If it is successful, the programme will be extended to all New Zealand secondary schools next year.
Futsal South is running a pilot programme for NCEA level 1 credits with Sonya Finnie's year 11 physical education class at Queen's.
The pupils will be taught to organise lesson plans and then try them out on fellow pupils before teaching futsal to year 4 and 5 pupils at Bathgate Park School.
The project ends with the Queen's pupils organising and running a futsal tournament at the primary school.
''We expect this pilot to be successful and we will then roll the programme out to as many secondary schools as possible next year,'' New Zealand Football futsal development manager Dave Payne said.
''The reason we targeted Queen's is because Dunedin has the biggest player base for futsal in the country with 3000.''
Queen's is one of eight secondary schools in the country involved in the Sport in Education project. Futsal fits nicely with this project.
''It is a great honour for Queen's High School to be part of the project,'' Karen Palmer, the Sport in Education project leader at Queen's, said.
''We are developing a template that can be taken to other schools. It will also give our pupils the chance to be involved as administrators, managers and coaches.''
Elisha Kelly (15) thought the game was the best part of the practical session in the school gymnasium.
''It was fun and very good practice,'' she said.
''I learned a trick by kicking the ball on the outside and getting it back on the inside.''
Samara Keen, a regular football player, learned to control the ball in a small area and to look up and not down before she passed the ball.
''You can't see where to pass the ball when you are looking down,'' she said.
The futsal programme has been designed as part of the school curriculum.
''We deliver it in the school environment but when the coach is not there the kids self-organise their own games,'' Payne said.
''A lot of programmes have failed in the past because they have relied on the coaches turning up. But as soon as that teacher or coach moves on, the funding and the game stops.''
There is already a primary-intermediate school-based programme using teachers to deliver the 10-week programme into the curriculum.
The new plan will establish a link between primary and secondary schools and link it to secondary school NCEA credits.
New Zealand Football has recognised that futsal is important for the growth of football.
''In countries like Spain, Brazil and England, futsal is an important part of the football family and is used to develop football skills. It is also a sport in its own right.''
