London 2012 blog

Plans for the London 2012 Education Programme are developing fast and we want to make sure that the whole experience is as exciting, relevant and inspiring to young people as possible.

To help us make sure that our plans are on the right track, we invited a group of head teachers, teachers and pupils to come along to a workshop at our offices last week and talk about some of our ideas.

I was lucky enough to run the workshop for young people – you can normally rely on them to be totally honest, and they always have the best ideas!

It certainly wasn't a disappointment: everyone was really enthusiastic about our ideas and offered plenty of suggestions to make them even better.

It was fantastic to meet such articulate and clear-thinking young people. Watch out, everyone: these guys will be after our jobs in a few years!

This was just the start of our consultations. We don't want to give the game away just yet and tell you all the details, but we would suggest that you keep an eye on the London 2012 website for upcoming announcements and ways to get involved.

Then get ready for us to launch the main Education Programme after the Beijing Games next year ...

Workshop participants take a break to admire the view from 2012 HQ over the Olympic Park site:



Head teachers, teachers and pupils shared their hopes and views with us during the day: