Hampshire School Games

What are the Hampshire School Games?

The Hampshire School Games are a series of activities, events and competitions delivered through Hampshire & IOW School Games Organisers and Energise Me, giving all schools in Hampshire & IOW the opportunity to take part, regardless of ability.

They inspire young people to be physically active for life through positive experiences of daily activity and competition. They create opportunities and experiences that young people will enjoy and get involved in, by trying new sports and activities.

The School Games are more than competition, they support the wider development of young people.

What does this mean for your school?

The Hampshire School Games provide opportunities for young people across the county to get active and have fun. All schools can access a local face to face offer, which is provided through the local School Games Organiser (your local SGO details can be found lower down the page), or a Virtual Offer (this will be available at the start of the Autumn Term), while some schools can also participate in county finals competitions.

Local Offer

Your school can access a local competition calendar, produced by your local School Games Organiser which will give your pupils a positive experience of sport, physical activity and competition.  The local competition calendar meets the needs of all young people using the different competition intentions and targeting different pupils.

County Offer

Hampshire School Games Week

June 19th – 23rd 2023 will be Hampshire School Games Week. In Hampshire & IOW every Infant, Junior & Primary school will be invited to sign up to a week of activity. It provides a chance for schools to celebrate all aspects of PE, School Sport and Physical Activity.

The Hampshire School Games Organisers and Energise Me will be providing every school that signs up to delivering all or some of the HSGW activities (deadline for signup the 14th May) with a programme of activity, free resources to use in school.

Each day will focus on a different theme, schools have the flexibility to do everything across the whole school week or pick and choose activities across year groups and themes. The themes for 2023 are:

Monday – Leadership
Tuesday – Physical Activity
Wednesday – Health and Wellbeing
Thursday – Competition
Friday – Cross Curricular

Virtual Competitions

Throughout the school year, there is a chance for every school to take part in virtual competitions, the deadline for submitting your results is 30th June 2023.

• Autumn Term – Multi-Skills
• Santa Run – 9th December 2022
• Spring Term – Throw, Run, Jump
• Summer Term – Skipping

Results can be submitted via your local SGO or directly, using the links below, which will be available in Autumn Term.

• Muti-Skills – KS1
• Multi-Skills – KS2
• Throw, Run, Jump – KS1
• Throw, Run, Jump – KS2
• Skipping – KS1 & KS2

County Finals

Some local competitions will lead to county finals, these events will suit children who compete at the highest level available. Your Local SGO will be able to provide more details. County Finals will take place in the following sports for various year groups; Sports Hall Athletics, Quad Kids Athletics, Hockey, Netball, Badminton, Basketball 3v3, Table Tennis, Girls Football & Cross County throughout 2022/2023.

Following the great success of this year’s Hampshire School Games Festival, it will be returning again for 2023.

The Hampshire School Games Physical Activity Festival – Thursday 22nd June

Providing less active children with the chance to try new and different activities. Delivered in partnership with NGB’s and leisure providers this event is;

• Targeted at less active young people, those not already engaged in clubs outside of school or school teams
• Targeted at schools who don’t normally engage or attend level 2/3 competitions
• School Years 4, 5 & 6
• Provide a positive experience
• Show young people the wide range of opportunities available to them beyond school sport
• This is NOT a competition

Schools will be invited to attend by their SGO.

The Hampshire School Games are more than sport and competition. We actively promote the Spirit of the School Games which provides opportunities to develop leadership through volunteering, officiating, being a role model, inclusion and so much more.