Education

Cricket can play a vital role in the education and well-being of young people from all communities, since cricket, played regularly in competition, gives opportunities to lead healthy, purposeful and balanced lives.

Chance to shine brings educational and social benefits to young people through their regular participation in cricket and by helping schools to become broader places in which opportunities beyond the classroom complement the academic training provided within it.

But cricket can also play a direct part within children’s academic and cultural development.  Cricket is able to stimulate other areas of teaching and learning.

Cricket can enhance literacy, numeracy and IT skills, for instance, through cricket-related teaching and learning within schools.

Cricket can enhance internationalism and cultural awareness in establishing links between Chance to shine schools in Britain and schools in India and throughout the cricketing globe.

• Cricket can bring together schools from all educational sectors and create partnerships, for instance, between state schools and independent schools.

Since launching Chance to shine in 2005 we have:

• worked with The British Council to create 20 school links in which Chance to shine schools are partnered with schools in India for collaborative classroom activity in which cricket is used as a stimulus.
• worked with The National Literacy Trust to develop and distribute posters which promote reading through cricketing role-models under the umbrella of the Reading Champions campaign.
• launched writing competitions within Chance to shine schools
• launched a special project with Great Ormond Street Hospital School, providing cricket activity and other engagement for those that are bed-ridden
• worked with The Prince’s Trust to develop an xl project for disaffected young people, using cricket to stimulate their engagement
• facilitated activity between members of our Corporate Supporters Club and schools, including mentoring for pupils and staff, provision of work experience and playing of cricket matches
• developed a major initiative (which we plan to launch in 2008) for delivering web-based teaching resources across six areas of the curriculum, targeting Ket Stages 2 and 3.