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GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHTSTUDENT PHYSICAL FITNESSProvidestudents with aPhysicalFitnessProgram aspart of theirschooling anddeliverimprovedlevels ofstudentsfitness.Quality of K-6 PDHPEprovisionIn 1997, 20 consultants wereappointed to work across twodistricts supporting schoolsto improve student outcomesin Personal Development, Healthand Physical Education (PDHPE).The consultants focused onworking with primary schoolsto help them implement theGovernment’s physical activityinitiatives.The PDHPE consultants workedwith school staff and communitiesto:• review their current provisionfor student involvement inphysical activity• provide teacher professionaldevelopment on teachingfitness• help them plan and teach thePE aspect of their PDHPEprograms and school sportprograms.The consultants also ran courses tointroduce teachers to the K-6PDHPE syllabus and the place offitness, drug education and roadsafety in school PDHPE programs.Evaluations from these coursesindicate they were extremely wellreceived by teachers across thestate.The Board of Studies developedand released a support module tothe K-6 PDHPE syllabus titled,Physical Activity for Health andFitness, to assist primary schoolsimprove student fitness andactivity as part of their PDHPEprograms. In addition, the DSEcommenced work on a professionaldevelopment package for bothprimary and high schools dealingwith ways in which schools couldpromote physical activity in theirschool communities. The packagewill be released early in 1998.Levels of StudentFitnessThe NSW Schools Fitness andPhysical Activity Survey wasconducted in 45 primary and 44high schools across the state,involving a total of 5518 studentsin Years 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.The survey set out to collectbenchmark data and to identifyareas where the Department couldtarget support to schools in 1998.The benchmark data collected fromthe 1997 survey will allow theGovernment to test over timeclaims that fitness levels in childrenare declining. It will also bepossible for the Department tomeasure progress towards its longterm goal of contributing toimproved levels of student fitness.The survey measured students’body composition, health relatedfitness, motor skills, self reportedphysical activity and attitudes tophysical activity participation. Italso collected data on teacherperceptions of how aspects of theirschool environment promotestudent physical activity.Some key findings of the surveywere:• student levels of bodycomposition were consistentwith expected patterns ofgrowth and development inchildren24 DSE Annual Report 1997
GETTING THE FOUNDATION RIGHT• the majority of students ateach age level were found tohave satisfactory or abovesatisfactory levels of healthrelated fitness (i.e. aerobiccapacity, muscular endurance,muscular strength, flexibility)• the mastery of fundamentalmotor skills (i.e. run, catch,throw, kick, jump, strike) waspoor across all age groups andparticularly poor for girls incomparison to boys• the majority of boys and girlsare adequately active, with asmaller proportion of girlsthan boys vigorously active,particularly during winter• schools currently offer a widerange of activities to meetstudent interests in their PEand Sport programs, butexpressed concern at thecurriculum time available forphysical activity in school andthe lack of use of schoolfacilities outside school hoursfor physical activity programs.Time Spent in PhysicalActivityThe Department’s minimumrequirement for sport in Years 3-6is 60 minutes per week. In Years7-11 between 80 and 120 minutesis allocated to sport.A Sports Audit of all secondaryschools was conducted during theyear and found:• eighty-five per cent ofprincipals agreed that theschool’s sport programprovided positive experiencesfor most students. Eighty-fourper cent considered the parentbody to be supportive ofschool sport• the major inhibitors to schoolsport appear to be the cost ofstudent travel and the timetaken to travel to venues.Access to facilities and venueswas found by a significantnumber of schools to be amajor constraint to theprovision of quality schoolsport programs• the traditional afternoon ofsport was heavily favoured byschools, particularly for Years9-12 where in excess of 82 percent operate this model. Thirtyper cent of schools operatedintegrated sport for year 7 and17 per cent for Year 8• house/recreational sport as aneffective part of the sportprogram ranked a distant fifthwith principals. Schoolcarnivals were considered themost effective, slightly aheadof Combined High SchoolKnockouts, inter-school sportand integrated sport. Eightysixper cent of principalsconsidered the competitiveinter-school programcontributed to a positive schoolimage and pride in the school• while the vast majority ofschools timetable well inexcess of the required time forsport, time allocations neededto be consistent and regularacross all years.A minimum of 300 hours acrossYears 7-10 is specified for PersonalDevelopment, Health and PhysicalEducation, with a minimum of100 hours devoted to PE.In Years 11-12, a 25 hour PersonalDevelopment and Health course ismandatory for government schools.Participation for SecondaryCompetitions and Programs(No. of students)1997February 536March 12,828April 3,329May 1,842June 16,195July 3,465August 6,001September 57,915October 9,752November 3,406TOTAL 114,723Participation in Primary SchoolKnockout Competitions(No. of teams)1997Australian Football 53Basketball Boys 245Girls 235Cricket Boys 407Girls 120Hockey Boys 168Girls 177Netball 427Rugby League 246Rugby Union 56Soccer Boys 410Girls 230Softball Boys 267Girls 320Tennis 176Total 3,537❝the majority of students at each age levelwere found to have satisfactory or abovesatisfactory levels of health relatedfitness.❞Findings of NSW Schools Fitness andPhysical Activity Survey, 1997DSE Annual Report 1997 25
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