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The Baton

The Hi tec baton that pulses a blue light in time with a heartbeat as the baton holder runs with it

Before the Commonewealth Games can begin, the Commonwealth Baton will be handed to the Queen. This Baton was first used on Commonwealth day, when the Queen handed it to the first of the many baton runners. It has travelled all over the Commonwealth, before returning to Manchester in time for the Queen to read the message inside at the opening of the games.

The children have been looking at where the baton went to.
     
  On the 12th March it was carried around Canada  
   
  On the 18th March it was carried around Jamaica  
   
  On the 22nd March it was carried around Barbados  
   
  On the 23rd March it was carried around Dominica  
   
  On the 24th March it was carrried around St Lucia  
   
  On the 27th March it was carried around Trinidad and Tobago  
   
  On the 30th March it was carried around Ghana  
   
  On the 3rd April it was carried around Sierra Leone  
   
  On the 7th April it was carried around Nigeria  
   
  On the 9th April it was carried around Kenya  
   
  On the 10th April it was carried around Uganda  
   
  On the 13th April it was carried around Tanzania  
   
  On the 15th April it was carried around South Africa  
   
  On the 20th April it was carried around Australia  
   
  On the 27th April it was carried around New Zealand  
   
  On the 1st May it was carried around Fiji  
   
  On the 8th May it was carried aroundTonga  
   
  On the 11th May it was carried around Brunei  
   
  On the 14th May it was carried around Malaysia  
   
  On the 19th May it was carried around Singapore  
   
  On the 25th May it was carried around Sri Lanka  
   
  On the 29th May it was carried around India  
   
  On the 1st June it was carried around Malta  
   
  On the 5th June it arrived in the United Kingdom:  
     
 
June 6 Northern Ireland    
June 7 Giants Causeway    
June 8 Scotland    
June 9 Glasgow    
June 10 Inverness    
June 11 Aberdeen    
June 12 Stirling    
June 13 Isle of Man    
June 14 Wales    
June 15 Aberystwyth    
June 16 Trevor    
June 17 Cadiff    
June 18 England    
June 19 Lands End    
June 20 Exeter    
June 21 Winchester    
June 22 Southampton    
June 23 Brighton & Hove    
June 24 Canterbury    
June 25 Southend on Sea    
June 26 Ipswich    
June 27 Norwich    
June 28 Newmarket    
June 29 Luton    
June 30 Leicester    
July 1 Nottingham    
July 2 Lincoln    
July 3 Grimsby    
July 4 Sheffield    
July 5 Bradford    
July 6 York    
July 7 Middlesborough    
July 8 Sunderland    
July 9 Berwick Upon Tweed    
July 10 Newcastle Upon Tyne    
July 11 Darlington    
July 12 Greater London    
July 13 Greater London    
July 14 Greater London    
July 15 Greater London    
July 16 Oxford    
July 17 Coventry    
July 18 Hereford    
July 19 Birmingham    
July 20 Stoke on Trent    
July 21 Chester    
July 22 Liverpool    
July 23 Hadrians Wall    
July 24 Rochdale    
July 25 Manchester    

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