1) Summary of "Competitive sport for children at the heart of Olympics legacy" The Prime Minister David Cameron wants sports in a new primary school. He thinks it is the Governments job, after the The Olympics in London 2012, to give inspiration to more competitive sport in the schools.
He means that how the primary school are now it has to many rules and no recognisable sport like you see in the Olympics.He is working on a new Physical Education programme for the schools which goal is to get every child tolike sport, to make the children want to compete, and be in competitions, not only in the schools, but also outside it. There are already 5,000 links between sport clubs, and schools which will make it easier for the children to keep practising in their free time. The culture the Prime Minister wants to make is one where children enjoys sports and gets inspired to pursue their dreams, and maybe reach the Olympics some day.2) An outline of the various attitudes to competitive sport.
In the first text "Competitive sport for children at the heart of Olympics legacy" and the second text "Competitive sport is all very well but helping every child reach their potential must be Britain's Olympic Legacy" both articles think they should use the inspiration from the Olympic Games. Where the Prime Minister in the first text wants to use the inspiration to change the schools, the professional rower in the second text is concerned that the pressure would scare som people away. So text two thinks the sport should be on the young's own free will instead of force.The third text "Competitive Sports: Making It Compulsory Is Futile" thinks that the Olympics was fun, but don't think it is an occasion to push political things forward like he thinks the Prime Minister is doing in the first text. Text three is more agreeing with the second text that says voluntarily sport will make people enjoy it, and force can make them turn away from it.3) Comment on: "If the alleged health benefits of sports are to be realised, then it needs to be voluntary an enjoyable" If you have to read a certain book for class you don't always feel like it, but if you find a book of your own, you can't wait to get started.
It's the same with sport. Of course some loves it, and wants to practise it even if they have to or not, but there are others. Them who likes sport when they are playing with friends, but who doesn't want it to be more than just fun. I think there should be some sport in the schools.
It can make a different social environment where the classmates see each other in different ways than just being in the classrooms. If it is being forced to have competitive sport in the classes with focus on making new athletes every day, then it's not fun, but just hard work for the kids.If children have to play and compete the consequences could be that they stop. They would associate sport with bad situations instead of good situations where they are playing with friends. I think the bad associations could scare them away from sport, and then the healthy benefits from it would be lost.4) Write an article for the school paper - discuss the positive and negative consequences of competitive sports Do you think competitive sport in the school is good or bad thing? There are some positive sides of it.
Children that aren't that strong with the books can if they are good with sport, get some confidence there.Instead of feeling like a complete failure in the class. Another good thing is that it could help the classes to get a better social environment, but maybe it goes the other way. The negative sides are that there can come to much competition between the children in the class.
Then there are the children who because of different handicaps can not be a part of the sports activities, and will be missing out of something social. They could be the victims in this. If competitive sport goes to the positive or the negative side we have to see, because the new rules say that children from the age of seven has to be introduced to competitive sport.
