The London 2012 Organising Committee today announced that the under 16s Volunteer Performer Cast for the Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies will be selected from schools in the six east London Host Boroughs.<br/><br/>Danny Boyle, Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Artistic Director, recently paid a visit to Colegrave Primary School in Newham, one of the <a href="http://getset.london2012.com/en/home">Get Set </a>schools selected to audition for the London 2012 Ceremonies.<br/><br/><br/>
Get Set network schools join London 2012 hopefuls at the Copper Box to help launch the London 2012 <a href="http://getset.london2012.com/en/world-sport-day">World Sport Day</a>, set to take place on 25 June 2012. <br/><br/>The day will enable thousands of young people to take part in the final UK-wide Get Set event before the London 2012 Games begin, with students encouraged to celebrate the athletes and cultures of the world in a variety of ways.
Seb Coe visits children at Oak Lodge School in Wandsworth to speak to help launch a special week of Olympic and Paralympic figures giving talks in state schools and colleges.<br/><br/>The schools and colleges taking part in the London 2012 Speakers for Schools Week are all part of the <a href="http://getset.london2012.com/en/home" target="_blank">Get Set network</a>, in recognition of their work to incorporate the Olympic and Paralympic Values into their curriculum.
London 2012 mascots Wenlock and Mandeville joined Father Christmas at a special party at Downing Street to celebrate the School Games.<br/><br/>Pupils and staff from participating schools, the Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt and sports stars Audley Harrison, Mark Foster and Jason Gardener also attended the event.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.yourschoolgames.com/RegisterYourSchool.aspx" target="_blank">The School Games</a> is a unique opportunity to motivate and inspire millions of young people across the country to take part in more competitive sport.<br/><br/>The Prime Minister David Cameron said: 'The School Games are a great way to encourage young people to play more competitive sport, as well as getting involved in the excitement around the Olympic and Paralympic Games.'<br/>
A London school has become the 10,000th to qualify for tickets to the London 2012 Games donated through the ‘Ticketshare’ scheme.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/12/milestone-reached-as-10-000th-school-qualifies-for-ticke.php">St Jude’s Church of England Primary School in Lambeth has secured their allocation</a> by joining the London 2012 Get Set network, which recognises and rewards schools’ commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Values.<br/><br/>The milestone was celebrated at the school with a visit by two-time Paralympic bronze medallist Sinclair Thomas.<br/><br/><br/>
Children in the London 2012 Children's Promise scheme today <a href="http://www.london2012.com/press/media-releases/2011/12/children-born-on-20-12-day-2004-celebrate-seventh-birthd.php">celebrated their seventh birthday </a>at an event hosted at John Lewis, Westfield Stratford City. <br/><br/>The children were excited to meet Olympic mascot Wenlock, Jonathan Edwards, Kelly Sotherton and Lawrence Okoye, and also received a special London 2012 birthday cake.
On 27 July 2012 at 8:00 BST, Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes by Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed, will be performed throughout the UK to celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as part of the London 2012 Festival, and to welcome the 205 nations to the UK.
Arlene Phillips and dancers from the Big Dance project celebrate the launch of the London 2012 festival where bells will be rung across the UK to celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. <br/><br/> All the bells in a country will be rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes by Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed, will be performed throughout the UK to celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as part of the London 2012 Festival, and to welcome the 205 nations to the UK
Wenlock and Mandeville join Tom and Carrie Fisher at the song launch at Great Ormond Street Hospital School.
