score) You can download it from Amazon here for less than … Continue reading

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Issue 38: Olympic Activities for the Young

While trawling through the internet looking for inspirations for this week’s Olympic article, I tripped across this; http://www.first-school.ws/activities/firststeps/olympics.htm This is a veritable treasure-trove of ideas for Olympic activities for young children. If you are looking for printables and craft makes for … Continue reading

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