Lawson Public School

List members of the group, roles and % contribution to the presentation•Samantha Dudley Group Leader ( x%)•Wendy Wright•Melissa Shaw•Samantha Dudley•Monique Commins•Hayley Bullen•Amy Harris

Delete ONE of these boxes to confirm that all group members agree to the percent contributions.

Lawson Public School

Established in 1888 Lawson Public school is a co-educational primary school, located in the metropolitan area in the heart of the Blue Mountains, NSW. Lawson Public School has strong valued links with the local community and environment. The school strives on providing programs and support for all students that encourage building friendships, social skills, confidence and self – esteem. During 2011 Lawson Primary student and staff profile facts include: School staff (teaching and non-teaching)Teaching Staff = 13 Full-time equivalent teaching staff = 15.2 Non-teaching staff = 4 Full-time equivalent non-teaching staff = 4Student profile 2011Girls = 83 Boys = 94Indigenous students = 5%Language Background other than English =11%Student attendance rate = 94%Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage and implicationsLow-Mid Socio-economic School NSW Government School– mixed community.

The Naplan results for 2011 indicate Year 3 students are slightly above average in Literacy and Numeracy results. Overall Year 5 student Naplan results indicate Literacy is on target, however maths results were significantly below state and region. Therefore, this will be a target in 2012. Currently at Lawson Primary, healthy active lifestyles are developed through the crunch and sip program, daily physical education including participation in Jump Rope for Heart program and successful sporting teams and carnivals. For example during term 1, students engage in a gymnastics program run by ‘Be Skilled, Be Fit’. This program has an enormous success with all students K-6 developing a range of new skills in the area of gymnastics.

Lawson Public School health related Facts/factors?

Safety* ‘No Hat – Play in the shade’ Policy•Cybersmart education•Swim Scheme – water safety•‘Do not send children to school sick’ Policy•Student welfare programs•Road Safety•Child protection program

Healthy Eating•Crunch and sip•School vegie patch

Health Programs•Crunch and sip•Be skilled, Be fit•Jump rope for heart

Physical Activity•House Sports•Weekly PE programs•School sport•Carnivals

Student Health•Community Nurse and clinic for aural, and vision assessment•School policy and procedure in handling and distribution of student medicine •Individual health care plans•Promotion of immunisation

Inclusion for all•Support unit•Integrated programs for all students

School Rules•Supportive programs•Build students’ self-esteem•Confidence•Social skills •friendships

Priority Health Area: Obesity in Australia

Facts about Obesity

What is Obesity?Obesity is a term which is used to describe people within a weight range much greater than what is considered to be healthy for their height (CDCP, 2012).

The causes•genetic causes, birth factors, a high kilojoule intake, inactivity, modern living, and socioeconomic factors.

The risks•High blood pressure and high cholesterol,•Impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance•Type 2 diabetes•Sleep apnoea•Asthma•Joint musculoskeletal discomfort,•Fatty liver disease•Gallstones•Social and psychological problems, such as discrimination and poor self-esteem

Economic costs•Direct•Indirect•Social

Why is obesity a priority health area?

•Australia ranks fifth in the world for adult obesity•Strong link between excess body weight and Type 2 diabetes•Serious risk factors such as cardiovascular disease, and some cancers

Intervention and prevention•Fat tax•Promotion of healthy eating programs in in schools•The government is helping by helping Australians' live healthier active lifestyles through a range of initiatives •Reduce children's’ exposure to marketing and advertising of energy-dense, nutrition poor foods and beverages

Factors that lead to childhood obesity

•lack of breastfeeding, poor intrauterine nutrition, low birth weight, timing of maturity and poor diet and low levels of physical activity (AIHW, 2012).

An International snapshot of the Health status of Australia's children

Globally, obesity rates are still high, and according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Australia ranks fifth in the world for adult obesity, with a rate of 26.6 percent (BMG, 2012). Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute 2012, states that Australia has ‘more than doubled in the past 20 years’ with around one in four adults being obese (AIHW, 2012).

These images provide a current indication of where Australia’s childhood obesity levels compare with the other countries around the world. For further investigation please click on the link http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/specialfeature.aspx?id=6142

Student Health Status

Lawson Public School focuses on the prevention of childhood obesity through a number of programs that focus on personal health choices and

maintaining an active lifestyle

Crunch and Sip

•Targets obesity•Promotes healthy eating•To drink more water •Nutrition education•To increase physical and mental performance in the classroom•Promotes positive attitudes towards nutrition and healthy eating

School vegie garden

•Kitchen garden program•Learn to grow, harvest, and prepare fresh food•Promote positive attitudes•Influence food choices

Jump rope for heart

•Educates children on how to be fit and healthy•Improves strength and confidence in physical activities•Builds health bones and muscles•Educates students’ about fundraising•Promotes a sense of caring for others•Students learn and develop an awareness about serious health issues i.e. heart disease and stroke•Makes exercise fun an social

Be skilled, Be Fit

•Develops gymnastics skills and technique•Promotes high participation •Caters for diversity•Specialist PE program, run by the company•Promotes social skills•Encourages healthy active lifestyles

Physical Activity and Health Education

•Students participate in weekly sport•Promotes social skills•FMS development•Weekly class PE programs

Outcomes RE: Slide 4 Outcomes - the task is to read the NSW PDHPE K-6 syllabus from cover to cover to extract all content relevant to your school's priority health area. So if you have chosen the health priority area of cancer and the risk factor of tobacco your focus will be Drug Education (tobacco). Extract from the various sections of the syllabus (Rationale, Aims, Objectives, Content strands, Outcomes, Subject matter etc) that which is relevant to this aspect of Drug Ed. Once you have reduced the syllabus to that which is relevant, write this up. May be useful to frame the write-up using the syllabus headings (e.g. Rational, Aim and objectives, etc). Effectively you are filtering out of the syllabus elements relevant to your priority health area.

• In today’s society it is important that all individuals engage in living an active healthy lifestyle. The demands of contemporary living have raised many concerns at global, national and state levels in relation to developing public awareness of obesity, through educating individuals in how to lead a healthy lifestyle, and to promote a love for life-long physical activity.

• Through targeting obesity, our group intends to focus on Nutrition Education, along with Preventative measures to achieve the development of the skills, knowledge and positive values and attitudes in leading a long healthy and active lifestyle.

• The program will not only aim to encourage children to be more active; engaging in vigorous physical activity to promote optimal health, but to ensure that they are well educated on the serious health issues related to obesity, and the preventative measures that can be taken to avoid illness and disease in later life.

• Additionally, we aim to inspire children and to nurture positive attitudes towards making healthy conscious decisions about the importance of balanced eating habits, including identifying food groups for good health and regular participation in physical activity.

• Furthermore, it is also important that we aim to develop children’s knowledge to be able to communicate with their parents, peers, and the wider community the values of Nutrition Education and preventive measures to pursue a well-informed quality life, which has been shaped by professional programing based on the foundations on the New South Wales K-6 PDHPE syllabus.

Outcomes

PHES1.12Displays basic positivehealth practices

PHS1.12Recognises that positivehealth choices canpromote wellbeing

PHS2.12Discusses the factorsinfluencing personalhealth choices

PHS3.12Explains the consequencesof personal lifestylechoices

• Talks about different foods that keep them healthy

• Describes what people do to stay healthy, e.g. a balanced diet

• Discusses food needs for growth and physical activity

• Analyses personal food intake to identify the balance of choices made

• Uses draw or paint software to draw healthy food

• Recognises that a variety of food is needed for good health

• Identifies foods prepared and enjoyed by particular cultural groups

• Discusses how other people/media influence body image and food intake

• Identifies a range of foodstuffs and groups them according to their sources e.g. vegetable, meat, dairy, fruit

• Identifies different foods that can keep them healthy

• Identifies how climatic and cultural influences impact upon people’s health choices, e.g. food eaten

• Makes judgements on the reliability of information from different sources, e.g. food labels, advertising and websites

Notes:For audio…

‘share your group’s commitment to realising these outcomes’

•The specific stage is highlighted (S1)

•What we aim to achieve (could come from info from previous slide?)

•Should there be Rational, Aim etc. on this slide?

PRIORITY HEALTH AREA

Research the health status of children in Australia and the school locality. Present the implications of your research for Health Education on this slide.

VISUAL: Identify the area of health which the group believes should be given greatest priority. Example: injury prevention

AUDIO: Present the evidence that led the group to select this health area as a priority. Examples: morbidity statistics such as hospital admissions

OUTCOMES

VISUAL: Describe what your group aims to achieve when targeting this priority health area? Use syllabus terminology e.g. aims, objectives, foundation statements, outcomes and indicators.

AUDIO: In the commentary, share your group’s commitment to realising these outcomes.

REALISING OUTCOMES

TASK: Describe how the group proposes to realise the outcomes shown on the previous slide. Examples of descriptions may include one or more of the “4P’s”:

• Policy

• Plans

• Procedures

• Programs

SCOPE and SEQUENCE

VISUAL: Show the scope and sequence (i.e. school plan) that your group has developed to address the priority health issue from Early Stage One to Stage 3.

AUDIO: Describe features of your scope and sequence that should contribute to the quality of student learning.

EVALUATION

AUDIO: List challenges when addressing this health priority area in primary school education.

VISUAL: The commentary may include a set of unanswered questions which other groups in EDPE346 may wish to discuss when completing the critical review of your presentation.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

VISUAL: List resources which may be valuable to other teachers addressing this health area

AUDIO: Commentary may include an appraisal of ONE particular resource (e.g. kit, website; software, DVD; computer-assisted instruction)

Reference List• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2012), ‘Obesity’, Retrieved on July 10th 2012

from: http://www.aihw.gov.au/obesity-health-priority-area/• Better Health Chanel. (2010), ‘Obesity’, Retrieved on July 10th 2012 from:

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Obesity• Blue Mountains Gazette (2012), ‘Interactive: Obesity Map of the world’ Retrieved on July

10th 2012 from: http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/specialfeature.aspx?id=6142• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2012), ‘Overweight and Obesity’ and ‘Basics

About Childhood Obesity’, Retrieved on July 10th 2012 from: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html

• Medibank Private. (2010), ‘Obesity in Australia: financial impact and cost benefits intervention’, Retrieved on July 10th 2012 from: http://www.medibank.com.au/Client/Documents/Pdfs/Obesity_Report_2010.pdf

• Monash Obesity and Diabeties Institute. (2012), ‘Obesity in Australia’, Retrieved on July 10th 2012 from: http://www.modi.monash.edu.au/obesity-facts-figures/obesity-in-australia/

• Peeters. A., Magliano. D. (2012), ‘Mapping Australia’s Collective Weight Gain’, Retrieved on July 10th 2012 from: http://theconversation.edu.au/mapping-australias-collective-weight-gain-7816

• World Health Organisation. (2012), ‘Obesity and Overweight’, Fact Sheet No. 311, Retrieved on July 10th 2012 from: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/

Government of Western Australia Department of Health. (2005), 'Crunch and Sip', Retrieved July 12th 2012 from:

http://www.crunchandsip.com.au/interface/controls/WhatIs/landing_WhatIs.asp