This booklet was created by KS3 pupils during

Enrichment Week, May 2012.

AJ Kaleem

Sam Hewitt

Alysa Brown

George Marney

Sean Anderson

Tom Ewing

Jack Dawkings-

Legget

We have had an excellent week at Arnold Academy.

This year our project was themed around the London

Olympics games.

On Monday we launched the project, firstly we had Art

in which we designed a logo for the Olympics, then we

had Music in which we composed a jingle for an Olympic

advert! Next we ate lunch and had History in which we

learned what life was like the last time we held the

Olympics in 1948. Lastly, me made our own game in P

E... Our team’s was a cross between the 25M sprint and

dodge ball!

On Tuesday we had Science in which we learned what

our bodies can accomplish during exercise. Then we de-

signed our own stadiums. We worked on some more of

our games in PE then we had a two hour food lesson. On

Wednesday in Drama we made an advert about the

Olympics and then later on we completed our games in

PE. After that, we learnt about breathing in Science,

and after that we continued with our stadium designs

where we built our models out of recycled materials,

then we finished our logos in ICT. Phwee! On Thursday

and Friday we made our Olympic costumes and torches

out of recycled materials ready for judging.

Art

In Art this week

we have been de-

signing logos for

Olympic sports

which then linked

to ICT. We used

the PC to create

the designs like

this...

Geography

In Geography we have

made 3D stadiums and

thought about how

they can be eco

friendly! We made a

plan and then used

cardboard to create

our designs.

Drama

We made adverts

to sponsor the

Olympics. We

added music and

filmed them.

History

In this activity we

compared the

Olympics in 2012

to the Olympics in

1948.

Music

In this we created

a ‘jingle’ for the

adverts we made in

Drama.

These are the different some of activities that we did:

Stadium design and building (using recycled materials to build a mini model).

Designed an Olympic costume to be worn by an athlete or at the ceremony.

An Olympic Torch for 2076

Information about the stadium

Firstly, we had to draw our ideas on paper in our class, then for the last two

days we had to build our design model out of recycled materials. Since it was a

competition, we had to decide which the best was in each form, so the designs

will be judged by the staff at Arnold Academy.

More information about designing a costume

We had to design a new Olympic costume for 2076. Because the first Olym-

pics was in 1948 and now the second Olympics in the year 2012

And the estimated gap would be another 64 years from now.

More information about the torch for 2076

We designed an Olympic torch for 2076. We are making the torch out of pa-

per or card. This is the same as the stadium, the best from each form will be

judged by the staff.

Finally, groups of Arnold Academy made fabulous dances to show what sort of

sports and what the Olympic is all about.

The marathon is one of the most storied races of all time in different

places. Originally conceived as a race for the 1896 Olympics in Athens,

the marathon immediately captured the imagination and hearts of the

running public. Transported to Boston in 1897 by American spectators,

the history of the marathon in the new world is almost as long as the his-

tory of the marathon itself, the name marathon came from the Greeks.

The 1896 Olympic marathon distance was 24.8 miles. This was the first

modern Olympics, which took place in Athens Greece. According to a fa-

mous Greek legend, a Greek foot-soldier (thought by many to be Philip-

pines) was sent from the plains of Marathon to Athens with the news that

an army of Athenian hoplites had fought and driven off the vastly larger

invading Persian army. As he approached the leaders of the city-state of

Athens, he staggered and exclaimed, "Rejoice! We Conquer!" and then col-

lapsed and died. The distance from the plains of Marathon to Athens is

24.8 miles.

The marathon distance was later changed as a result of the 1908 Olympic

Games in London, England. That year, King Edward VII and Queen Alexan-

dria requested that the marathon begin at Windsor Castle (20 miles west

of central London), so that the Royal family could view the start. The

course distance between the castle and the Olympic Stadium in London

was 26 miles. Event organizers added an extra 385 yards around the sta-

dium track, so the competitions would finish directly in front of the King

and Queen's royal viewing box.

The final distance for the 1908 Olympic marathon was 26 miles, 395

yards (26.21875 miles). The Olympic marathon distance varied until 1921

when it was set at exactly 42.195 kilometres. 26 miles, 385 yards is used

as the Imperial approximation (the difference is about a centimetre).

Gymnastics is among the oldest Olympic sports, dating back to ancient

times as well as the first modern Games in 1896.

The term "gymnastics" derives from the Greek word "gymnos", meaning

naked, and the sport in its modern form evolved during the 19th century.

Two styles of gymnastics were in conflict - the Swedish and German sys-

tems - with German Frederick-Ludwig Khan introducing parallel bars and

the horizontal bar to what had been a floor-based event.

These days, gymnastics as an Olympic sport is split into three disciplines;

artistic, rhythmic and trampoline.

In 1936, individual apparatus events for men began to resemble today's

Olympic programme, and a four-apparatus programme for women was in-

troduced at the 1952 Olympic Games.

Russia remains the powerhouse nation of artistic gymnastics, although

China, Romania and Spain regularly win medals.

As a competitive discipline, rhythmic gymnastics began in the former So-

viet Union in the 1940s before the Fig recognized the new discipline in

1961.

It was introduced into the Olympics in 1984 and the first group competi-

tion was introduced 12 years later at the Atlanta Games.

As with the artistic discipline, Russia dominates in rhythmic gymnastics,

although Spain almost took a clean sweep of gold medals in Atlanta.

Trampolining dates back to 1800 but did not spread widely for the best

part of a century.

The Olympics started 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in

Southwest Greece, which were part of a religious festival.

The Greek Olympics, thought to have begun in 776 BC, in-

spired the modern Olympic Games (begun in 1896).

The games were held in honour or Zeus, king of the gods,

and were staged every four years at Olympia, a valley near

a city called Elis. People from all over the Greek world

came to watch and take part.

In the past the staging of the ancient Olympic games were

very different to the modern Olympic games we see to-

day…The London games of 2012 is to be the most expen-

sive games to date. Our modern games in dominated by the

media, sponsorship and the financial world, rather than

the purely a form of entertainment for the Greeks to en-

joy. Many of the sports which people competed in during

ancient times are still featured in the modern games to-

day.

Greeks gathered to watch a range of rather gruelling and

demanding set of events and sports over a few days.

These included equestrian events, pankration, pentathlon,

running and wrestling. The modern games now includes

sports such as; beach volleyball, handball, sailing, swim-

ming, basketball, and hockey. I wonder what the Greeks

would make of those sports today?

Chariot racing is an ancient Olympic sport in witch players are on chariots Tied to there

horses in a race to the finish line Funny fact Nero emperor of Rome lost a chariot race but

they let him win in fear of death

Although most Roman charioteers began their careers as slaves, those who were successful

soon accumulated enough money to buy their freedom. The four Roman racing companies or

stables were known by the racing colors worn by their charioteers; this mosaic depicts a

charioteer and horse from each of the stables, Red, White, Blue, and Green Fans became

fervently attached to one of the factions, proclaiming themselves “partisans of the Blue” in

the same way as people today would be “Yankee fans.” The factions encouraged this sort of

loyalty by establishing what we might call “clubhouses” in Rome and later in other cities of

the empire. In the later empire these groups even acquired some political influence (Junius

Bassus, a consul of 331 CE, had himself portrayed driving a chariot in a mosaic; behind him

are four horsemen wearing the colors of the four circus factions). In the first century CE,

the Roman writer and statesman Pliny the Younger criticized this partisanship.

The races are believed to have been invented at the same time as the coliseum The ceremo-

nies began with an elaborate procession headed by the dignitary who was sponsoring the

games, followed by the charioteers and teams, musicians and dancers, and priests carrying

the statues of the gods and goddesses who were to watch the races; in this relief of the

procession, the dieties are Jupiter, Castor, and Pollux. There were usually twelve races

scheduled for a day, though this number was later doubled. The charioteers drew lots for

their position in the starting gates; once the horses were ready, the white cloth was

dropped by the sponsor of the games; these two statues show an older magistrate and a

younger one preparing to drop the cloth. At this signal, the gates were sprung, and up to

twelve teams of horses thundered onto the track. The strategy was to avoid running too

fast at the beginning of the race, since seven full laps had to be run, but to try to hold a

position close to the barrier and round the turning posts as closely as possible without hit-

ting them. As the race progressed, passions were intense both on and off the track; this

painting by Alex Wagner gives some sense of the drama of these races, which is vividly rec-

reated in the film Ben Hur. There were plenty of ways that teams from one stable could

foul their opponents during a race, and sometimes even before it started (attempts to dope

or poison horses and charioteers were not unknown). Fanatical partisans sometimes even re-

sorted to magic, seeking to “hex” the rivals of their favorites. The following curse tablet

represents an attempt to incapacitate the drivers of the Red faction:

Help me in the Circus on 8 November. Bind every limb, every sinew, the shoulders, the an-

kles and the elbows of Olympus, Olympianus, Scortius and Juvencus, the charioteers of the

Red. Torment their minds, their intelligence and their senses so that they may not know

what they are doing, and knock out their eyes so that they may not see where they are go-

ing—neither they nor the horses they are going to drive.

Tom Ewing’s

mascot

The first Olympic mascot was called a dachshund dog called Waldi and he was a mix of blue, or-

ange, yellow, green and purple. He was in the Munich Olympics of 1972.

Next came Amik, a strange black blob with a single red stripe. He was the Montreal mascot from

1976.

The third mascot is from the 1980’s Moscow Olympics. It is a bear cub called Misha who wears a

golden Olympic Rings belt.

The 1984 Olympics were held in Los Angeles and the mascot was a bald eagle (The USA national

animal) wearing a top hat and waistcoat with the colours and stars from the American flag. He is

also holding the same torch that the Statue of Liberty holds.

In 1988, the Canadian Olympic mascots were a pair of twin polar bears – one boy, one girl. The boy

was called Howdy and wore a blue cowboy jacket with snowflakes on. The girl was called Hidy and

wore a dress with the same colours and snowflakes as Howdy’s jacket. They both wear white cow-

boy hats with a red ribbon on it and a red bandanna around their necks.

The 1992 mascot is a dog like creature from Barcelona called Cobi and he has black Olympic rings

and a stickman jumping over it on his belly.

The 1996 Olympic mascot is a strange blue creature with big eyes. It is called Izzy and is from

Atlanta.

The 2000 Olympic mascots are from Australia. They are all Australian animals. A kookaburra called

Olly, a platypus called Syd and a echidna called Millie.

The 2004 Olympic mascots are humanoid blobs who wear orange gloves and jumper and the other

one wears a blue jumper and gloves with a squiggle and the Olympic rings on it. They are called

Athena and Phevos and are from Greece.

Next are the Beijing mascots. They are all the colours of the Olympic rings and have them on

their belly, as well as Beijing 2008. The black one is called Jingjing, the green one is called Nini,

the red one is called Huanhuan, the yellow one is called Yingying, and the blue Beibei.

Have you enjoyed this week? Ashley (Y7) said, it was good.

Rebecca (Y7) said, yes.

Charlie (Y7) said, yes.

Miss McCrow (teacher) said, yes.

What was your favourite activity? Ashley (Y7) said, PE.

Rebecca (Y7) said drama.

Charlie (Y7) said drama.

What have you enjoyed most this week?

Jake Scott 5np Said

“I enjoyed the national flags the most”

Emily Brown 5np Said

“I enjoyed the mascot adventures a lot”

Sam Edmunds (Y7) liked the enrichment week, his favorite part was

making the costume.

Joe Fryers (Y7) found enrichment week ok, he liked Pe, put. Next year

he would like the theme to be dragons.

Mrs. Douglas (t) liked enrichment week she liked the flags activity, but

would have preferred it if she had more time to do the activities.

Tom Ewing (Y7) liked enrichment week, enjoyed Pe the most, but would

have liked science more if there were more activities.

Ashley Roe (Y7) liked Pe but wished he could do more in it. He said he

would like to change the adverts.

Rebecca Brown (Y7) liked drama and would like to change the stadium

activity. Next year she would like the theme to be about the perform-

ing arts.

Charlie Caulder (Y7) liked drama and would have liked to do some Olym-

pic games in P.E. Next year he would like the theme to be football.

Miss McCrow (t) liked drama as well but would have liked a bit longer to

do the adverts. Next year she would like more activities on the field.

Next year she would like the theme to be class productions, students

become Theatres

Company in classes create story line, write script, stage designers,

lighting, sound, posters, perform ETC…

The events of the Paralympics are; Archery, Athletics, Boccia,

Cycling Road, Cycling Track, Horse Riding, Football-5-aside,

Football 7-aside, Goal ball, Judo, Power lifting, Rowing, sailing,

Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Sitting Volleyball, Wheel-

chair basketball,

Wheelchair Fencing, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Tennis.

The Paralympics started in April 30th 1948. When Ludwig. The

Paralympics first started in 1948 when Ludwig Guttmann organ-

ized a sports competition which involved World War 2 veterans

that had spinal injuries.

Afterwards a similar event was organized in Toronto, Canada

where different disability groups were added and the idea of

merging together and taking part in athletic sports was a suc-

cess.

The name derives from the Greek Para (beside or alongside) and

thus refers to a competition held in parallel with the Olympic

Games. No relation with paralysis or paraplegia is intended how-

ever, the word Paralympics was originally a portmanteau combin-

ing 'paraplegic and Olympic.