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THE SCHOOLS’ FOOTBALL WEEK BIG COMPETITION

The English Schools' FA

Design your own England shirt with the SFW Big Competition

The English Schools’ FA and Pro:Direct Sport are delighted to launch the first ever Schools’ Football Week Big Competition, where pupils from schools participating in Schools’ Football Week activity from the 5th – 11th February 2024, are invited to Design an England shirt, using the SFW template we have created.

During Schools’ Football Week, it’s as important to us to bring football to the pitch as well as the classroom and we hope that the SFW Big Competition will inspire your pupils to draw on their design skills, flex their creativity and use their imagination to create their perfect England shirt.

The Competition

We have created a SFW Big Competition worksheet with shirt template for you to download and print for your pupils. All they need to do is let their imaginations run wild, put pen (or pencil) to paper and create their dream England shirt.

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The competition opens on Monday 5th February and closes on Friday 16th February. Once you have your designs, please scan them and email them to [email protected] for the shortlisting process.

Top Tip: You might want to hold your own competition within school to pick your top 3 entries to submit for the competition!

For the winners

A winning design will be selected from one primary school pupil and one secondary school pupil. The winning entries will not only be shared across the English Schools’ FA and Pro:Direct social channels, but the winning designs will be made into genuine football shirts and presented to the pupils that created them. Using Pro:Direct’s creative software, they will recreate the designs and make them into a SFW shirt for two lucky school pupils to be proud of. The winning pupils will also receive a £250 Pro:Direct voucher to spend via the Pro:Direct website.

Winners will be announced on or around the 28 February 2024.

Good luck to all those who take part – and don’t forget to post your pupils’ progress and tag #schoolsfootballweek as they begin their designs!

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Schools’ Football Week 2023- Feedback from the players

The English Schools' FA

The English Schools’ FA have received some fantastic Schools’ Football Week 2023 feedback from across the country. The ESFA were delighted with the amount of children taking part in activity and enjoying the benefits that playing football at school brings. However, they would love to hear from the most important people involved, the pupils taking part!

The ESFA’s player engagement campaign is aimed at celebrating the benefits of schools’ football through peers encouraging each other to get involved. As part of the ESFA’s ongoing mission, to seek feedback from players who take part in ESFA activity or schools’ football in general, they would like to invite your players to answer the following questions:

  • What did you enjoy most about participating in football activities for Schools’ Football Week 2023?  
     
  • Were you excited to take part in Schools’ Football Week 2023 and what were you most looking forward to during the week?  
     
  • Has taking part in Schools’ Football Week 2023 encouraged you to take part in more Schools’ Football activity? If so, why?
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The ESFA would like you to submit videos of your pupils answering the above questions, using the advice provided in the video submission guide downloadable below. They will then choose the best three video submissions which will feature on the ESFA website and social media channels. The students who feature in these three videos will receive a receive a £25 Amazon gift card for their achievement and the winning schools will also receive £100 worth of football essentials to help further support schools’ football in your school. Students should base their answers off the 15 benefits of schools’ football, available to download below and think about which benefits affected them when taking part in Schools’ Football Week 2023.

Entries must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 17th March.