• Introduction
• The Sports Pledge
• The Values
• Five Hours of Sport

Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week 2009 helped motivate pupils, and schools to fulfil their objectives for PE and school sport, using the inspiration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Values.

The aim was simple: To help excite and motivate pupils to do more sport by celebrating and profiling all that had been achieved in PE in schools, and to launch new sport based initiatives.

92% of schools said the week inspired more young people to do more sport, and 71% of pupils who took part tried a new sport.

To achieve this, the Youth Sport Trust and Lloyds TSB provided free resources; including teacher packs, great prizes, and visits from British Olympians and Paralympians to help schools inspire their pupils in sport and physical activity. The resources included:

• Teacher Planning Pack: for ideas
• Inspirational film
• Sports Pledge logbooks: to help your pupils participate
• Certificates: prizes for everyone

Jonathan Edwards, Lloyds TSB ambassador for London 2012, Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister for Sport, and Denise Lewis, School Sport Ambassador, launch Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week.

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Over 3 million pupils across the UK made Sports Pledge, which helped them commit to achieving their goals during the week.

Here are some examples of Sports Pledges, and the objectives they helped achieve:

Do more physical activity	I pledge to do an extra hour of practice each week before and during the Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week.
Try a new activity	I pledge to learn how to play an Olympic or Paralympic sport (e.g. Volleyball).
Learning	I pledge to learn about a country that takes part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games and present this to my class.
Participate	I pledge to dance in our week’s Opening Ceremony.
As a class	We pledge to run a competition with another class and give awards for fair play.

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The week inspired pupils to participate, perform and lead in sport and physical activity. It provided an excellent opportunity to embed the Olympic and Paralympic Values in school sports activity.

Here are some examples of the activities inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Values:

Inspiration	Challenging your music and dance groups to create an Opening Ceremony in School Assembly.
Equality	Challenging all pupils to achieve a personal best and celebrate these at a Closing Ceremony.
Excellence	Inviting back outstanding performers from the past to present awards and talk about the value of sport.
Friendship	Creating intra or inter-school sports days where fair play is a focus.
Determination	Running an event that requires young people to do something physical on every day of the Sport Week.
Respect	Creating a film showing how all the different groups in the school took part in the week's activities, showing it at the Closing Ceremony and giving awards to those who stand out.
Courage	Using your leadership academy and young leaders to ensure everyone gets involved, including those who don't usually take part.

You can find more information and resources about the Olympic and Paralympic Values at the official London 2012 education programme, Get Set. Click here to visit Get Set.

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Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week is integral to the delivery of the Government's PE and Sport Strategy for Young People and contributing towards the target of offering young people five hours of high quality PE and sport a week by 2012.

The Youth Sport Trust plays a central role in supporting the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in the delivery of the PE & Sport Strategy for Young People. The overall aim of the PE & Sport Strategy is to increase the number of young people participating, leading and volunteering in sport.

The aim was for 85% of children to have access to two hours per week of high quality PE and school sport by 2008. Remarkably, this target was achieved a year early, as the 2007 School Sport Survey found that 86% of young people were taking part in a minimum of two hours per week.

Now the ambition is for each child to have access to five hours a week by 2012. This should be made up of two hours of physical education within the curriculum and three hours offered on school sites or in the community.

The Youth Sport Trust is pleased to be working in Partnership with Lloyds TSB, the first Official Partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to use the inspiration of London 2012 to help achieve this goal.

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