National Cricket Week

Every year, pupils all over the country, from Newquay to Newcastle, enjoy a week of cricket-themed activity in the classroom, on the playground and in local communities as part of Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week.

This year, Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week will run Monday 24 - Friday 28 June 2019.

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(please note by submitting this form you are agreeing to the terms & conditions which can be viewed here)

What is Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week?

It's an opportunity to celebrate the sport, to inspire children to take part in cricketing activities and to showcase the work that Chance to Shine does in bringing the game to hundreds of thousands of children every year.

We support schools to take part in some cricket activity one day during the week, whenever is convenient.

“The children were buzzing and still are talking fondly of all parts of the day. So many were truly inspired.”
– Headteacher, Yorkshire

Sign up to take part!

Everyone who signs up for Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week will also be entered into a draw to win the following:

A visit from Chance to Shine Ambassador and former-cricketer James Taylor (x1)
A year's supply of Yorkshire Tea (x10)
A Chance to Shine school kit bag (x5)
A large Chance to Shine school kit bag (x3)
A bat signed by cricketer Chris Woakes (x1)
A shirt signed by cricketer Keaton Jennings (x1)
An item of Chance to Shine clothing (x5)
A staffroom survival kit incl. a selection of Yorkshire Tea varieties and some Yorkshire Tea goodies (x5)
A set of 20 keep-cups for the staff at your school as well as a selection of Yorkshire Tea (x1)

We will send you digital resources to give you ideas for running a cricket coaching session, a learn cricket-themed classroom session as well as a special Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week geography lesson!

We would also love it if you would take part in ‘The Big Catch’, our national fundraising activity. All the info on how to take part will be sent to you in the next few weeks.

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(please note by submitting this form you are agreeing to the terms & conditions which can be viewed here)

How you can get involved

We would love for all schools to use the opportunity of National Cricket Week to get their pupils playing cricket. It doesn’t need to be every day of the week, just whenever you can fit it in.

Play

Why not give your pupils a great first experience of cricket with a Chance to Shine session. Access the FREE digital resources on our Schools’ Portal: teachers.chancetoshine.org.

Or you could hold an inter-school competition with your local rivals or have the pupils take on the teachers!

Learn

Try one of our cricket-themed literacy or numeracy lessons. They’re available on our Schools’ Portal.

Support from the world of cricket

Every year we are honoured to be supported by some of the biggest names in cricket. Through the years we’ve had England captains past and present like Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan and Charlotte Edwards visiting schools and communities across the country.

Check out what we did in our flagship events last year:

Monday – England’s Chris Woakes took a cricket-themed geography lesson in Nottingham
Tuesday – A girls’ festival in Bristol was joined by two members of the England Women’s World Cup 2017 team: Fran Wilson and Beth Langston
Wednesday – Spin-bowling legend Graeme Swann took on our Street cricketers in Coventry
Thursday – 2005 Ashes-winning captain Michael Vaughan led a special assembly in Durham
Friday – Former England wicket-keeper Matt Prior visited a proper festival of cricket in the heart of Yorkshire

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Igniting passions in Sparkhill

Fareed Mohammed first joined the Chance to Shine Street project in Sparkhill aged 13. Now aged 20, Fareed is employed by Warwickshire Cricket Board and has been coaching children at the same Sparkhill Street project for two years. He is also undertaking a degree to become a PE teacher.
I took cricket by the horns

Karen Douglas is a PE specialist teacher at Tennyson Road Primary School in Luton. In 2017, Howard Moxon from Bedfordshire Cricket Board offered the school Chance to Shine. Howard not only inspired the children but Karen too. In the following year, Karen continued to lead cricket in the school, helping other teachers to become confident in cricket by using the online lesson plans. “Howard came in to the school last year and I thought ‘this is amazing’. That’s how we got into cricket.
Removing the barriers to being active

Almost three quarters of Chance to Shine Street participants live in the 30% most deprived areas of England, according to analysis of Government Indices of Multiple Deprivation data– areas where children are less likely to be active or play sport regularly.
Changing attitudes towards criminal behavior

In March 2018, three school pupils were stabbed outside St Edmund Campion School in Erdington. Five weeks later, in partnership with Chance to Shine, ex-offender Tanayah Sam was in the classroom working with pupils aged 12- 16 at risk of exclusion from the school or who have been in trouble with the police before.

Free school resources

Chance to Shine has built a powerful bank of free cricket teaching resources for primary schools so teachers can lead their own cricket sessions. The resources include lesson plans, instructional videos and top tips.
About us

Chance to Shine is a national cricket charity that works in state schools and communities to spread the power of cricket. We believe that all children should be given the opportunity to play and learn through cricket. We believe that cricket teaches children valuable skills like communication, teamwork and respect that will benefit them for the rest of their lives.
Primary schools

Chance to Shine work in state primary schools across England and Wales supporting schools to deliver cricket coaching to their pupils. We teach cricket in primary schools and support teachers with free resources including lesson plans, videos and tips from the professionals.
Street cricket

Chance to Shine Street cricket is fast, fun and free. It's played with a tapeball and requires no protective equipment. It's cricket's answer to five-a-side football.
Get cricket in your school

Here's how Chance to Shine can support your school in delivering cricket.
Our story

Chance to Shine is an independent charity that works to spread the power of cricket in schools and communities across the country. Set up as the Cricket Foundation, the charity aims to provide opportunities in state schools and deprived communities.
Work for us

Job opportunities at children's charity Chance to Shine. Come and help us spread the power of cricket.
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Secondary schools

We provide competition opportunities for children in state secondary schools. We have also developed a set of digital resources for teachers. Chance to Shine will also deliver a girls' cricket programme in secondary schools, training young leaders and developing life skills through playing the sport.
How we measure impact

At Chance to Shine, we work to measure the impact that we are having in the areas in which we deliver accurately.