About
 The Cultural Olympiad is a key element of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. But how can young people make sense of ‘culture’ in their own lives. This project was an enquiry into culture: how it is defined, why it is important, and how it connects one set of individuals to others, both in the UK and around the world.
Teachers and students were invited to ‘co-author’ these definitions as well as use a variety of creative tools to find ‘clues’ that link their culture to that of the world of the London 2012 Games.
The results led to all kinds of ‘sleuthing’ activities in 9 schools across London, facilitated by a team of movement specialists, filmmakers, spoken word artists, theatre makers, writers and visual artists.
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Brent Schools participated in this programme with generous support from Wembley Stadium.
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The schools:
Barking and Dagenham
Gascoigne Primary School – made two films, one a detective story about the Olympics, and the other an animated exploration of Culture.
Brent
Malorees Junior School – made a film about the history of both the Olympics and the Wembley Arena.
Camden
115 Behavioural Unit – recorded two spoken-word tracks about their culture as young Londoners.
Hackney
Queensbridge Primary School – conducted live ‘culture captures’ within their school and from the nearby community around London Fields.
Lambeth
Immanuel and St Andrews C of E Primary School – created a chat show about good sportsmanship, cheating and winning.
Lewisham
Horniman Primary School – developed cultural questions and cultural tokens, thought bubbles, comic strips, secret spy ball videos and culture boxes.
Lewisham
John Ball Primary – made shoebox artworks filled with objects and anecdotes that they felt represented themselves and their culture.
Newham
Dersingham Primary School – used movement, mime and song to investigate different aspects of the Olympics.
Westminster
St Mary of the Angels Primary School – investigated the culture of their classroom.
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Lead organisation:
Nimble Fish is an award-winning and leading cultural producing company
that specialises in creating high-quality, arts-led happenings that
foster social change.
www.nimble-fish.co.uk
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