A year 2 group of Primary school children were asked to reflect and discuss the Olympic values and what these mean to them. There are three Olympic values – Friendship, Respect and Excellence – along with the four Paralympic values – Determination, Inspiration, Courage and Equality. The values underpin the Games as a set of universal principles, but they can be applied to education and our lives, as well as to sport itself. The children conveyed their ideas in to drawings, which were scanned and printed on to special transfer paper. The transfers were then ironed on to calico fabric and transformed in to banners, which were used in a carnival procession for a community festival in North London.
The banners were later sent to a primary school in Salvador, in the North East of Brazil, as part of a cultural exchange programme.
