Active Schools creates opportunities for children and young people to be more active, more often. We provide opportunities for children to participate in sport and physical activity before and after school as well as during lunchtimes.

As well as offering a wide variety of sports we also deliver leadership programmes at primary and secondary schools. The Active Schools team deliver the Junior Coaching Academy leadership programme to primary 6/7 pupils.  The programme aims to provide P6/7 pupils with the skills and knowledge to support them to deliver sport and physical activity sessions to younger children. The leadership skills are taught through a wide range of games and activities.

We also work with local clubs and they have opportunities to deliver sessions at the school during curricular and extra-curricular times.

Our programmes are mainly run by volunteers, and we are always on the lookout for more.  Active Schools can provide opportunities for you to lead sport or physical activity sessions in a local school.
We provide all volunteers with free coach education and training to provide you with the necessary skills to assist in getting our children physically active.

Each school has an Active Schools Coordinator working within the school to create opportunities for extra-curricular sport and physical activity.

You can find out more about Active Schools through the following ways:
– email activeschools@south-ayrshire.gov.uk
– Website www.activeschoolssa.co.uk
– Facebook ActiveSchoolsSA
– Twitter twitter.com/activeschoolssa