Active Schools and Cooper Park Junior Parkrun are contiouing to work together to deliver the Participation league. On the last Sunday of every month. If your child participates in the Cooper Park Jnr Parkrun on that day, they will receive 1 point for their school. Points will be accumulated until the end of May 2026.

How it works; on completion of the Park run on the last Sunday of the month, the Active Schools team will check the Cooper Park Junior Parkrun results. All those who participated and have registered to the league will receive a point for their school. We are encouraging participation therefore finishing positions will not affect the amount of points received, the structure will always be 1 point per finisher. The points will keep building until the last Parkrun of the school year in May 2026. The school with the most overall participation points will win their resective league. We will have 3 categories, small primary schools (99 pupils on the school role or less) large primary schools (100 pupils on the school role or more) and secondary schools (Please note the age limit for Junior Park Run is between 4 and 14). Any child can run in as many or as few of these events as they wish.

To participate, your child must be 4 – 14 years of age and be registered with Parkrun (link below) and complete the Cooper Park Junior Parkrun & Active Schools Participation League Sign up (below). The Parkrun link only needs to be completed once and that will be your child set for life on the Parkrun website. The Active Schools link must be completed once per school year. To ensure your child’s participation is recorded, your child MUST scan their Parkrun QR code received directly from Parkrun via email at the end of the run.

Event information - Cooper Park junior parkrun starts at 0930 but please arrive at 9015 for group warm up and briefing. The Run is 2 kilometres long.

No school staff are required to attend with their pupils. It is the responsibility of parents/guardians to attend and transport their child to these events. Although School staff are always welcome.

To Register;

Step 1 - Register for Parkrun - https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/?section=form&eventName=cooperpark-juniors&e=cooperpark-juniors

if you have already registered, you can skip to step 2.

Then

Step 2 - Register for Cooper Park Junior Parkrun & Active Schools Participation League complete form below

For this you will need your 8 digit code received via email when registering for Parkrun.

Step 3 – Active Schools will send a confirmation email to say we have received your application and we will send any further information re the next event via email. You will also receive your parkrun barcode directly from parkrun which must be scanned at the end of the run to ensure your child. Please ensure you have this QR code.

Step 4 – Arrive at Cooper Park on the last Sunday of the month and participate. You will need your Parkrun QR code to scan

Active Schools will send updated league tables and info on the next events each month.  

Cost: FREE

Full information on Cooper Park junior parkrun can be found here -  https://www.parkrun.org.uk/cooperpark-juniors/

Any questions – please contact

Craig Rowley at Craig.rowley@moray.gov.uk

or

Paul Rogan at Paul.Rogan@moray.gov.uk