Activating Communities through Active Schools - Sport Wellington

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Creating a
whole school
community approach
A successful whole school community approach sees ALL key partners
collaborating to promote CONSISTENT messages and actions.
A whole school community approach will:
• Build physical activity into the school communities
• Create consistent policies and procedures for groups and organisations working
with schools to deliver physical activity
• Create opportunities and structures to involve the whole school community in
physical activity.
The benefits:
• Children gain regular quality physical activity opportunities
• Teachers, parents and other physical activity providers have more ability / confidence to
provide opportunities
• Strong partnerships within communities which focus on children’s well-being
• Consistent messages about physical activity across the whole school community
and learning programmes within the school
• Creating an infrastructure where physical activity is a sustainable part of the
school’s culture.
Parents / whànau
encouraged to be
involved in planning
and delivery of PA
Senior
management team
provide leadership
and commitment
School PA policy /
guidelines
developed through
consultation
Physical
Activity
Quality physical
education
programme
PD and training
for teachers,
parents, and
PA providers
Children’s-voice
influences PA
opportunities
offered
Active transport
strategies are
promoted
Provides broad
co-curricular
opportunities
which promote PA
School identifies
and seeks to
remove barriers
to participation
Involves
community
resources in PA
provision
Whole School Approach to Physical Activity, adapted from Healthy Schools Programme, England 2004