Their challenges give participants a desire to succeed and a competitive edge that will stand them in good stead in their adult life as they progress up the career ladder.
Lockdown has ruled out physical contact games out for many months and children have missed the comradeship of being in a team.
We’re taking a step back in time to look as some of the sporting activities and triumphs that helped to shape the lives of Derbyshire schoolchildren.
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1. Duckmanton Primary School
Children from Duckmanton join more than 200 pupils from other schools in the Bolsover cluster for a cross country challenge in 2013. Photo: Marisa Cashill
2. Abercrombie School, Chesterfield
Winning sports team Luke James, Lucy Hopkinson, Zulaikha Sharif, Lauren Davies-Beckett, Daniel Harper, Laurence Brady, Jonathan Woods, and Harry Atkin. Photo: RKH
3. St Mary's School, Chesterfield
Thomas Else, about to putt, and Morgan Hallam playing golf at a sports camp at the school in 2007. Photo: Terry Walden
4. Gorsey Brigg School, Dronfield
Young football players meet 1966 World Cup legend Geoff Hurst at a football festival at Sheffield FC Stadium in Dronfield in 2007. Photo: Roger Nadal