page for Active Schools Aberdeenshire Central team
This page provides information on Active Schools activities and training in the Alford, Huntly, Kemnay, Inverurie, Oldmeldrum and Westhill areas. Local Contact details are below -
Alford - Kerry Barlow / Kerry Butler ([email protected])
Huntly - Abigail Sutherland / Ashleigh Priest ([email protected])
Kemnay - Lynsey Rowan (lynsey.rowan@aberdeensh
02/09/2026
🌟 Our new Sports Leaders at Insch School were delighted to begin their training this week!
They'll be learning playground games, skipping games, and wet weather activities to enable them to run lunchtime clubs for P1-3 pupils in Term 2. 🙌
Insch School
28/08/2026
📢 ACTIVE SCHOOLS CENTRAL TERM 1 ACTIVITIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR BOOKING! 🏃♀️⚽🏸🤸♂️
We're excited to announce that bookings are now open for our Term 1 activities within Active Schools Central across:
✅ Alford
✅ Huntly
✅ Inverurie
✅ Kemnay
✅ Meldrum
✅ Westhill
To book your child's place:
1️⃣ Visit the Active Schools page: https://livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk/sport-and-physical-activity/active-schools/active-schools-in-your-area/
2️⃣ Select your local Active Schools network.
3️⃣ Click "Book (Network) Activities Online".
4️⃣ Complete the online booking form.
🌟 More activities will be added soon, so keep an eye on our pages, website and through schools for updates!
❓ Have any questions? Send us a message or email us at [email protected] or contact your local Active Schools Coordinator.
We can't wait to see your bookings coming through and look forward to another fantastic term of sport and physical activity across Central Aberdeenshire!
27/08/2026
🎾 CLUSTER TENNIS SESSIONS ARE BACK TO HUNTLY! 🎾
Active Schools Huntly are delighted to be offering more tennis opportunities at Cooper Park, Huntly, starting next Thursday! 🥳
These sessions will be delivered by a qualified tennis coach and are open to children from P1 to S2, making them a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills, improve confidence, and have fun on the court.
📅 Session Dates:
🎾 3 September
🎾 10 September
🎾 17 September
🌟 Spaces are still available, but be quick as places are limited!
Sign up online by completing our booking form -
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/4VpnY4EQhk
These sessions are a great way to get active and involved in tennis!🎾☀️
📩 For more information, please contact [email protected].
24/08/2026
Check it out! Free Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for young people aged 12–18.
This activity is being organised by SBG Aberdeen. Aberdeenshire Council is not responsible for the acts and omissions of SBG Aberdeen and members of the public engaging in the activity do so at their own risk.
24/08/2026
We’re excited to be bringing Girlz A'LOUD to Aberdeenshire! 🚴
Over the three Saturdays, girls aged 12–16 will have the chance to get involved in a mix of on-bike and off-bike activities, led by fantastic female coaches. The sessions are all about building confidence, developing new skills and meeting other girls who enjoy being active.
📅 Saturday 29th August, 5th September & 12th September
🕙 10am–3pm
📍 Meet at Victoria Hall, Station Rd, AB41 9AY - Collection from Ellon Wheel Park Pavilion, AB41 9AB
Sign up to the sessions here - https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XfxhXVKmT5
20/08/2026
A fantastic opportunity for U12s to experience some fun cycling sessions via the explorr Festival Dirt Crits between 11am and 12.30pm on Saturday 29th August 2026 at King George V Park, Banchory!
Led by local cycling club Deeside Thistle and their qualified coaching team, these sessions are part of the brand new cycling and running based explorr Endurance Festival and children who have a bike with knobbly tyres are welcome.
Full details and registration can be found at https://www.explorr.co.uk/kids-dirt-crit
🎉🏫 ACTIVE SCHOOLS INVERURIE | TRANSITION+ 2026 🏫🎉
What an amazing 3 days we've had at Inverurie Transition+ 2026! 🙌
This week, we welcomed 58 new S1 pupils who will be starting their journey at Inverurie Academy next week, with an incredible 137 young people taking part across the programme. That's a 13.2% increase from last year! 📈👏
Our activity-filled days gave pupils the chance to:
✅ Become more familiar with the school building
✅ Meet future classmates
✅ Build confidence ahead of their first day at academy
✅ Have lots of fun along the way! 😃
A huge thank you to our funders, Inverurie Youth Sports Foundation (IYSF), and our fantastic Young Leaders whose support helped make the programme such a success. 🌟
We were also delighted to work alongside a brilliant range of partners, including:
Garioch Judo, All Active Ltd, CLD, Millennium Child Entertainment, Garioch Rugby Club, Live Life Outdoors and our own volunteers delivering football, basketball and netball activities
We couldn't have done it without everyone's support. Thank you!
🍀 Good luck to all the new S1 pupils starting Academy next week. We hope you have a fantastic first year!
Inverurie Academy Health and Wellbeing
were delighted to welcome some of The Gordon Schools new S1 pupils at our Transition+ Event last week.🎉
Together with our fantastic partners from Live Life Aberdeenshire Libraries, CLD, Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre, Millennium Child Entertainment, and Huntly Swimming Pool, pupils enjoyed a wide range of activities
A big thank you to our volunteers that came along and helped out throughout the 2 days.
We had a great two days of fun activities, making new friends and becoming more familiar with their new school surroundings.
Good Luck to all our new S1 pupils!!⭐
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07/08/2026
Grampian Disability Sport are holding their Parasport Festival at Inverurie Community Campus on Sunday 30th August 2026.
We are delighted to support opportunities that remove barriers to participation thanks to funding from Summer of Sport 2026.
Entry is open to pupils in P4-S6 across Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray. The Parasport Festival is aimed at children with a physical disability, vision impairment or hearing loss, learning disability and Down Syndrome.
Entries close on the 11th August 2026.
Further information about this event can be found on Grampian Disability Sport’s post below.
🎟️New ticket release! 🎟️
We can announce that our next batch of tickets for the Grampian Disability Sport Parasport festival have now been released!
More tickets open to more young people with disabilities!
This batch of tickets is available to those in Special Schools and Mainstream schools throughout Grampian from P4 to S6 (inclusive of home educated young people with disabilities too)
Hurry spaces are limited and entries close on the 11th August.
Enter here….
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grampian-disability-sport-parasport-festival-2026-tickets-1990388237799?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
(The Grampian Disability Sport Parasport Festival is possible due to funding from the Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) and The Scottish Governments Summer Of Sport 2026.)