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WHOLE SCHOOL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAM

 

For Primary and Schools for a Specific Purpose

 

Introduction
Throughout 2001, the School Sport Unit has been conducting a project to identify successful whole school physical activity programs operating in Primary/Infants/SSP schools throughout New South Wales.

The project was coordinated by Mr Ross Morrison, Assistant Manager, School Sport Unit. Mr Ross Abbott, Principal, Leonay PS and Ms Mandy Wells, Fairfield PS acted as project officer and project writer respectively.

Management Panel Members

Ross Morrison
Ross Abbott
Neil Sherring
Peter Tomlin
Col Fisher
Ross Higgins
Mick Forsyth
Peter Moore
Bruce Riley
Peter Davis
Assistant Manager - School Sport Unit
Principal - Leonay PS
Executive Officer
- NSWPSSA
Area Sports Organiser - Sydney North
Area Sports Organiser - North Coast
Area Sports Organiser - Sydney South West
Area Sports Organiser - Riverina
Area Sports Organiser - Hunter
Area Sports Organiser - Sydney East
Area Sports Organiser - Sydney West

The Management Panel selected 17 school programs for publication on the School Sport Unit Website. These programs come from a diverse range of primary and SSP schools and highlight the options available to schools in meeting their school communities needs.

For the purpose of this project the following definitions were utilised

Daily Fitness (DF) – activities involving joint mobility exercises with an emphasis on enjoyment and vigour. The activities should lead to an increase heart rate sustained for 20 minutes. Activities that can be used in daily fitness programs include – running, skipping, aerobics, health hustle, relays and obstacle courses, etc.

Physical Education (PE) – development of fine and gross motor skills.

Sport (S) – activities and games which use the skills developed in Physical Education

School

School Location

School Size

 

Fairfield PS

City

1P

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Harbord PS

City

1P

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Orange PS

Country

1P

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Ulladulla PS

Country

1P

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Banora Point PS

Country

2P

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Auburn North PS

City

2P

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Campsie PS

City

2P

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Toongabbie PS

City

2P

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Merrylands PS

City

3P

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West Ryde PS

City

3P

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Wyoming PS

Country

3P

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Austinmer PS

Country

4P

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Bankstown North PS

City

4P

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Rose Bay PS

City

4P

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Gladstone PS

Country

5P

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Cassilis PS

Country

5P

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Holroyd SSP

City

1SSP

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Many of the programs developed by the selected schools utilise external resources in the planning of their programs. The following list of resources was provided by the selected schools

v      PD/H/PE syllabus and modules K-6
v      PE Curriculum Activities K-6 (Keg Wheeler & Otto H. Spilker)
v      Sport It – Developmental Sport Skill Program (Aust. Sport Commission)
v      Aussie Sports Modified Games Manual (Aust. Sport Commission)
v      PE Teachers Skill by Skill Activity Program (Lowell F. Turner & Susan Turner)
v      PE Teachers Complete Fitness & Skill Developmental Activity Program ( Jeff Carpenter)
v      Huff ‘n’ Puff – Life Be In It Vigorous Games & Activities (Leongatha Dist. Ed Committee Aust.)
v      Go For It – PE Activities for Classroom Teachers (Catherine Roberts)
v      Ready to Use PE Activities (Landy & Landy)
v      ACHPER Daily Physical Education
v      ACHPER Australian Fitness Education Awards
v      Get Active Fundamental Movement Skills
v      Manuals and activities provided by Sport Development Officers