Fantasy Football

This will be the fourth season of Fantasy Football in Lockerbie Academy. The activity will take place throughout the school year starting in October 2009.

Schools Fantasy League is an educational resource that helps pupils to develop a range of skills in Maths and ICT. It involves pupils, staff and parents picking and managing a fantasy football team of their own and being part of our school’s league. The activity is played online through a professional and safe web site (www.schoolsfl.com) that has been specially designed for pupils to use. Thousands of pupils across the country are involved – whether or not they have an interest in football! Our school is keen for as many pupils (and parents) as possible to take part. Mr Dickson of the Maths Department is responsible for administering the League in school.

Schools Fantasy League is run for schools by Fantasy League Limited, the inventors of Fantasy Football. This format has also been developed for the BBC and The Daily Telegraph. The organisation developed a schools version of the activity in 1999 and more than 1,700 schools and over 100,000 pupils across the UK are currently involved.

The cost for your child (and you) to participate for the year is £3.50. This will entitle them/you to have a team in the school league. As the Manager of their/your own fantasy football team, they/you will choose 11 Premiership players and compete against pupil, staff and parent teams. Positions in the league are dependent upon the performance of players on a weekly basis in the Premiership and their/your skill to make decisions about player transfers as they progress throughout the season.

They/you will also be able to play against pupils, staff and parents at other schools involved in the activity across the country and there will be awards for Manager of the Month and the opportunity to win medals, prizes and fantastic trophies.

Schools Fantasy League is an educational resource endorsed by Curriculum Online. It is a fun learning experience and is compatible with the national curriculum.

Entries should be sent to Mr Dickson, no later than Friday 9 October 2009.

We will give regular progress reports on this webpage.