Take the Challenge teacher resources target four key messages: 1. be more active, 2. drink water and 3. eat healthy food to 4. beat disease.
Click to access: Introduction, Early Childhood Module, Middle Childhood Module, Early Adolescence Module and Appendices.
The Kitchen Garden classroom developed by Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Foundation (SAKGF) offers ELC, Primary and secondary schools the opportunity to engage in curriculum based hands on learning.
Starting over 20 years ago as TravelSmart and evolving and growing into Your Move, this schools program is all about encouraging kids to walk, ride their bike or scoot to school, and creating healthier, happier kids while reducing congestion around schools. A passionate community of school champions are helping to teach their students positive behaviours around active transport that they can continue throughout their entire lives.
Schools signed up to Your Move receive support and information to help them organise engaging activities like classroom lesson plans that are aligned to the WA school curriculum, fun event days, or behind-the-scenes stuff like improving a school’s bike and scooter parking. As schools complete these activities they earn points for their school that can be redeemed for a great range of items in the online shop like bike education sessions, t-shirts, helmets and other great rewards.
Bluearth programs are all about using movement to create happy, healthy, engaged children. The Active Schools program is delivered over a school year, providing movement sessions for students and professional development for classroom teachers. The program’s long-term approach in a school guides teachers through a gradual release of responsibility model progressing from observation and engagement to delivery of the program themselves. Throughout the program there is also an emphasis on engaging the wider school community in physically active events. The Active School program has three variants dependent on setting and target audience: Early Childhood, Leadership and Mindful Movement programs.
A typical Bluearth session would incorporate some of Bluearth’s six elements of movement: Core movement, dynamic movement, skill activities, challenges and games, coordination and agility and movement in the environment. Sessions are usually flexible and seek to engage with the group in the best way possible; creating an environment where difficulties and successes are discussed and shared. Included are mindfulness aspects focused on breath and mindful movement and encourage participants to reflect on their experiences in a safe environment.
Baseline testing and reporting with National comparisons including full individual electronic reports for students and families. Currently the largest database in the world with over 40,000 students, with high reliability and validity.
From the testing, Sports Challenge in partnership with schools will develop Daily PE sessions, PE and sport programs for students aged 5 years to 17 years.
Professional Development and training is available for staff and community stakeholders.
A “young carer” is a person under the age of 25 who helps support a member of their household who is experiencing a mental health challenge, disability, long term health condition (including a chronic condition or terminal illness), a substance dependency or who is frail aged.
The Carers WA Young Carer team offers a range of specific services for education facilities and young carers aged 8 to 25, including free access to:
Mindfulness and Movement for School Communities. Supporting mental, physical and social Health and Wellness – one breath at a time.
Developed in schools for schools. Evidence-based secular yoga and mindfulness curriculum meeting national standards and the Australian health and wellbeing framework. Experienced in delivering outreach programming in remote and regional Western Australian School communities. Passionate about making a difference and supporting your school. One breath at a time. https://www.yogazeit.com.au. Facebook: https:www.facebook.com/yogazeitkids
Bluearth Foundation offers several professional development workshops. Workshops suit classroom teachers. educators and other professionals who work with children. Bluearth can provide workshops free of charge at your institution by way of hosting a workshop for the region or, a private workshop for the institution for a cost per workshop. Workshops currently offered are:
– Introduction to Bluearth workshop
– Six Elements workshop (core movement, dynamic movement, coordination and agility, challenges and games, skill activities and movement in the environment)
– Early Childhood workshop
– Leadership workshop
Animal Fun is an evidenced based program designed by physiotherapists, occupational therapists and psychologists from Curtin University to improve physical activity and mental health in young children. Within an imaginary play scape, children imitate the movements and sounds of various animals, with each activity carefully designed to target key muscle groups, gross and fine motor skills, coordination and social skills development. Simple to use and implement into the everyday routines and rituals of the child. Fun and engaging for kids. Animal Fun also supports parental involvement with the Animal Fun@Home book. Imagine. Move. Improve.
The Better Health Program is a free healthy lifestyle program for children 6 – 12 and their
families. Funded by the Government of Western Australia Department of Health, the program is free for eligible families in WA.
Families will be paired with a personal health coach who will support them to build healthy habits as a family over 10 coaching calls. Areas of support include:
Families will also get access to a library of fun online activities and bite-sized learning resources to help put advice into practice and will receive a gift voucher upon completion of the program.
Check out our group-based programs here; betterhealthprogram.org/program-location-list/.
If you would like to sign your family up, head to betterhealthprogram.org/ or reach out to our team on 1300 822 953.
If you are an organisation and would like to work with us to promote this out to your community, you can contact Emily – our community engagement officer – at Emily.a@betterhealthcompany.org or (08) 6727 9359.
Play Active is an evidence-based physical activity program designed to boost energetic play in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings.
Children enjoy energetic play and it’s essential for their happiness, the development of fundamental movement and social skills, and to help them become more confident and resilient.
Led by the Telethon Kids Institute and co-created with the ECEC sector, Play Active is the only program of its kind in Australia that provides evidence-informed guidelines for ECEC services to ensure all children are getting enough energetic play throughout the day, every day.
The program offers professional development, tailored resources, and support to help services meet and exceed National Quality Standard 2.1: ‘Each child’s health and physical activity is supported and promoted’; and includes clear guidance on the amount of physical activity, sedentary time and screen time children should have at ECEC.
Play Active’s sector partners: Early Childhood Australia, Australian Childcare Alliance WA, Australian Childcare Alliance QLD, Australian Childcare Alliance SA, Goodstart Early Learning, YMCA WA, Sonas Early Learning, Sagewood Early Learning.
Play Active’s supporting partners: Cancer Council Western Australia, Nature Play WA, Play Australia, Play Matters Collective, WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Health & Wellbeing Queensland.
Play Active’s research partners: Telethon Kids Institute (lead organisation), University of Western Australia, University of Queensland, University of South Australia, University of Sydney, University of Southern Denmark (Denmark), University of Victoria (Canada).
Play Active’s funding partners: Australian Medical Research Future Fund (#2022912), Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation (Healthway) (#34818), Heart Foundation (#102549 – A/Prof Christian fellowship) and the Australian Centre of Excellence for Children and Families across the Life Course (Life Course Centre) (#200100025).
The Kids Research Institute Australia is one of the largest and most successful medical research institutes in Australia. We’ve created a bold blueprint that brings together community, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and funders, who share our vision to improve the health and wellbeing of children through excellence in research.
The Discovery Centre is full of fun and educational games for kids to learn about science, health and medical research.
The Discovery Centre provides a unique experience for children aged 7 and up, and you never know – the parents might learn something too!
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