Resources Distributed to Schools

A summary of the comprehensive survey conducted in NSW. Intended for teacher information and as a valuable resource for schools and their communities.

This report has been prepared for the specific use of school communities. It summarises the information contained in the main report of the NSW Fitness and Physical Activity Survey, 1997.

This summary report describes the methods and the main findings of the survey, and also makes suggestions on ways in which schools can make use of the findings to encourage all students to participate in lifelong physical activity.

Road safety education seeks to develop positive attitudes and safe behaviours in children and adolescents as present and future road users.

Schools can play an important role in the development of safe road use behaviours through the provision of coherent, sequential road safety education from early childhood through to senior years of schooling.

This policy statement is designed to support NSW government schools in implementing effective road safety education as part of a whole school program.

full report of the survey carried out across schools in NSW.

The purpose of this survey was to provide reliable scientific data on the body composition, health-related fitness, physical activity habits and mastery of fundamental movement skills among primary and high school students in New South Wales.

A document that gives practical advice to schools wishing to become health promoting schools.

This document has been designed to complement the NSW Board of Studies' syllabuses in PDHPE from Kindergarten to Year 12. It takes the concept of the health promoting school outlined in the syllabuses and elaborates on ideas for implementing this concept in schools.

You can use this document in a number of ways:

• to consolidate your understanding of the concept of the health promoting school
• to support and enhance existing school programs
• to assist in raising awareness within the school community
• to provide a basis for planning to help your school community become a health promoting school
• to gain ideas from other school case studies
• to help evaluate your school's existing programs and practices or to monitor its progress towards becoming a health promoting school.

Designed to assist schools to address many of the findings of the NSW schools fitness and physical activity survey and to implement the PDHPE syllabus. Information sheets and professional development activities are included.

This resource gives practical advice on ways they can take a health promoting school approach to physical activity.

It provides the latest information about physical activity in children and youth, as well as professional development activities, school case studies and teaching strategies. It addresses and builds on many of the finding of the NSW Schools Fitness and Physical Activity Survey, 1997.

This resource contains information, videos and professional development activities relating to fundamental movement skills.

The resource, Get skilled: Get active, has been developed to help support teachers improve the fundamental movement skills of primary students.

It introduces twelve fundamental movement skills. These skills are considered to be essential if students are to participate successfully in the many physical activities, games and sports offered in our community.

Participation in a safe environment provides opportunities for students to enjoy the experience of physical activity, to develop skills, interact socially and achieve personal goals. This document will assist schools promote quality participation in physical activity through safe and enjoyable activities.

Guidelines for the safe conduct of sport and physical activity in schools has been produced to inform and support school communities in the planning and implementation of safe sport and physical activity. It draws together advice from current NSW Department of Education memoranda which has an impact on the supervision and welfare of students engaged in physical activity, and strengthens existing safety guidelines and standards for specific sport and outdoor recreation activities. It also describes best practice in injury prevention.

The guidelines contained in this document can be applied for any occasion where planned physical activity is to occur. This includes activity undertaken as part of the school sport or Personal Development, Health and Physical Education programs and excursions.

In order to be well informed and active participants in our changing society, students will need to develop capabilities and confidence with a range of technologies. Computer-based technologies provide valuable tools for enhancing teaching and learning in all key learning areas.

This document has been developed to provide teachers with practical curriculum support for the effective integration of computer-based technologies in teaching and learning. It is targeted at classroom teachers, including those with little or no experience of computer-based technologies, and aims to provide advice and ideas relevant to the range of areas in the PDHPE KLA. It will assist teachers in their curriculum planning, and promotes innovative approaches to teaching and a student-centred focus to learning.

The reviews in this resource are designed to assist teachers, other professionals working in the area of drug education, and parents to select appropriate resources to support drug education in schools. Additionally, the bibliography can serve as a guide for professional development and for self-education in the area of drug education.

The range of resources, while not exhaustive, has been selected from the most relevant of recent and currently available materials. Fiction has been included in response to requests from teachers wanting to use literature as a medium for the delivery of drug education as part of the PDHPE and English syllabuses.