 There are various concepts of physical activity: More organised Play - Recreation - Leisure - PE - Outdoor Ed – Sport (Wesson, K; Wiggins-James, N; Thompson, G; Hartigan. 2005)

 Physical Activity is any activity that involves physical movement that people take part in for “fun or for the sheer pleasure or satisfaction of it, out of playfulness, or to express themselves and their creativity”. Ministry of Education (1999) Health and physical education in the New Zealand curriculum. Wellington: Learning Media p. 34.  “Any form of human movement produced by skeletal muscles that results in an expenditure of energy” and also “movement that people need on a daily basis to sustain a health life. SPARC – (in towards an Active NZ)

New Zealand children and young people should: ◦ Throughout each day, do sixty minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity. ◦ Be active in as many ways as possible, for example through play, cultural activities, dance, sport and recreation, jobs and going from place to place. ◦ Spend less than two hours a day (out of school time) in front of the television, computers, and game consoles.

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) 2005 ‘Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World’’ has defined health promotion as ‘the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby increase their health’.

The Action Competency Learning Process (ACLP) is a process for engaging in Health Promotion. It includes all necessary steps – from the needs analysis and planning stages, to implementation and evaluation of your action. It allows the opportunity for you to think critically as you follow the process and engage in health promotion action.

The aim or the issue Understanding Enablers/ Barriers/ Health promotion Actions What will you Do? Vision of what we want Plan & implement action Reflect/ Evaluate Knowledge/ critical thinking About the issue Development Of visions Creative thinking Action Competence Learning Process (Gillian Tasker 2000)

 How/why did the issue arise?  What are the physical activity needs?  What physical activity is already done and how does this meet wellbeing needs?  What/who influences participation in physical activity?  Who is advantaged / disadvantaged?  What needs are being met and what are not?

 What would you like to include in a physical activity programme?  What might be possible? What alternatives?  How will this meet the range of identified needs  What are the pros and cons of each idea?  What do you need to consider when planning this programme?  Which idea best meets the needs?

 What do you need to do to put this idea into action?  How will the activities you would like to include in the programme meet the needs of your group?

 What do you need to do to put this plan into action?  What is going to help make this plan work?  What are some of the barriers that might hinder your plan and how could you minimise or overcome them?

 Put the plan into action

 How did it go? Did you make any progress in getting people active? How do you know?  What about sustainability?  What went well?  Were any assumptions made about the physical activity or the group?  What would you do differently next time? Why?  What needs to change in the future?