Activemark Gold
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Gospel Oak has been awarded Active Mark Gold status for our sports provision and sporting achievement. We offer children a broad range of high quality physical activities both within the PE curriculum (all children have 2 PE lessons a week) and through extra-curricular activities (10 different sports clubs every week). Click here to find out more |
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Gospel Oak is one of only 3 primary schools in inner London to be awarded gold status. In December 2004 high jumper Dalton Grant visited the school to publicise the London 2012 Olympic bid. In October 2005 (2 months after the Games were awarded to London) Sebastian Coe visited the school to present the Active Mark Gold award.
Click here to jump to Dalton Grant
Sebastian Coe Visit
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SEBASTIAN NEWBOLD COE (b. Sept. 29, 1956, London, England), British athlete who won four Olympic medals and set eight world records in middle-distance running. Seb Coe wins 1500m in Moscow 1980 Olympics (left) after losing the gold (his preferred distance) to Steve Ovett in the 800m. |
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Children show off some of the sports trophies they have won - including the CSSA athletics championship. |
Children perform an Olympics Dance to celebrate London hosting the games. Click here to watch the video (10.9 Mb). |
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Ex-pupils who continue to excel in their chosen sports (archery, sprinting, basketball, javelin, middle-distance running and football). |
In the pouring rain Sebastian Coe starts an 800m race in the junior playground. Rory Campbell runs 800m against a 8 past and present pupils who run a relay of 100m each. Click here to watch the video (5.2 Mb). |
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Members of the Gospel Oak football team meet Sebastian Coe before getting soaked playing a demonstration match. |
Newpaper reports from the Ham & High and Camden New Journal (click to enlarge) |
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Lord Coe presents to the Award to the head and PE teacher. |
Lord Coe presents to the Award to two year 6 pupils. Olympic display in background. |
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DALTON GRANT is a member of the London 2012 bid Board. Born in Hackney, Dalton has competed in the high jump at the Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. He is also a European Games and Commonwealth Games gold medallist. His personal best for the high jump is 2m37cm. |
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Warming up for the High Jump |
Warming up for the High Jump |
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Year 4 practising |
Year 5 jumper |
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Ethan takes off |
Ethan clears 120cm |
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Stop Motion of Ethan jumping |
Dalton signs autographs |
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Dalton jumps 160cm - click here for video |
Dalton clears 170cm - click here for video |
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Jumping for the 2012 London bid. |
Year 4s support the bid. |
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