London 2012 blog

India, together with Azerbaijan, Brazil, Palau and Zambia is one of the five countries where 'International Inspiration' is working to inspire and enrich the lives of young people by playing and excelling at sport.  
As part of the programme, Sharon Kee, an Advanced Skills Teacher based at Ivybridge Sports College in Devon has over the past 12 weeks been working with 11 schools in Delhi to develop an operational PE curriculum for the Indian Primary Schools. 

Sport in the playground:


Her work with the schools has had such a great impact that the Delhi authorities are looking at introducing the PE curriculum changes across 800 schools. She has certainly made an impact as this quote from a recent thank you letter to Sharon shows. The headteacher from the Lulachi Hansraj Model School wrote, 'We all have been inspired by your unstinting efforts in promoting sports and sports values in different schools of the world and establishing the fact that nations are built not in the classroom but in the playground...Inspired by your plans, we have incorporated a lot of action games and physical activities in our regular curriculum.'

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In a true reflection of the interlocked rings young people, sports organisations and school practitioners from three continents met in the last week in two separate events, one in Recife, North Brazil and the other in Islay in Scotland. Both events were organised as part of the 'International Inspiration' programme, designed to inspire millions of children around the work to participate in sport, which will be part of the London 2012 International Education programme.



The first event involved teachers from 12 schools in Nottingham travelling to Recife Northern Brazil to meet and develop partnerships to support and develop their PE curriculum. Recife is the fourth largest city in Brazil with a high serious crime rate and agricultural economy but the community there have a real desire to make a difference to their lives through sport. The event was arranged and hosted by the British Council, who work with schools around the world to offer international expertise in the fields of sport, development and education for young people.

The UK and Brazilian representatives took part in a seminar entitled 'Inspiring education through PE and school sport', which was attended by senior officials from the Federal and Regional Governments. Seminar delegates, including representatives from the Youth Sport Trust and UK Sport, took part in a lively discussion on a range of issues, particularly the development of a shared vision of how PE and sport can be used to engage, enrich and empower young people's lives and raise whole school standards.

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