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Sports Directory for Schools - A comprehensive listing of services for schools offered by NSW State sporting organisations. Compiled by NSW Sport and Recreation. |
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| Fundamental Movement Skills - The Department of Education and Training's Curriculum Support Unit has put components of it's 'Get Skilled, Get Active' resource on line. |
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Take a look at the local resources and activities on this site developed to support the National Measure Up campaign. Measure Up booklets and tape measures were distributed to parents of year 5 and 6 primary students at participating primary schools during 2009. Participating schools received a set of pedometers to loan to parents and staff and keep to use in class, |
| plus support materials. Great resources here if you're getting into pedometers at school. |
| Fantastic games resource - The Active After School program of the Australian Government has fabulous Playing for Life Resources. The full kit ($109) includes a massive selection of activity cards on cooperative play, wild card, invasion, striking/fielding, net/court and target games in the categories of easy, medium and hard. There is also a CD ROM of all of the activities which can be purchased separately for just $10. Order from Australian Sports Commission publications. Type 'Playing for Life' into the search box. | |
Traditional Indigenous Games - Australian Sports Commission resource. |
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Yulunga is an activity resource of over 100 traditional Indigenous games created to provide all Australians with an opportunity to learn about, appreciate and experience aspects of Indigenous culture. Suitable for children and adults of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, Yulunga can be used in schools around Australia as an educational resource and as a guide to inclusive, structured sport within communities. Click on the image to the left to download the whole document . Alternatively you can go the Australian Sports Commission website and download individual parts. |
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More Traditional Games - Check out the wonderful 'Playtime' DVD. Street games from all around the world. Great opportunity to include some physical activity with Society and Culture. |
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Great Daily Physical Activity Resources from around the world - 2 stand out websites for daily physical activity resources are from Alberta Canada and from New Zealand. Both sites offer free downloads of 100's of activity ideas as well as organisational guidelines. The Canadian site also has an associated comprehensive healthy schools site called Healthy U and the New Zealand site offers a free downloadable Fundamental Movement Skills resource. |
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Healthy Lunchbox Resources - Check out a great on-line interactive activity from Vic Health. How about some homework that covers some computer skills as well as nutrition understanding?..Get your students to log on to the Vic Health site, create a healthy lunch, choose the option to email it to themselves, print it out and bring in for homework. There are also other great lunchbox resources in the Q4 Live Outside the Box section of the healthpromotion.com.au site.
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Other very useful websites Australian Health Promoting Schools Association Crunch and Sip - School fruit, vegie and water breaks Young Media - Too much TV and computer time interferes with important time for real world learning and being physically active. Go to this site for great fact sheets on media issues for kids and their families (very suitable for newsletter inserts). The site has other useful bits like film reviews with recommendations for different age groups based on solid child development theory. Sun-protection Websites List (pdf)
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School Newsletter Inserts -Recent inserts are provided in 'Word' doc format so you can simply cut and paste the snippets you want straight into your newsletters. Some older files are in pdf format for printing. |
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Sun-Protection Videos available for loan - The Health Promotion Unit has a variety of sun-protection videos available for loan by Central Coast primary teachers. Click here for a full list Sun-protection (pdf - 47KB) |
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Free CD and DVD Resources for Central Coast Primary School Teachers Resources developed from Central Coast Primary School PDHPE Network Activities |
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Dr Phil Morgan (DVD)
This DVD contains 2 presentations by world renowned fundamental movement skills expert Dr Philip Morgan (Associate Prof, School of Education, University of Newcastle) 1.Teaching Fundamental Movement Skills (May 2010) approx 43 mins 2. Childhood Obesity and the Role of Schools (Aug 2007) appox 33 mins |
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11 FISH ACTIVITIES DVD
This DVD contains approximately 40 mins of video footage from two Primary School PDHPE Network Workshops in 2008. It features 11 primary school physical activity ideas that use the FISH principle, i.e; F un I nclusive S afe H igh Involvement |
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Dance 4 Creativity DVD
This DVD contains 40 mins of video footage from the Term 1, 2008 Primary School PDHPE Network Workshop. Features accomplished primary school and performing arts teacher Sue Lane. Sue demystifies the dance elements covered in the syllabus and provides great activity ideas. DVD also contains downloadable copies of the workshop handouts.
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Shall We Dance? CD Shall We Dance? - includes video clips of 8, easy to teach, popular group dances for which music is easy to find. Soccer Drills and Games DVD Soccer Drills and Games - Video clip of the Mariners demonstrating fun activities to learn soccer skills
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Lets Play CD
Facility, equipment and games ideas from Central Coast schools.
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Schools on the Move CD
Case studies of school physical activity programs that work. Three of them from the Central Coast.
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