The 2021 Weekly challenges

Quiz masters challenge (3 March 2021)

We are joining once again with the National Literacy Trust to bring you another exciting challenge and live event this week to celebrate WORLD BOOK DAY!

To explain this week’s Quiz masters challenge, here are top football authors, Alex Bellos & Ben Lyttleton!:

Audio-described version with transcript available. 

We’d like you and your family to write your own quiz. Quizzes are a really fun way to share the knowledge you have and to learn new things. 

We recommend that you make the quiz multiple-choice: that is, for each question give three possible answers, labelled a), b) and c), only one of which is correct. Make sure the questions are not too difficult, not too easy, and try to make one of the (wrong) answers funny. Some of the best learning comes with laughter! Download our free resource pack including top tips on how to create a great quiz and a template to help you write it. 

A special World Book Day live event with our star authors, Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, will take place at 9:15am on World Book Day (Thursday 4 March), presented by CBBC’s Kenzie Benali. There will also be a live quiz, featuring questions from footballers and the chance to win a book box for your school!

Find out how to watch the event on the National Literacy Trust’s Words for Life website. You can also read a copy of the first book in the Football School series for FREE on this page! 

Don’t forget to show us your amazing quizzes with us by sharing them on Twitter @PLCommunities using #PLPrimaryStars or emailing them to PLPrimaryStars@premierleague.com. You might even find yourself as our Star of the Week on our community page! 

Remember to stay safe online

Only include the young person's first name and age on their pictures, posts and correspondence with us.
While we want children and young people to use their initiative and to be creative with their communication, it is important they follow social distancing guidelines and stay safe.

Safety tips:

• Parents/carers should stay engaged and support their children, particularly if taking part online or by phone.
• Think carefully about what is uploaded or shared on social media platforms.
• Keep personal information private and take care not to give away too much identifiable information in photos and videos.
• Make sure you have permission to take and share photos or videos of relatives, friends or neighbours.
• Children and young people should never meet up with anyone they don’t know in real life without a parent/carer present.
• Parents and carers - it is important to talk to your child regularly about online safety. Let them know they can come to you or another trusted adult if they’re feeling worried, pressured, upset or unsafe.
• Children and young people can visit BBC Own It, ChildLine for advice or support about a wide range of issues. Parents/carers can visit Internet Matters for online safety advice and support. 

Before filming and sending us any videos, make sure to note: 

• Only parents or teachers can submit videos. Remember not to include music that you did not create yourself.

• Think carefully about what is uploaded or shared on social media platforms.

• Keep personal information private and take care not to give away too much identifiable information in photos and videos.

• Make sure not to feature other people in your videos, apart from family members.

• It is important to talk to your child regularly about online safety. Let them know they can come to you or another trusted adult if they’re feeling worried, pressured, upset or unsafe.

Team talk challenge (24 February 2021)

Team captains play an important role in looking out for all the members of a team, from diffusing differences between players to boosting morale. For this week’s challenge, former Premier League defender and captain Ashley Williams wants to know if you have what it takes to talk like a team captain. 

Audio described version with transcript available. 

For this challenge, we want you to write a short team talk to motivate and inspire your team. You could be the captain of any team you choose, whether that’s your favourite Premier League football team, a team at school or an imaginary one. Everything you need to write the perfect team talk can be found in our free challenge resource pack.

Make sure you share your team talk for the chance to win this week’s prize book: Frankie’s Magic Football by Frank Lampard. Ask your teacher or parent/carer to send us your entries via Twitter @PLCommunities using #PLPrimaryStars or email us at PLPrimaryStars@premierleague.com. You might also find yourself on our community page as our Star of the Week!

Super Movers warm-up challenge (16 February 2021)

Just as Premier League players have to prepare for each match, it’s important for us to make sure we fully prepare our minds and bodies before taking part in exercise. That’s why we want you to get your blood pumping and heart rate rising with this week’s challenge, set by TV presenter Ben Shires. 

Audio described version with transcript available.

For the Super Movers warm-up challenge, we’re asking you to create your very own warm-up routine and Super Move! Get inspired for creating your warm-up and Super Move by using the videos in our challenge pack. The activity sheet in the pack explains why being active is important for our minds and bodies and includes a template for you to set and write your own movement goals for the week ahead, recording how you feel before and after fulfilling them.

Film and send us your warm-up routine and Super Move via email at PLPrimaryStars@premierleague.com or on Twitter @PLCommunities using #PLPrimaryStars for your chance to win! By sending us your entries, you could grab yourself this week’s prize book: The Racehorse that Wouldn’t Gallop by Clare Balding, and even find yourself as our Star of the Week on our community page.

Internet detectives challenge (9 February 2021)

Whether it’s to play games, learn from home or stay connected with others, we use the internet in so many ways. But how do we know if the information we find online is reliable and how can we make sure we’re using the internet responsibly? 

CBBC TV presenter Katie Thistleton is challenging you to become an internet detective in our new weekly challenge:



Audio described version with transcript available. 

To get involved, download our challenge worksheet found in our Internet detectives resource pack. Carry out an investigation of your footballing hero by completing the tasks and then share your Footballing hero template with us for your chance to win a fantastic book; Football Academy by Tom Palmer. 

Make sure to also check out Katie’s top tips for staying safe online before you get started.

You can share your work with us via Twitter @PLCommunities using #PLPrimaryStars or email us at PLPrimaryStars@premierleague.com. You may even be featured as our Star of the Week in our newsletter and find yourself on our community page. 

Character building challenge (29 January 2021)

We are joining once again with the National Literacy Trust to bring you another exciting challenge and live event this week!

To explain this week’s challenge, here is top football author, Helena Pielichaty:

Audio described version and transcript available. 

We’d like you and your family to develop a character, using our role on the wall technique. This is a really fun way to make notes about what a character looks like on the outside, AND what they are like on the inside. You could do this about a character that you want to create for a story. You could share what you feel about life in lockdown, and what you want to feel like when it is over! Everything you need can be found in our Role On The Wall challenge resources. 

A live event with our star author, Helena Pielichaty, will take place at 10.30 on Tuesday 2 February, presented by CBBC’s Ben Shires. Watch the event on the National Literacy Trust’s Words for Life website. You can even get a free copy of the first book in Helena’s Girls FC series from this page! 

Don’t forget to show us your amazing Role On The Wall figures by sharing them with @PLCommunities using #PLPrimaryStars or emailing them to PLPrimaryStars@premierleague.com.

My daily routine challenge (27 January 2021)

It is so important to make sure we take care of ourselves during these challenging times, from eating healthily to finding ways to feel more positive. To get your children thinking about their everyday routines, radio and TV presenter Roman Kemp is here to set this week’s challenge:

Audio described version and transcript available

Using our challenge template worksheet, we want you to create your own daily routine that is healthy for your mind and body. Thinking about ways to keep fit, eat healthily and get enough sleep, make sure your routine focuses on both your physical and mental health. 

Once you’ve filled in the template, don’t forget to share it with us via Twitter @PLCommunities using #PLPrimaryStars and #WeAreOneTeam, or email us at PLPrimaryStars@premierleague.com.

By sending us your challenge entries, you could be selected as our Star of the Week in our home learning newsletter and feature on our community page. You could also be in with a chance to win one of our fantastic poetry books - Beautiful Ambition, full of poems written by famous faces and the Premier League Primary Stars community. 

Head to the 2020 Weekly challenges page to see more fun challenges which we launched last year. 

Spread kindness challenge (20 January 2021)

Here to set our second weekly challenge is Dr Alex George who is encouraging everyone to spread some kindness this week with Premier League Primary Stars:

Audio described version and transcript available. 

This challenge is all about caring for others, which is a great way to help everyone to feel positive and improve our mental wellbeing. 

We want you to think of ways you can support others through acts of kindness. Using our free My acts of kindness template, we’d like you to draw pictures showing how you intend to spread kindness throughout the week. Be as creative as possible and don’t forget to do all the things you’ve planned!

To help you with this challenge and focus on positive mental health, check out Dr Alex George’s top tips for health and mental wellbeing. 

Make sure you share your drawings with us for the chance to win one of our poetry books - The Same Inside: Poems about Empathy and Friendship by Liz Brownlee, Matt Goodfellow, and Roger Stevens. You could also be featured as our Star of the Week on our community page and in our weekly newsletter! Send us your drawings via Twitter @PLCommunites using #PLPrimaryStars #WeAreOneTeam or email us at PLPrimaryStars@premierleague.com.

Head to the 2020 Weekly challenges page to see more fun challenges which we launched last year. 

Stay connected poem challenge (13 January 2021)

Staying connected with others is a great way to improve mental wellbeing and spread happiness to the people we care about, which is why our first 2021 challenge is the Stay connected poetry challenge. 

TV presenter Dan Walker is here to tell you everything you need to know about how to get involved: 

Audio described version and transcript available.

We’re challenging children across the country to write a poem to send to somebody that they aren’t able to see in person at the moment. Whether it’s a relative, friend or neighbour, write something to make them smile and brighten their day. Children can complete this task individually or with their family. 

Our Stay connected poetry challenge pack includes lots of useful, free resources to help you get writing, including a poem template and top tips from author Lauren Child and poet Joseph Coelho. 

Head to the 2020 Weekly challenges page to see more fun challenges from last year.