Stride Foundation program manager Eleanor Sharp said the Sport for Life primary school workshops give children the opportunity to take part in fun sporting activities while learning and developing life skills such as goal setting, leadership and communication.

"The workshops emphasise the importance of healthy living and are facilitated by high achieving Queensland sporting role models, recruited, screened and trained by Stride with the support of the Queensland Academy of Sport," she said.

"The primary school-based workshops are complemented by a mentoring program that engages young people at the Edmund Rice Flexible Learning Centre, and community volunteers who are mentors to the young people.

The partnership with Xstrata Community Program North Queensland will extend the Sport for Life program in Mount Isa through to 2013.

Stride Foundation chief executive Jane Hill said:"This is an important partnership for Stride Foundation.

"Through the generous support of the Xstrata Community Program, Stride Foundation is able to build on the relationships and work we've achieved to date in Mount Isa, and encourage even more young people to live healthily and stay actively engaged in the community and with their education."