Scotland gets set for the Olympics
Olympic viewing figures set to double, survey
finds
More Scots will watch the Olympics this summer than they did the
last time the games took place because they are being held in the
UK, a survey has found.
Even though most of the Olympic events are to be held in
England, Scots will still watch the games. In fact, a survey
carried out by pupils at St Ninian's Primary in Dumfries found that
the number of Scots planning to watch the Olympics has almost
doubled compared to Beijing's 2008 event.
Of the people questioned, just 44% would normally watch the
Olympics. But because they are being held in the UK this figure has
risen to 81%.
When asked if she would normally watch the Olympics, Nicola
Limond from Dumfries said, "No, but I will this year".
The survey of 36 children and adults also found that 82% of
Scots are happy that the Olympics are being held in London and the
same number feel that the event will benefit the country through
tourism.
A total of 64% of females and 86% of males said they will be
inspired by the Olympics.
Ian Aitchison from Annan said he likes the Olympics because "it
brings all the countries of the world together to do their best and
if they win they are heroes for years to come."
Lynn Smith from Dumfries said she thought it was great that the
Olympics were being held in London. "Really excited about our
country hosting such an historic event," she said.
Most other people surveyed were equally enthusiastic about the
games.
"It gets me interested in activities and inspires me," said
Harley Kirk, aged 11.
Ali White, also 11, agreed, saying: "The Olympics are great and
they will help Britain's economy".
But 18% of people surveyed were not happy about the Olympics
mainly being held in London as opposed to being spread around the
country more.
Marean Dickson from Dumfries said, "Britain is more than London
alone and as such the whole country should be able to get
involved.
John Storey, 60, thinks, "It's a pity they are not in the middle
of Britain, say Manchester, so more Northern people could go".
Scottish people who can't see the events in London have at least
been able to see the Olympic torches in Scotland this month.
After the torch has finished its mammoth journey to all corners of
Great Britain, it will arrive at a massive opening ceremony on 27
July in London.
Famous Scottish torchbearers included the singer Emeli Sande,
the golfer Colin Montgomerie and TV presenter Jenni Falconer.
Scot Andy Murray will carry the torch near Wimbledon.
Thanks to the primary 7 pupils from St Ninian's Primary
School in Dumfries and their teacher Miss Aitchison for writing
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Scotland gets set for the Olympics
'I felt like we weren't doing work anymore' - Primary 7
pupils on their day in the life of a news reporter
Today's story was written by the primary 7 pupils of St
Ninian's Primary School in Dumfries. Click on the What tab above to
read their report. They told the Daily What News what being real
news reporters was like.
Writing an article is very stressful! It takes teamwork,
effort and concentration - something which we struggled with at the
end of the year! However we conquered it in the end and we
enjoyed it so much.
First of all, we decided what we were going to write about.
Our whole school was doing a topic on the upcoming Olympic games
and so we decided to base it on that. Next we made up
questionnaires to try to find out what people thought about the
games. We worked in small groups of 4 or 5 and worked out
what questions to ask people.
We decided to ask people from different catagories:
gender, age, nationality, sporty or not sporty. From the
questionnaires, we got a lot of good quotes for the article.
But the problem was that each group had asked different questions
and so it was hard to compare them to get an accurate
percentage.
So we went back and re-surveyed the same people but this time
asked closed questions (with yes or no answers). This was
simpler to understand and made the statistics easier to
understand.
We analysed our results to come up with the main idea for the
article. Then we picked the best and most appropriate quotes
for the article. After all this work, we finally started to
write.
We had a Glow meet with Louise from the Daily What News, who
taught us about the five w's and how to include the most important
points in the first line.
Then we put pencil to paper and wrote our ideas down in our
groups. All of our work was collated by Miss Aitchison, our
teacher, and she amalgamated our work to make our final
report. We then used the data to make pie charts in
maths.
When we finished, we felt like successful learners, confident
individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.
Declan - "I felt like I was a part of something big."
Levi - "I was exhausted but proud."
Bethany - "It took a long time but I took my time so it would be
perfect."
Lauren - "I was glad when it was over."
Kallum - "It was slow going and I'm surprised we survived
it!"
Ali - "I felt great because it took a lot of time but we finally
finished it."
Casey - "I felt like an adult."
Morven - "It felt like we weren't doing work any more."
Marley - "I liked asking the questions."
Morven - "I liked making the pie charts afterwards."
Thanks to the primary 7 pupils from St Ninian's Primary
School in Dumfries and their teacher Miss Aitchison for writing
this story for the Daily What News. If you would like to write a
story for us please get in touch using the Contact link at the
bottom of this page.
Click here to try our Olympics quiz and
here to get some tips for writing your own
news story.
Lesson ideas and
suggestions
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