Going Regional, 500 Olympics Unleashed schools in New South Wales, embracing sustainability, good luck to NSW HSC students, celebrating the Change-Makers of 2021, Village Art and the South Australian Christmas Pageant.
Olympics Unleashed in Regional Communities
This month the Olympics Unleashed program ventured into regional communities in both Queensland and South Australia.
Our Far North Queensland tour saw Tokyo 2020 silver medallist beach volleyballer Taliqua Clancy, dual Olympian boxer Brad Hore and dual Olympian basketballer Danny Morseu kick off the tour on Thursday Island then travelled to, Horn Island, Yarrabah and Lockhart River.
The team connected with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout these regions and through story telling they helped students learn about setting goals, being resilient and creating the best versions of themselves.
The tour was packed with beaming smiles and loads of fun and excitement had by all.
Meanwhile in South Australia, Tokyo Olympians Bernadette Wallace (sprint canoe) and Damien Schumann (beach volleyball) headed to the border town of Mt Gambier and steel and mining town of Whyalla respectively, to connect with regional communities across the state.
In New South Wales, Rohan Browning and Nathan Katz delivered the 500th Olympics Unleashed School visit in NSW, when they connected with students from Wadalba Community School and Glenwood High School respectively.
That's 55,000 students across NSW inspired by the Olympics Unleashed program.
Embrace Sustainability
Embrace sustainability was the third instalment of the Wellbeing Series, presented by Allianz. The session was moderated by Dr Sheila Nguyen, CEO of the Sports Environment Alliance, and bridged the connection between the natural world and sport, highlighting key opportunities to engage both Olympians and the community in the planetary health movement.
The conversation featured Olympic gold medallist and sustainability advocate, Lydia Lassila and the Chief Sustainability Officer at Qantas Airways, Andrew Parker. They discussed how sport and its wider family can lead the change into a clean future through acting on climate.
If you missed the session, check out the team in action below.
Village Art Closing Soon for Beijing
The Village Art program for Beijing 2022 is set to close on 10 December, so if you haven’t got your artwork in, there is still time!
With Beijing on the horizon (4th – 20th February 2022), we're calling on school children from across the nation to create artwork that will inspire our athletes as they compete in the Winter Olympic Games.
Village Art offers students of all ages the opportunity to submit artwork to be displayed on the walls of the Australian quarters of the athlete’s village in Beijing.
The AOC have put together lesson plans and a host of resources for schools to make it easy for teachers and students to participate in the program.
For more information or to download the resources, click here.
Good luck to NSW HSC Students
During November, NSW Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell and four-time Olympian, silver and bronze medallist diver Melissa Wu were joined by students from Matraville Sports High School to wish HSC student across NSW good luck for their upcoming exams.
Melissa spoke to students about the challenges faced by athletes in the lead up to the Tokyo Games and the importance of remaining focused and trusting the hard work that they have putting in approaching this final milestone.
Australian Olympic Change Maker National Summit
The Australian Olympic Change-Maker National Summit is set to get underway on 6 December. Olympic gold medallist Brooke Hanson will host the virtual summit, our panel of Olympians selected 24 Change-Markers from over 900 applications across Australia to attend this year’s event, that promises to bring together some of Australia’s best young minds.
At the summit students will hear from Olympians Sam Fricker (diving), Matt Denny (athletics), Melissa Tapper (table tennis), Jemima Montag (race walking) and Cate Campbell (swimming). They will also have the opportunity to take part in a Think Tank that will test their skills and enable them to build and present creative strategies that will help to guide the future of Olympic movement in Australia.
For more information on Australian Olympic Change-Maker program, click here.
Olympians at the South Australian Christmas Pageant
Our Tokyo 2020 Australian Olympic Team members from South Australia had a unique opportunity to celebrate their success at the Games. SA Team members matched Adelaide Oval in the National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant, it was a great opportunity for them to connect with friends, family and fans in person and get to feel the roar of the crowd once again.
It was a great moment for all of our Tokyo Team members and there was some real excitement in for families to be finally able to cheer on their loved ones.
