Junior Sports Leaders Award: Developing Leaders Through Sport
Primary Schools from across the globe choose the Reach for the Stars program to give their Junior Sports Leaders the best training and the best chance of success. Find out how it can help your sports leaders too…
This Course At A Glance
9
modules
12
Videos
All
Skill Level
12 weeks
Duration
English
Language
Videos
Assignments
Quizzes
Introduction To Junior Sports Leaders Award
Course Overview
If you want your sports leaders to deliver high-impact sports and physical activity in your school, then the Reach for the Stars sports leader award is the perfect choice for you.
Every school leader knows static playgrounds do not enhance the physical play opportunity for your school and your pupils. It’s a missed opportunity to get children active, mentally ready for class, social interaction and learning through play.
Many primary schools have Sports Leaders but the reality is they are often short of support, run out of ideas, get bored or just don’t know what to do.
The Reach for the Stars is a unique, comprehensive online training program aimed at helping your Sports Leaders learn and develop the skills and confidence to provide
- Varied, fun and engaging breaktime physical activities
- Whole school events like competitions and sports events
- Structured play for younger pupils
- Introduce different sports in the school
- Support your PE curriculum
- Improve playground behaviour
- Learn life-skills and personal development

Quick Overview
- Suitable for Primary Years 4-6
- Hybrid Learning
- Recommended Cohorts of up to 20
- Full Teacher Resources provided
- Delivered Over 10-12 Weeks
- Easy & Quick Setup (within 1-2 days)

How To Help Your Sports Leaders Thrive
This course covers everything a junior sports leader needs to be able to deliver successful playground activities, whole-school sports events, intra-sports events, play leading, sports leadership and more…
- Understand playground safety
- Learn how to plan, develop, prepare and deliver amazing activities and events
- Develop confidence, self esteem, speaking skills, teamwork, organisational skills
- Understand how your skills can work in the community and help others beyond the school gates
- Improve playground physical activity
- Get younger children involved and more active during playtimes
- Improve playground behaviour

Who Is This Course For?
This award is aimed at sports leaders in primary school in years 4-6, who may have volunteered to help in the playground – commonly known as sports leaders, activity leaders, play leaders, sports coordinators and the like.
If you have students that love to help in the playground then this course is ideal for them. Take a sample lesson below to get an idea of how the course is delivered to your sports leaders.
Curriculum Links
- English Language
- Personal Development
- Language & Literacy
- Presentation & Preparation
- Role Play
- Community
- Teamwork
- Social Skills
- Health & Wellbeing
- ICT Skills
9 Steps To Success: The Learning Path
In this module students learn what Playground safety means, how to look out for and deal with potential hazards.
Video + Quiz
All successful activities and events need an understanding of how to effectively plan and prepare them. This module gives the student a clear blueprint of how to develop amazing playground activities.
Video + Quiz + Assignment
One of the main dropout reasons for students is a lack of team cohesion, conflicts arise and students give up. This essential module gives students the tools, training and guidance to develop a strong team, work together, see the bigger pitch and harness their love for helping others.
3 x Video + Quiz
A team is made up of different parts working together for the common good. This module helps students understand and take turns in the five types of roles – Games Leader, Team Leader, Event Leader, Media Leader & Equipment Leader
5 x Video + Quiz + Assignments
At this stage of the course students will have a greater understanding of how to run effective sessions in the playground. This module helps students to develop better public speaking skills and shows them how to effectively deliver their activity sessions with clarity and confidence.
Video + Quiz
Possibly the most important 13 letter word in the English language – encouragement. This module guides your sports leaders on how to use encouragement to get the best out of their team mates and players.
The ability to recognise when things need to change or adjusting is a key life-skill and this module gives your sports leaders exactly that. They will have the tools to be able to effectively analyze and reflect on their sports sessions and find solutions to make them even better.
Learning and implementing these amazing skills in your school is incredible but imagine now taking your skills for the benefit of others in your community. This module gives students the capability of understanding how their skills can positively impact the wider community. And with your permission they’ll be looking at creative ways to help those around them.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if your students had the knowledge, skills and initiative to develop and implement a whole school sports event? In this module they’ll do exactly that! From sports to health and wellbeing, the range of events your sports leaders will now develop will impress you, impress their parents and impress the school community.
Book A Demonstration
Take A Sample Lesson Here
No login required. Simply click the ‘Understanding Safety’ link and you’ll be directly in a sample lesson. This is a great way to see the course first hand and get a feel for how the modules work, style of content and ease of use. If you need a more detailed look around please do book a demo session here. Demo sessions are also free.

The Junior Sports Leaders Award Starter Pack. Download Yours for FREE now!
- Guided Curriculum Sample
- Step-By-Step Implementation Guide
- Assessment Checklist
- Learning Path Poster