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Physical Activity Implementation Strategies
What is working across Darling Downs South West Region Schools
August 2017
Presenters:
Jocelyn Elliott, iAIM Regional Project Officer, Dalby SS
Jay Wright, iAIM Project Officer, Vale View SS
Mellisa Cover, iAIM Project Officer, Dalby SS
Will Macfarlane, iAIM Project Officer, Hatton Vale SS
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Project
Darling Downs South West Region
Overview
• Increasing Activity and Intelligent Minds Program
• 100KM Club
• Active brain breaks
• 1-12 Course
• Active classroom furniture
• Lunchtime Leadership programs
• Active curriculum
• Before school rotations
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
Move more, sit less, engage well & achieve high!
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
Source: Queensland Health (2014) “The health of Queenslanders 2014. Fifth report of the Chief Health Officer Queensland”, Queensland Government. Available at:
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/publications/research-reports/reports/cho-report/cho-full-report.pdf, [Accessed 14 May 2015]. Additional discussion with QLD Health
Epidemiology Team , July 2016
Source: www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/health-pubhlth-strateg-phys-act-
guidelines
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
60 mins / day …
Several hours …
3 days / week …
No more than 2 hours / day …
Reduce long periods …
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
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Unstructured play
Fundamental
movement skills
ACTION SCHOOLS PD / TEACHMEETS
RESOURCES
edStudio
ACTION RESEARCH GRANTS
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
100 KM ClubAn iAIM initiative to get students moving more!
To run, walk or wheelchair 100km during the school year!
Other goals
To make it around Queensland or Australia as a school
To get the most House, Class or Year level points by the end
of the year
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“My son loves KM club each morning it's on he's wanting to
get to school as soon as possible so he can join his friends
and run some laps before settling into class activities for
the day. Some mornings he also challenges me to a bit of a
race.”
What does it look like?
• Walking, running or wheeling (wheelchair)
• For all ages and abilities
• One or more tracks e.g. 250m, 200m, or 100m
• Paddle pop sticks given out for each lap
• Year level rolls to record student distances
• Paddle pop sticks into House bags
• Distances put into spreadsheet
Vale View SS – 100KM Club
Nanango SS – 100KM Club
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Dalby State SchoolStaged 100KM Club since July 2014
Charleville School of
Distance Education (CSDE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGPfNZZV-g8
See the 6 minute YouTube clip here:
CSDE even have a YouTube clip
about their KM Club
Why do it?• An easy way to keep kids
active and happy!
• Inclusive of all students
• Promotes parent, family
and community
engagement
• Provides a role for Student
Leaders
• Promotes House spirit
• Personal goal-setting
activity
• Cost-effective and easy to
set up!
Students’ thoughts on 100KM Club
“I come to 100 KM Club because I want
to reach my goals and get fit. And I also
come because there are great children
here that like to run leaps and reach their
goals too. I made 125km this year!”
Charlie, Year 6 student, Dalby SS
“We can down 100KM
Club often to get our
fitness and have fun with
our friends. We also like
helping the little kids.”
Kiana, Year 6 student,
Dalby SS
“I come to 100KM
Club because I want
to be fit and be the
first person to get to
100km!” Brett, Year 1
student, Dalby SS
What works?
Using One School Year Level Lists to
create an Excel Spreadsheet to record
weekly totals
Welcoming family involvement e.g.
walking, running, recording distances
5km milestone certificates
including a teacher choice
sticker given out in class or
year level parades
Updates
about
distances
reached
each term
on notice-
boards and
in
newsletters
100KM Club becomes a valuable
resource to tap into for other special
days e.g. Harmony Day, Daniel
Morcombe Day, NAIDOC Week and a
range of charity events.
School leaders can take ownership of
100KM Club from the start of the year e.g.
reminding kids to participate, recording
distances, promoting house spirit.
What helps?
A personal tracking sheet whereby
each footprint gets coloured in for
each KM achieved. This becomes a
personal tracking sheet for students.
At least one
dedicated staff
member
(preferably two)
who can supervise
100KM Club.
Local sponsors could provide funds to
purchase medals for students reaching
25km, 50km, 75km and 100km. These
presentations can occur on school
parade.
Keeping 100KM Club on the agenda at school through newsletter items,
a notice board, updates to staff etc. is a great way to get students and
staff involved.
Case study: Dalby State School
Data Collection
• In 2016 the Dalby SS 100Km Club provided over
18 hours (i.e. 20 mins x 55 sessions) of opportunities
for students to be moderately to vigorously active.
Monitoring of participation has allowed for terrific
analysis of data over the years
Term One
2015 Data
Term One 2016 Data
Term 4 2016 Data
100KM Club
Getting it started at your school
Getting started
1. Identify 1-2 staff members who can drive 100KM Club!
2. Identify the key objectives you want to promote e.g. fitness,
inclusive activity, student leadership opportunity, house
spirit, fun, parent and community engagement, specific year
level/s activity or whole-of-school activity etc.
3. Identify one or more 100KM Club tracks/courses e.g. 250m,
200m or 100m on the oval, outside courts, gym or around
the school to maintain variety and to cater for the weather.
4. Consider the best time to stage 100KM Club e.g. two
mornings before school each week; and when you want to
stage it during the year e.g. 5 weeks each term? 2 x 10
weeks? 4 x 10 weeks?
Getting started…continued
5. Complete a curriculum risk assessment planner (as per
DET requirements) and put in place appropriate strategies to
manage risks e.g. warm-ups, phone nearby, plan for first aid
etc.
6. Work out how you will keep track of students’ progress
throughout the year e.g. create an excel spreadsheet putting
One School year lists in separate tabs.
7. Decide which personal goal setting tracker sheet you could
give students for them to track their distance at school/home.
e.g. iAIM 100KM Club tracker with 100 footsteps
8. Consider how you will motivate and acknowledge students
for reaching milestones e.g. iAIM 5km certificates (colour
paper, printing code), given out at a year-level parade?,
medals you could purchase with local sponsorship?
Getting started…continued
9. Consider what you will use for LAP counters e.g. colourful paddle pop
sticks, colourful match sticks, stamps and purchase.
10. Organise what you will use to record student distances at each
session e.g. One School Year Level lists with columns and dates along
the top.
11. Organise HOUSE containers e.g. zip-lock bags, boxes, other for
students to put lap counter items in after distances recorded.
12. Begin promoting your 100KM Club by:
- Creating a flyer for notice boards
- Doing up an old noticeboard and making it the 100KM Club notice
board
- Using a state or national map to challenge students to get ‘around’
the state or country as a team by the end of the year.
- Putting an article in the newsletter
- Staging a fun skit on parade to explain concept
Good luck with your 100KM Club!
The iAIM Team would love to hear about
your progress in pictures and words!
iAIM Regional Project Officer: Jocelyn Elliott
Email: [email protected]
Go Noodle: Milkshake
Active Curriculum
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Education Science
NeurosciencePhycology
TEACHINGEffective Pedagogy
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The effect of movement /
physical activity on the brainBlood flow
•more O2
•nutrients
Serotonin
• Enhance mood.
(BDNF) to
•grow brain cells,
regulate mood
•provide mental clarity.
The Hippocampus
Grows
•Learning
•Memory
Dopamine
• motivation,
• focus
Norepinephrine or
Noradrenalin
•attention
•perception
•Motivation
•Memory retrieval
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
5. Movement can provide another way for students to
connect to learned material and make it easier to retrieve!
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
Before school physical activity
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
PRIMING
BRAIN for
LEARNING!
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Access Key: S478155251
Jay Wright [email protected], Vale View SS
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
Active Classroom Furniture Strategy
By Mellisa Cover
We need to get kids moving more, sitting less and
engaging well
Research shows that active kids learn better!
Physical Activity not only improves physical and mental
health it can also enhance and promote:
Cognitive engagement-memory, concentration
Behavioural engagement-on task behaviour
Emotional engagement- relationships
Achievement outcomes-readiness to learn and focus
The issue
Exploring a physical activity solution
Characteristics of An iAIM Active
Classroom Furniture Strategy
• Opportunities to reduce students sedentary
behaviour
• Opportunities for students and teachers to be
physically active
• Linking to school improvement agenda i.e. a culture
that promotes learning & effective pedagogical
practices
• Encourages student movement such as standing,
rocking, fidgeting and walking which is a big shift
from telling students to sit still, sit down and don’t
move around the classroom
Furniture/ Equipment Ideas
• This furniture/equipment could be
options for all students or it could be set
up for students to rotate through a
session or daily.
Adjustable Standing Desks
Busy Bars
Fit balls
Hokki stools
Balance boards
Resistance Bands
Pool noodles, Mini Trampoline and
Exercise Bike
Whole Class Set Up Ideas
The physical activity solution – 2016 projects
Dalby SS
Standing desks
Busy bars
Bouncy bands
Balance boards
Fit balls
Mini tramps
Agility ladder
Juggling balls
The physical activity solution – 2015 projects
Dalby SS
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Fig 3. Word cloud illustrating frequency of
words used by students to describe the best
things about movement in class.
Information
Lunchtime Leaders
Workshop for Active Student Leaders
Glenvale SS – Lunchtime Leaders
1-12 ProgramThe Issue:
Students with an ASD were physically under
developed and lacked the skills necessary to
socialise.
Neurotypical children develop social skills through osmosis
•TV
•watching others
•sport
ASD children
•Usually don’t learn social skills through osmosis
•are usually physically underdeveloped and often lack gross and fine
motor skills leading to a lack of physical confidence.
1-12 program catered to the physical needs of these children which then
led to an improvement in their social/emotional wellbeing.
Why 1-12?
What is 1-12?
• It is used across the school multiple times per day.
– Redirection
– Emotional regulation
– Anxiety/stress relief
– Transition activity
– Brain break
• Its goals are to develop :
– Motor skills (balance, strength, endurance, speed, fitness)
– Physical confidence
– Compliance
– Ability to follow directions
– Emotional regulation
– Reduce behavioural meltdowns
– And is very effective for students with an ASD
What is 1-12 Program
Physical
• Students developed physical skills –> physical confidence –> engaging in more physically challenging social play –> develop social skills through play
benchmark
Does physical
development and
physical confidence
have a significant
impact on the ability
of students with an
ASD to develop and
apply social skills?
Movement sets up a positive and stress-free
environment for students = learning
Source: Slides from Judy Willis’s presentation at the Mind Brain Education: Learning to Learn
Conference, Melbourne, February 2015
Neurotypical child Child with an ASD
Threshold
ThresholdCurrent Stress
Level
Behavioural
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The Learning Place - iAIM edStudio: iAIM DDSWR
Access Key: S478155251
iAIM Regional Project Officer: Jocelyn Elliott
Email: [email protected], Based at Dalby SS
Part-time iAIM Officers:
Jay Wright [email protected], Vale View SS
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
Before School Rotations
Before School Rotations
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
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2015
2016
School What strategy can increase physical activity levels?
Physical Activity InitiativeCrow’s Nest SS Super Hero Fitness
Texas P-10 SS Leadership Smash Up Program
Dalby SHS Outdoor Gym Circuit
Dalby SS Action-based Learning Lab
Wandoan P-10 SS Technology and Active Brain Breaks
Miles SS Getting active in the classroom
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Nanango SS 100KM Club
Vale View SS 100KM Club
Roma State College 100KM Club
Cecil Plains P-10 SS Cecil Fitness Challenge
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Hatton Vale SS M.I.C.E – Movement for Inclusive Childhood Education
School How can physical activity positively impact student
outcomes?
Teacher Action Research Project
.
Texas P-10 SS Leadership Smash Up Program – Improved
communication/leadership skills
Glenvale SS Lunchtime leaders – Improved lunch time behaviour and
readiness to learn
Dalby SS Active Sight Words – Improved student achievement
Jandowae P-10
SS
Active flexible classroom seating – Improved on-task
behaviour and engagement
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The Learning Place - iAIM edStudio: iAIM DDSWR
Access Key: S478155251
iAIM Regional Project Officer: Jocelyn Elliott
Email: [email protected], Based at Dalby SS
Part-time iAIM Officers:
Jay Wright [email protected], Vale View SS
Mellisa Cover [email protected], Dalby SS
Will MacFarlane [email protected], Hatton Vale SS (Term 2)
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Program
Darling Downs South West Region
Future research grant opportunities
How can physical activity impact on reading?
iAIM – Increasing Activity & Intelligent Minds Project
Darling Downs South West Region