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2009 FUNdamental Game Strategies Course Dates
FUndamental Game Strategies Course Dates
NEW In term 2 of 2009, course participants will be provided with 2 days teacher relief.
Community Participation Funding
The Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) are provides small grants of up to $5000 for projects that target low participation groups, particularly culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) and indigenous populations.
To be eligible for the funding, projects must:
• increase participation in physical activity; and/or
• enhance the development of sport and recreation personnel.
Grants are available for local government, sporting clubs, schools, community and not for profit organisations to implement safe and innovative projects.
The funding is open all year round, and grants are limited to between $1000 and $5000.
The full application package is available from your local DSR office, or download the application form and guidelines from the DSR website.
For more information or to discuss your project, please contact Kim Ellwood on (08) 9492 9747 or kim.ellwood@dsr.wa.gov.au or Nicole Wills on (08) 9492 9715 or nicole.wills@dsr.wa.gov.au at the Department of Sport and Recreation.
2009 New Professional Development Courses
In 2009, FUNdamental Game Strategies 2-day teacher participant courses will be offered state-wide. To assist in forward planning within your school, please refer to the 2009 Course Calendar. For more information please contact Kristy Strange, Project Manager – Physical Activity on (08) 9264 5407 or Kristy.Strange@det.wa.edu.au.
FUNdamental Game Strategies - In term 2 of 2009, course participants will be provided with 2 days teacher relief.
Traditional Indigenous Games
Yulunga is a new online activity resource of over 100 traditional indigenous games. This is a free resource that is downloadable through AUSport. The games are broken into the following categories:
- Skipping games
- Spinning games
- Tag games
- Target games
- Water games
- Wrestling games
- Ball games
- Bat and ball games
- Hide and seek games
- Inside games
- Other games
FUNdamental Games Strategies Now Online!
If you are interested in ways to get students engaged in physical activity, visit the physical activity website and check out the FUNdamental Games Strategies activity cards, which are now available online.
These activity cards were designed by teachers for teachers and other school staff to help plan and run quality physical activity programs in schools. The activity cards have been trialled across a number of schools, with really positive responses.
Find out more:http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/physicalactivity/initiatives_2.html
2008 CAPAN Survey
This year, around 32 schools will be asked to participate in the 2008 Western Australian Child and Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey (CAPANS) to measure physical activity levels and dietary habits of children in Years 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
Jennifer Riatti, project manager for the Premier’s Physical Activity Taskforce which coordinates the survey, says the results will be compared to a similar survey carried out in 2003.
“It’s really critical that schools get behind this project. We are relying on the support of teachers, students and parents to make sure the survey accurately reflects where we are at and what we need to do to tackle childhood obesity and physical activity in the future,” said Ms Riatti.
Letters will be sent to selected schools requesting participation in the collection of survey data over August.
Find out more: http://www.beactive.wa.gov.au/
Active Kids Holiday Calendar
The Active Kids School Holiday Calendar for the summer school holidays is now available. Check out the Department of Sport and Recreation website for details of fun activities for kids these holidays. There are listings of activities, events, clinics, camps and much more.
For more information go to: http://holidaycalendar.dsr.wa.gov.au/
Great Resource with Bike Safety Curriculum Ideas
Rosebank Kidsafe Safe and Active Kids Kits
Kidsafe and Rosebank have developed a fun and educational primary school resource about staying active and safe. Distributed to thousands of schools nationwide, the Safe and Active Kids Kit is designed to educate primary school children on: Transportation, Personal Health and the Environment Helmet and Bike Safety, and Cycling and the Future. These activity kits also provide suggestions for school and community initiatives to promote safe and healthy activity. To find out more or to obtain a copy of the Rosebank and Kidsafe Safe and Active Kids kits for your school, please click here.
Safe and Active Kids program
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