We will be releasing regular educational resources aimed at Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 throughout the academic year.
These resources are designed to be used within the curriculum and/or as part of home learning to increase pupils’ understanding of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games through cross-curricular activities.
Bring the Power will deliver a range of themed workshops for young people in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Delivered in your setting, workshops are tailored towards different age groups across Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and offer interactive ways to develop pupils’ knowledge and skills, through fun physical and creative activity bringing pupils closer to Birmingham 2022. Workshop topics include Empowerment and Resilience, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Employability Skills, amongst others.
Due to availability, opportunities will be prioritised for the benefit of schools in the West Midlands* as well as those in close proximity to Games venues.
These sessions will be delivered both in-person and online. They are designed to inspire teachers and school staff to engage with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and use inspirational individuals to support the development of school staff.
Ever wondered how you could work with an elite athlete in your school? As part of our aim to inspire and young people through the Games across the region, we will be joining forces with Team England and Commonwealth athletes past and present to connect them with schools to allow young people the opportunity to meet and speak with athletes connected with the Games.
Due to availability, opportunities will be prioritised for the benefit of schools in the West Midlands* as well as those in close proximity to Games venues.
Register your interest forms for athlete visits are now closed.
Common Ground is project with a PSHE learning focus for secondary schools in Birmingham, in partnership with Birmingham City Council. It will foster cultural collaboration, facilitate conversation, and promote student leadership opportunities to build a lasting Games legacy in Birmingham schools.
We are providing an opportunity for all secondary schools in Birmingham to apply for a grant of £1,000 to support their involvement in the Common Ground project.
As hosts of the Commonwealth Games this pivotal time offers us an opportunity to reflect and share what it means to be part of the Commonwealth in 2022. This grant is to act as a catalyst and space for young people to hold conversations about our ‘Common Ground’ and to extend that conversation into a creative response. We anticipate that they will take the form of short films, shared food, conversation, photography, song, dance, visual art, spoken word and installations. The application process for the Common Ground Grant is now closed.
Bring the Power has grant funded two exciting schools programmes. Commonwealth Connections being delivered by British Council and Birmingham Connect being delivered by Youth Sport Trust.
These two projects focus on bringing children and young people together around sport and the arts, improving cultural connectivity and developing awareness of the Commonwealth and Birmingham 2022.
Commonwealth Connections
Commonwealth Connections is a project from the British Council and Bring the Power, which is twinning 60 schools in the West Midlands* with schools from the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The project will explore creating connections between young people on shared Commonwealth values, through sport and art.
Your school can get involved with the Commonwealth Games 2022 Schools Resource. The activities are designed for schools, with or without a partner, to celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth's ongoing work to improve the lives of its citizens.
Birmingham Connect
Birmingham Connect, funded by Commonwealth Sport Foundation works with schools and young people to inspire local identity and a sense of belonging across Birmingham; focussing on finding common ground, building mutual trust and making sure participating children and young people, teachers and families have fun trying out new sports and artforms.
Your pupils can view the Games up close through our group tickets programme for schools.
Tickets are being made available to school groups to access the Games. Ticket applications are open for school groups to purchase group tickets for sports and sessions across the Games, with many tickets being priced at £8, the cheapest available ticket price.
Perry, the Birmingham 2022 official mascot, will be delivering assemblies in primary schools throughout 2022. The application process for these assemblies took place in Autumn 2021 and received over 500 applications, so Perry will be visiting as many of these schools as possible. Perry will also be conducting some live online and recorded assemblies for those schools that do not receive an in-person assembly.
The Birmingham 2022 Festival is a six-month cultural programme starting in March 2022.
It will harness the moment of the Games to shine a spotlight on the region’s cultural sector. Motivated by this epic opportunity for cultural learning and education, and in collaboration with our festival colleagues, we’ve identified a number of ways in which teachers and youth practitioners can get more involved with the festival. From monthly curated talks and exclusive access to artists, to downloadable resources that explore the themes and curriculum links of some of our major projects, we see the festival as an unending source of creative inspiration.
Games begin in:
28 July - 8 August 2022
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