Healthy Breakfasts

We met some famous athletes in assembly on Tuesday. We met 'Jessica Ennis', 'Tom Daley', 'Steve Redgrave', 'Victoria Pendleton' and 'Andy Murray'. Olive talked to each one to find out what they liked to eat for breakfast. We also had some excellent chefs on hand to make the athletes their healthy Olympic breakfasts. We found out that Steve Redgrave likes to eat 3 Weetabix! Each athlete enjoyed eating their breakfast after assembly was over!

Closing Ceremony

What a fantastic celebration of sport and cultures we had on Monday! But it wasn't over yet. We had a Grand Closing Ceremony. Every member of the school was squashed into the Middle Hall. We marched in to some joyous music. Mary presented every class with a special certificate from LOCOG signed by Lord Coe. We enjoyed watching a special film of the day made by the 'official' photographers. There were images of every class participating in their sports and activities. Finally there was a surprise event. The teachers fired golden confetti all over us! We all felt happy, special and excited. We clapped to 'Shine' as we marched back to class. Our parents could look at the film of the day on the lobby screen to see what we had been up to.

Global Learning

When athletes were not competing in their events, they were learning all about their country. All over the school children were 'going global'. Some classes learned to speak a few phrases in a different language. One class learned to samba and made masks for a Brazilian carnival. One class learned to use chopsticks and wrote in Chinese script. Year 6 had visits from Australian and Jamaican visitors who answered their questions about the countries. Some classes also made their own Olympic medals and wrote their names in Russian. One class made Bulgarian aprons and many classes made their own mini flags to bring to the Closing Ceremony.

Let The Games Begin!

Columbia athletes took over every available space in the school to compete in their sports. Each class participated in a different sport. The athletes demonstrated all the Olympic and Paralympic Values. 'Official' photographers visited the events and took photos of remarkable achievements. Many personal bests were made and some were bettered.

The Columbia Olympic Games

 

We staged our very own Olympic Games on Monday! All classes participated in a Grand Opening Ceremony. There was a Procession of Flags with each class parading their country's flag and name. There was a special torch relay and lighting of the Olympic cauldron. Two children had written a new athletes' oath specially for the ceremony. They took the oath on behalf of all pupils whilst standing at a golden pedestal.Mary announced that the Games had begun and we all danced out to some fun music.