Registration for the David Beckham Academy School Zone is FREE. All you have to do is sign up as a member and then register as a teacher. Just click the button below and follow the instructions.
The School Zone offers an extensive range of resources for football and health and fitness to support your teaching for 7–14 year olds.
Developed by the David Beckham Academy Coaches, this section offers a range of easy to use football training materials for teachers with or without football experience.
Diagrams for each practice can be used on interactive whiteboards as an easy way to explain games to your students. All resources are also available
as printable PDFs for you to take out onto the pitch.
The Football Bank of Games offers a range of skill sets (e.g. passing or shooting) organised by year groups. Each skill set follows a clearly structured progression:
- Warm ups
- Unopposed practice
- Opposed practice
- Small sided game
Detailed introductory notes and game plans for each skill set guide teachers through the lesson but leave enough flexibility for more experienced practitioners to adapt the materials to their own needs.
Each game plan includes:
- Diagrams for each stage of the game
- Game set up
- Detailed game description
- Equipment
- Differentiation
- Assessment
- Top tips
The Health and Fitness section aims to encourage young people to adopt a healthy active lifestyle. Teachers and students can choose from a wealth of online information, activities and quizzes for 7–14 year olds.
Online assessment
An online assessment facility allows you to view your students’ quiz and activity results. All you have to do is to register your students via the automated registration.
Online or offline usage
For each year group, you’ll find detailed teachers’ notes and activities for
- Your body
- Your food
- Your self
All materials can be used on an interactive whiteboard, online in individual or group work or as print outs.
Student support
The Information Centre, contains more detail on the topics covered in each year group. It’s an easy way for your students to carry out further research and find help with the activities.
