So Many Ways to Get Students Active!
Our goal is to support teachers in delivering effective and high-quality physical education to their students. One of the easiest ways of doing this is making sure teachers have easy access information on sporting clinics, sport and recreation services and professional learning opportunities.
Sports and Recreation Events
Royal Life Saving ACT
Bookings for 2018 swimming and water safety programs have started!
Aquasafe:
Is a unique water safety and awareness program designed specifically for Year 2 students in the ACT. The program consists of a 2-week (10-day) block of pool-based sessions and 5 x 40 minute classroom sessions.
Swim and Survive Active:
Swim and Survive is a great program for schools as it provides a progressive curriculum across a number of strands and combines the learning of practical skills with the understanding and application of water safety knowledge.
For more info, head to the Royal Life Saving ACT website.
Dragon Boat ACT
The Junior Regatta is coming up soon! Times: 0700 – Arrival & set up
When: November 11th 2017 0715 – Team Lists to Marshalling
Where: Grevillea Place 0730 – Captains & Sweeps Brief
Drop off zone: Menindee Dr 0745 – Marshalling First Race
Parking: Russel Offices 1400– End
Important Dates
RSVP date 24 October 2017
Team entries: Friday 3 November
Races - 200m (20’s) and 2km
For more information you can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by typing DBACT, or visit the website www.dbact.com.au
National Rugby League
The Clyde Rauter Shield Event is coming up in November!
The 13 a side, tackling event caters to Year 7,8,9 and 10 male students. There will be 3 separate events, a North and South Canberra specific event, followed by a finals day!
Dates:
North Canberra Clyde Rauter Shield Event : 14/11/2017
South Canberra Clyde Rauter Shield Event: 16/11/2017
Clyde Rauter Shield Finals Day: 28/11/2017
Location: Northbourne Oval, Braddon ACT
Athletics
LAPS is a school-based program that teaches the basic skills of track and field to primary school students. The program develops basic running, jumping and throwing skills through highly active and fun sessions delivered by current accredited coaches. LAPS is an inclusive program and can be adapted to suit any level of ability.
Golf
Central Southern Golf Association girls holiday camps! There are multiple events from one day sessions, to 7 weeks programs available. The sessions are for is a camp for girls between the ages of 6 and 18 years. To register, go to www.mygolf.org.au and enter postcode 2600 to see the locations available in Canberra and for further details!
Softball
Registrations for the up-coming softball summer comp are open! For details on clubs and locations, click here.
Softball 7's- This is a competition open for ages 12 to adults! The competition is a modified version of traditional softball:
- 7-a-side social mixed softball
- Every player bats each inning
- Easy to learn rules
- 4 innings game played in under an hour
- A new pitcher each inning
- High scoring: every base gained is a run
- Ball is pitched slower, means more hits
For more information head to www.act.softball.org.au or email development@act.softball.org.au
Orienteering
Orienteering instruction with a focus on girls!
Target Age: 10 – 14 yr old girls (+ parent/guardian present).
When: Friday afternoons 5pm- 6pm
Starts November
Who: Girls (and MUMS!) with an appetite for adventure!
Locations:
-3 Nov Stirling Ridge Yarralumla (meet near Canberra Yacht Club)
-10 Nov, Remembrance Park, Campbell (meet at picnic shelter behind War Memorial)
-17 Nov Mt Ainslie North, Hackett (meet at Parking area at Kellaway Street, Hackett)
More depending on interest.
Must RSVP Toni by text 0411 968 001
Grab some friends and come along for a before school body and brain work out!
Term 4 will see a new before school orienteering opportunity to ACT primary school children. The relay style event will have teams composed of 2 boys and 2 girls, kicking off at 8am-9am on the following dates:
- Thursday 26 October- Ngunnawal Primary School
- Thursday 2 November- Emmaus Christian School
- Thursday 9 November- St Thomas More’s Primary School
For registrations, head to this page. Or for more information, head to the SC-ORE web page .
After School Orienteering
Summer 2017 Map Mates will commence with a welcome event on 18 October.
The welcome event is open to any prospective Map Mates and is free! The Map Mates competition will run Wednesday evenings 25 October to 15 November. Register Here For more information visit Map Mates page
2017 ACT Orienteering Primary School Championships
The OACT Primary School Championships will be held on Wednesday 22 November, 2017. There are no selection requirements, however, it's recommended that children have done two events before. This event is perfect for children who have done orienteering through a Sporting Schools Program at school, have done SC-ORE or Map Mates or have been to any public events. For more information visit PS Championships.
10 Reasons Why Orienteering is the Best Sport Ever
Orienteering - 'the best sport ever! For those of you who are keen to try this awesome sport, here are some practical tips and 10 good reasons on how to start.'
http://www.windsweptwriting.com/10-reasons-orienteering-best-sport-ever/
Volley Ball
Volleyball ACT SPIKEZONE BEACH PROGRAM
Who: Junior Volleyballers aged 9-14 years
When: Every Tuesday October 24th - December 12
From 430pm-530pm
Where: SPIKEZONE BEACH
Cost: $70 for 8 weeks
To book your place please email competitions@volleyballact.com.au or phone 6100 6418
Level 2 Development Coaching Course.
The course is aimed at individuals who are looking to develop their volleyball knowledge to coach at a club and/or school level. It is also suitable for teachers who are preparing their school teams for Australian Volleyball Schools Cup in December. For more information on registration, head here. Registrations close 18th Sept.
Capital Football
Futsal 5s Summer Football Connect program! The Futsal 5's Summer Football Program gives players a chance to try futsal, learn new skills and continue their football year round.
This year it will be held at Hawker Football Centre from 9am-10am on Saturday mornings for 7 weeks during October and November.
Location: Hawker Football Centre, Walhallow St Hawker
Dates: Saturdays 14th, 21st, 28th of October and 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th of November
Times: 9am-10am
Cost: $50
Registration: Registration is done online at My Football Club
Professional Learning Corner
Here are a few little gems to help keep you up to date in the Health and PE Sphere!
ACHPER Full Day Symposium: PE Pulse is a conference partner of ACPHER ACT 's upcoming full-day Quality PE Symposium - a fantastic opportunity to Canberra! To register head here
Safe Cycle online training for teachers- TQI accredited training: Join the Ride or Walk to School program and get access to 2 hours of Safe Cycle Training, which is TQI accredited and a suite of Australian Curriculum aligned class resources and bike hire for your school. For information email harriet@paf.org.au.
A Great Blog from the ACHPER website- HPE Teachers in primary schools...
Journal Article: Learning to be researchers in physical education and sport pedagogy: the perspectives of doctoral students and early career researchers "The question we sought to examine was ‘what do PESP doctoral students and early career researchers perceive as the facilitators and challenges associated with learning to be researchers?’'- check out the full article via this link!
Journal Article: Can continuing professional development utilizing a game-centred approach improve the quality of physical education teaching delivered by generalist primary school teachers? "The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a continuing professional development (CPD) intervention in producing changes in physical education (PE) teaching practice and PE teaching quality by generalist primary school teachers when the CPD addressed the use of a game-centred approach. "
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Cheers,
Harriet
Harriet Walker | PE Pulse Manager
harriet@paf.org.au
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