Young people are missing their friends and the connections made through sport and play so we’re supporting' National School Sport Week at Home' to give our young players the chance to connect and compete.

We hope that our families will have fun taking part in these challenges together and it would be great to see some photos or video clips throughout the week. Either email them to Mary for club use or tag Slough RFC on social media. As this is a national event if you could also use #NSSWtogether on any relevant social media posts that would be great. Thanks

The Teams
U7/8s: all current U7-8s players and coaches
U9/10s: all current U9-10s players and coaches
U11-13s: all current U11-13s players and coaches
Parents+siblings: one person per family group

The Challenges-
There is one activity per day and one that can be done at any time during the week. Links to record results have been sent to parents.

SATURDAY: Gymnastics
Equipment needed: Timer
Challenge: Balance on one leg on tiptoe for as long as you can. The team with the greatest combined time wins.

SUNDAY: Around the World Challenge
Equipment needed: 1 rugby ball or football, timer
Challenge: pass the ball continuously around your waist for 60 seconds. Count how many times you can do it. If you drop the ball, pick it up and carry on. The team with the most passes wins.

MONDAY: Bottle Flip
Equipment needed: 1 plastic bottle partially filled with liquid, timer
Challenge: toss the bottle in the air so that it rotates and lands on its base. Count many times you can successfully bottle- flip in 60 seconds. The team with the most bottle- flips wins.

TUESDAY: Keepy uppies
Equipment needed: football or any other ball
Challenge: count how many times you can bounce the ball off parts of your body, not including hands or arms, without the ball hitting the ground. The team with the most keepy-uppies wins.

WEDNESDAY: Core strength
Equipment needed: timer
Challenge: get into the plank position and hold it for as long as you can. Use the timer to record the time. The team with the greatest time wins.

THURSDAY : Ball sports
Equipment needed: 1 ball (any type), timer
Challenge: Take 3 large steps away from a wall. Throw the ball against the wall and catch it as many times as you can in 60 seconds. If you miss the ball, pick it up and carry on. The team with the most catches wins.

FRIDAY: Sprint
Equipment needed: markers, timer
Challenge: Measure out a running lane by taking 10 large steps*. Set the timer and run ten lengths of your track as quickly as you can (there and back 5 times). You must touch the ground at the end of each length before running back. Fastest time wins (there are no individual bonus points for this round)
*Each runner should measure out their own running lane

ANYDAY: The Marathon
Equipment needed: app to measure distance travelled.
Challenge: Walk, jog or run around your local area. This can be as long or short as you like but must start and finish at your front door. Please only record one trip. The team with the longest combined distance wins.

Scoring
each challenge will have a winning team based on results submitted on the day.
At the end of the week, there will be an overall winner based on-
Entry points: each entry earns your team 100 points
Challenge rankings: teams daily result. 1 st 200 / 2 nd 150/ 3 rd 100/ 4 th 50 points
Top 4 individual results: top 4 results for each challenge earn bonus points. 1 st 200/ 2 nd 150/ 3 rd 100/ 4 th 50 points
Completing all the challenges will earn 50 extra points (name must be left when recording results for each challenge for this to apply)

Any questions email Mary at kidsfirst@sloughrfc.com.
Daily results will be available on the website and the Slough RFC KIDS FIRST facebook page.

Have fun!