London 2012 mascots to visit competition-winning primary schools across the UK
The official London 2012 mascots Wenlock and Mandeville will make school sports day extra special for 11 primary schools across the UK this summer, as a prize for taking part in a competition about exploring what is unique about their community.
The London 2012 mascots, Mandeville and Wenlock, will visit schools across the UK
As Wenlock and Mandeville continue their journey across the UK, they will visit school sports days in Wadebridge, Burnham, Southwark, Cleveland, South Lanarkshire, Sheffield, Wrexham, Chesterfield, Leigh-on-Sea, Oldham and Coventry following a competition run through the London 2012 education programme Get Set.
The ‘Get Set to make your mascot’ initiative invited primary schools to find out about their local area and create their own design of Wenlock or Mandeville to represent something that is special about their community.
Hundreds of primary schools entered the competition and 23 were shortlisted to spend a day in London and attend the national final. The finalists got the opportunity see the Olympic Park and meet Olympic Diving silver medallist Leon Taylor and three-times Wheelchair Basketball Paralympian Clare Strange, who were also on the panel of judges choosing the winning projects.
The finalists then showcased their presentation skills as they pitched their mascot designs to the panel and shared them with the other schools. Following this they took part in a question and answer session with the panel where they spoke about how they use the Olympic and Paralympic Values throughout their school lives, and described what was special about their local area in a bid to win the exciting prize.
LOCOG Chair Seb Coe said: ‘The Get Set programme is a way schools and school children all over the UK can make the most of London 2012 and the opportunities it offers – and this initiative has proved just how successful it is. These young people have been able to embrace the Olympic and Paralympic Values and have used them to be creative and work as a team and the results have been immensely impressive.’
