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It was a great day today at St Paul’s Primary School in Tower Hamlets.

A Christmas tree was delivered to the school from the Winter Olympic Host City of Lillehammer as a token from one Host City to another.

The children were just so inspirational. When I came here today they were just so excited, singing their carols. They had spent a lot of time designing their decorations and writing their pledges for 2012 on them.

As soon as I switched on the tree lights, the kids spontaneously asked for a race. So we went to the playground and had a run around. Did I let them win? Well, there are a lot of talented kids out there.

















The thing is the kids are excited about 2012, but they want stuff happening now. So it’s great that we can have activities like today - and all the other opportunities that will happen in the build up to 2012 - to keep them interested and inspired about the Games.