tHE Rising STAR AWARD
Empowering Futures, One Step At A Time!
Designed for ages 5–13, the Little Star Award features fun, play-based challenges that build early skills and independence.
Available as an app or printed booklet, it includes challenge videos with Top Tips. Students earn a certificate along with a medal, badge, or shield upon completion.
IT WORKS
Choose between App or Printed booklets
Launch in your school or nursery, then children begin their challenges
Review, approve, and provide feedback on challenges children complete
Celebrate with an award assembly or hand out certificates and keepsakes individually
Printed Booklet Version
Challenges are completed offline - at home or in school using the printed booklet.
- Students read the challenge and scan the QR code to watch the video with Top Tips
- They complete the task and add evidence-photos, drawings, or written reflections
- Each page includes a simple Skills Check to colour in the skills used and rate how tricky it was
- Teachers review and tick off completed tasks
App-Based Version
Challenges are completed offline, at home or in school, but progress is tracked through our easy-to-use app.
- To Do – Students read the challenge and watch the Top Tips video. Each challenge includes a downloadable PDF.
- Review – Students submit evidence for feedback/approval
- Approved – Reviewed by the Edslidera team
the rising star award
The Rising Star Award nurtures grit, determination and a broad range of life skills through meaningful challenges. Students explore cultural awareness, citizenship, sustainability, wellbeing and entrepreneurship, building the confidence and resilience needed to thrive in school and beyond.
Seamless Experience
Printed booklets provide a hands-on approach, while the app adds digital tracking with evidence uploads. All challenges are designed to be completed offline unless a specific task requires the use of a device
Curriculum Alignment
UAE National Agenda (optional),International Curricula (bespoke options available), Life Skills, Global Awareness, Innovation, technology & AI challenges
Celebrate Success
Students earn a personalised certificate and a special badge, medal, or shield, depending on their level, symbols of leadership, effort, and growth.
Feedback & Approvals
On the app, our team manages all challenge approvals and feedback. With printed booklets, reviews are completed by teachers in school.
Top Tip Videos & More
Both the app and printed booklets feature engaging Top Tip videos to guide students through each challenge. The app also offers downloadable PDFs, while the printed booklets include skill checks to help students reflect on the skills they use.
Flexible Implementation
Suitable for classroom or home learning, whichever format you choose.
Award Levels
The Rising Star Award is a progressive programme for students aged 5 to 13. Each year group completes a level with age-appropriate challenges that build essential life skills, global awareness and resilience. Students receive a personalised certificate along with a special badge, medal or shield according to their level, celebrating their leadership, effort and growth.
| Rising Star Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year Group | Age | Certificate & Award | |
| Award Levels | Year 1 – KG2 | 5–6 | Bronze Rising Star Award Medal & Certificate |
| Year 2 – Grade 1 | 6–7 | Silver Rising Star Award Medal & Certificate | |
| Year 3 – Grade 2 | 7–8 | Gold Rising Star Award Medal & Certificate | |
| Year 4 – Grade 3 | 8–9 | Bronze Rising Star Award Shield badge & Certificate | |
| Year 5 – Grade 4 | 9–10 | Silver Rising Star Award Shield badge & Certificate | |
| Year 6 – Grade 5 | 10–11 | Gold Rising Star Award Shield badge & Certificate | |
| Year 7 – Grade 6 | 11–12 | Silver Rising Star Award Senior Bar badge & Certificate | |
| Year 8 – Grade 7 | 12–13 | Gold Rising Star Award Senior Bar badge & Certificate | |
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