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THREE schools in Stratford are doing their bit to raise awareness of London's 2012 Olympic bid among young people.

Creative experts have been holding workshops for pupils covering banner making, opening ceremony dance displays, citizenship, acting, use of video and digital images and cultural theme days.

The workshops are part of the borough's Olympic Links project which began in September. Under the project, every school has been allocated its own Olympic nation to explore arts, culture and heritage.

The Olympic Links schools are being asked to submit a piece of project work completed by up to 30 children, which will be entered into a competition to win a trip to Athens. Judging will take place in early April.

The lucky winners will be able to explore the 2004 Olympic site and meet people who worked on the games last summer.

At St Francis' Primary School, in Maryland Park, pupils have worked with artist Sally Crombie to produce banners on the theme of their country, Guatemala.

Maryland Primary School, in Gurney Road, has Great Britain as its country. Around 80 pupils aged between seven and 11 will be staging a production with the Wooddrum drama group called Who Put the Great Into Great Britain? at Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, on February 10.

Carpenters Primary School, Carpenters Road, is linked with Spain.

Pupils are planning an Olympic-themed week which will involve an impact study on the local area where the proposed Olympic venues stand to be built. They are comparing results to Barcelona where the Games were held in 1992.

Mayor Sir Robin Wales said: "Olympic Links is a fantastic way for our young people to learn about new countries and cultures.

"The London 2012 bid is also important to our young people because they would benefit from the boost the games would give to employment, transport and the economy in the Newham."

4:38pm Thursday 20th January 2005

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