Download The Sports STARS Resource Pack

Bringing incredible role models into the classroom and helping pupils find a different way to engage in sport!

This pack uses inspiring sports stories to encourage children to write about their own role models and learn about equality in sports. It includes:

• Teacher notes and lesson plan
• Pupil worksheet: write about your favourite sports star 
• Extract from Run Like A Girl
• 2 x inspiring videos from Danielle
• Autograph
• Poster

Activity 1
​Watch this video and read the extract from Run Like A Girl

Discussion Questions:

• What sports do you play? And why do you like them?
• Is this fiction or non-fiction? Why do you think that? 
• Confidence was a very important skill for Danielle. What other skills do you think athletes need to perform at their very best? 
• World-class athletes aren’t always brilliant at their sport from the very start. What sport (or other activity) would you like to be really good at? What might help you get better at it?

​Write a biography of an inspiring athlete
The worksheet provides a framework for pupils to research and write their own story about their sporting role model

Activity 2
​Discuss the book and Run Like A Girl video:

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​Discussion Questions:

• In the video Danielle explains that she didn’t have many female role models growing up. Why is it important to be able to see people like yourself achieving?
• Who is your favourite athlete in Run Like A Girl and why? Can you think of any other awesome athletes? And why do they inspire you?
• What challenges have some of these athletes faced and how have they overcome them? How can these skills be applied in challenges we might face in everyday life? 
• What does the phrase ‘run like a girl’ mean to you?
• Why is it important that everybody gets an equal opportunity to take part in sport?

​Download the free resource pack here