an exciting and inspirational international event, the Olympic Summer Games occurs only every four years. Mark the occasion at your club by organising a theme of Olympic proportions. There are so many activity possibilities it would be hard not to go to town.
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This summer, the games run from 13 to 29 August, and will take place in Athens, Greece. The Paralympics follow from 17 to 28 September. The venue is special because the Games are returning to their Greek birthplace, where the first recorded events in 776BC included perilous chariot racing.
The Olympics has a rich and colourful history and many traditions that are still observed today, so why not focus on this in advance of the Games? That way children will understand and look forward to not only the sporting events, but the journey of the symbolic Olympic torch to the stadium, and the spectacle of the opening ceremony. There will be much media coverage, starting ahead of time, and it can be fun for children to collect and bring in clippings from newspapers and magazines, collaborating to make a club scrapbook of this important international event, that represents so much more than sport alone.
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