This year’s Kent School Games has taken on a different form and there is still time to get involved.

The impact of Covid-19 means events can’t be physically delivered this year but organisers found an alternative way to engage children, young people, and families.

The games have been running since 2008 as a Kent County Council Olympic and Paralympic legacy project to inspire schools and young people to participate in competitive school sport.

To help counteract the absence of the Kent School Games county finals events, My Active Rainbow and My Active Life Challenges provide a series of challenges delivered online.

My Active Rainbow Challenge - free for all schools and families - and has been created for primary school children with fun, easy and creative ways to keep bodies and minds active.

Medals are awarded and examples of activities includes making up a dance routine for the family, walking or running a mile, building the perfect den or setting up a water sponge relay in the garden.

My Active Life Challenge is free for all schools and families and aimed at children in years seven to nine. There are 26 innovative activities to choose from, both physical and thought-provoking.

Julia Youens, School Games Organiser for Gravesham and Director of Take Pride CIC said; “My children have been thoroughly engaged with the My Active Rainbow challenge. We are usually a very active family, so lockdown came as a huge shock.

“We started well with Joe Wicks workouts, daily walks, and home schooling but soon boredom, complacency, the Xbox and squabbling crept in. My Active rainbow gave my boys a challenge that they could work on together as not only does it stimulate their mental health and well-being, but it also meets their physical needs."

Both, My Active Life Challenge and My Active Rainbow challenges need to be completed and submitted to Kent School Games before the end of this month.

As well as receiving a medal for completed challenges set out in the programme, rewards in the form of gift vouchers will be presented to children whose work is thought to be both outstanding and innovative. Challenges can be downloaded from www.kentschoolgames.com.

Two children who recently completed the My Active Rainbow Challenge are Kaycie and Archie from Ashford. Their medals were sent to them by post and they are both incredibly proud of their achievements.

In addition to the My Active Rainbow/Life Challenges, Kent School Games has created a library of resources which can be found here.