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.

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

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
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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Free school resources

Chance to Shine has built a powerful bank of free 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.
Get cricket in your school

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

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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.
The challenge

Chance to Shine believes in how the power of cricket can help children from state schools and deprived communities. We know that many children are missing out on the benefits of physical eduction particularly girls, those from a BAME background and from a lower socio-economic background.