In May and June, the Active Schools team organised 4 weeks of primary school races across seven city venues. The Fun Run Series is open to P1 to P7 pupils from any Aberdeen school where pupils get the chance to race against their friends and against the clock, as well as against pupils from other schools. These Fun Run events are focused on participation, but the races were timed so that pupils can try and improve on their times each week.

This year, the venues were Bucksburn Academy, Cults Academy, Harlaw Road pitches, Loirston Primary, Oldmachar Academy, Sheddocksley pitches and St Machar Academy.

Each venue held four weeks of races; P1, P2 and P3 pupils ran in 400m races; P4 pupils ran 800m races and P5-P7 pupils had the choice of running 800m or 1600m. Pupils were given a participation medal at the end of term if they took part in 3 or 4 race events and we are delighted to acknowledge that 660 pupils from 40 different schools received a medal this year! The total number of pupils who took part were over 700 as there were children who came along to events but could only take part in 1 or 2 weeks of races.

The final Fun Run event took place in June, which is called the Champion of Champions – this is an invitational event for the top P4-7 boys and girls from each venue to come together to race against each other. This year’s event saw over 100 pupils from 31 schools taking part at Sheddocksley pitches. Medal winners from our Champion of Champions event represented Airyhall, Braehead, Brimmond, Broomhill, Charleston, Cults, Glashieburn, Greenbrae, Hazlehead, Kingswells, Loirston, Mile End, Milltimber, St Joseph’s, Stoneywood and Westpark primaries.