Nicolson Avenue Junior Primary School Pam Peters ACHPER (SA) Health & PE Conference April 2012

Context We are a R-2 Junior Primary School in Whyalla with an enrolment of approximately 200 students. The school has a long standing commitment to Physical Activity across the school including: PE Week Daily Physical Activity Jump Rope Demo Team PE as NIT Subject Body Smart Morning Participatory Sports Day Premiers Be Active Challenge (100% involvement) Walk Safely to School Day and Lunchtime Organised Activities.

Three Years Ago We believed that not all teachers and classes were participating in the ‘daily fitness’ (now known as Daily Physical Activity) program. Daily Physical Activity at our school is set up with a roster to share areas used by classes to ensure there is enough play area.

Baseline Data A Staff Survey: 1. Questioning their practices and concerns around the Daily Physical Activity Program. 2. Asking if they participated in Daily Physical Activity and the perceived activity levels during this time. Decided to begin collecting some baseline data about teacher practices to confirm our early thoughts:

NAJPS Survey Questions asked: Which Daily Physical Activities does your class regularly participate in and how would you rate the activity levels of these sessions? What prevents you from participating in Daily Physical Activity? Do you participate in these sessions? What assistance do you need to improve these sessions? How do you encourage your children to be physically active?

Survey Results Minimal activity 1 Not Very Active 2 Fairly Active 3 Very Active 4 Fully Active 5 Class Participation Level of Activity ActivityYesNo Skipping 8 156%44%- Relays/Games8 1 12%--44%22% Oval Run %56%22% Health Hustle 90 8%-22% 56% 22%- Aerobics 54 44%-12%34%12%-

Survey Results continued Inhibitors to participation: Weather Time constraints (crowded timetable) NIT Nothing Assistance needed: Ways to improve aerobics Simple games that need minimal equipment Active games for reception children

Review of data The eat well be active committee examined survey results highlighting major areas of concern classes not doing aerobics low student activity levels in aerobics and health hustle assistance that teachers were asking for

Follow up from review of survey Discussed with whole staff issues around classes not participating in aerobics Asked teachers that perceived they had higher levels of student activity in aerobics and health hustles to model what they do Discussed best way to provide assistance for staff to become more confident Reviewed timetable options

Actions Changed aerobics to whole school event with stations and music provided Health Hustle revamped to include more exercise moves than dance moves

Actions continued Built staff confidence and competence by: Providing a range of active games that require minimal equipment Teaching staff how to set up and play these games The PE NIT teacher taught children many of these games so children had knowledge to assist the teachers Using Rick to run FMS sessions with individual teachers to demonstrate how these could be built into Daily Physical Activity sessions

Review of changes Staff completed another survey at the end of the year with the following results: Increased staff confidence Increased levels of student activity All classes participating in Daily Physical Activity Review using DIAF Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Performance Indicators rubric with all indicators falling between Strategic and Embedded

DIAF Rubric

Targets 2010 –Staff have the skills to implement effective Daily Physical Activity sessions 2011 –all staff will implement the Way2Go and eat well be active programs –there is an increase of 10% of students walking or riding to school

Three Years Later Have had many staff changes Has been observed that not all classes are participating in Daily Physical Activity

New Challenges Documenting a whole school agreement that lists all of the expectations of Daily Physical Activity sessions and having this ratified by Governing Council Make Daily Physical Activity part of the Teacher Induction program Building in yearly review of practices to ensure we are providing appropriate assistance to staff that lack confidence and competence in this area

Any questions? Thank you