Team GB at London 2012

We hope everyone has been supporting Great Britain by watching them at the London 2012 Olympics over the past few days. Who knows, maybe you have even been lucky enough to visit London and see the Olympic Games first hand!

Team GB's First Olympic Medal of 2012

Lizzie Armistrad came second in the Women's Road Race to bring home a silver Olympic medal for Team GB yesterday. With an exceptional time of 3:35:29, she only missed out on the gold by mere milliseconds.

You can watch the last few moments of the race here.

"GB cyclist Lizzie Armitstead is delighted and "a bit shocked" after winning a silver medal in Sunday's women's road race.

Marianne Vos of the Netherlands claimed gold with Russian Olga Zabelinskaya third in a thrilling, rain-soaked race that ended in a sprint finish on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

The trio formed a breakaway group and in a sprint for the line Vos had too much speed and power to win gold."

Source: BBC News

The Elderly Community take part in their own Olympic competition!

Olympic School Competition

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Olympic Dream Project features in the St Helens Star

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Olympic Opening Ceremony Video

Please take a minute to watch the video below. 

It was recorded, edited and produced by our student media team - led by Miss Vernon. Over the last few weeks they have used the excellent facilities in the CLC to create their own DVDs which will be sent out to the primary schools involved in our Olympic Dream Project.

Olympic Opening Ceremony

We held an opening ceremony on Monday (25^th June) which contained our own torch relay around Haydock, representatives from each school making their pledge for good and fair competition, Olympic themed dances and an explanation of what the Olympic Dream meant to us as students. The march of the athletes was held in the costumes of each school’s adopted country and led by our student teams. Over a thousand children have been part of these events over the last few months and it has truly inspired them to dream and believe in what is possible. We have received tremendous support, not only from pupils, parents and staff, but also from local organisations, particularly Christ Church, and celebrities too. We had many dignitaries attend our Olympic Opening Ceremony including the mayor of St Helens, the High Sherriff of Merseyside and Superintendent Rowley Moore from Merseyside Police. 

It hasn’t just been about sport, however, as a team of 25 pupils have filmed, edited and are now in the process of distributing the video from the events through their own DVD which will be sent out to all of the schools  involved, helping them to develop new skills beyond those of sport. 

You can view some images from the day below.
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