ACHPER NT Health and Physical Education Community
This Facebook site is administered by the ACHPER NT Board and is a site where members can post questions and share information/ resources with other teachers on Health and Physical Education.
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ACHPER NT and DET Health and Physical Education Conference, Darwin June 21 and 22.
Registrations now open ACHPER Conference Program and Registration 2012
Thank you to ACHPER NT members who were able to attend the ACARA Forum on Wednesday 9 May. This was a fantastic opportunity for members to gain clarity and understanding of the role of ACARA in curriculum development and also provide members with an opportunity to provide feedback into the consultation process for the Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education.
ACARA Feedback
Draft paper, the Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Health & Physical Education, is now available for national public consultation until 3 June 2012. Feedback will be used to revise the draft Shape paper, which will then be published as the Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Health & Physical Education. This paper will guide the writing of the Foundation to Year 12 curriculum in this learning area.
A timeline for the development of the Australian Curriculum for Health & Physical Education is available on the ACARA website at www.acara.edu.au/hpe.html.
Download the Draft Shape Paper as PDF
A questionnaire has been developed to assist in providing feedback during the national public consultation process which will run till 3 June 2012. Click here to access the questionnaire for Health & Physical Education. Open and complete the questionnaire here.
ACHPER NT and DET Health and Physical Education Conference 21 & 22 June, 2012
Teach a Healthy Body: Build a Healthy Mind
Aims: The conference aims to explore and expand on current pedagogy and research in health and
physical education with active participation workshops and theoretical presentations to support:
• Early Childhood, Primary, Middle Years and Secondary teachers
• Health and Physical Education specialist teachers
• Beginning teachers
• Government and non government employees in all areas of health and physical education.
ACHPER Conference Program and Registration 2012
Prime Minister’s Olympic and Paralympic Challenges 2012
Express your interest today!
The Prime Minister’s Olympic and Paralympic Challenges are major sports initiatives that will inspire Australian primary school-aged children to increase their participation in sport in this Olympic and Paralympic year.
Registrations will formally open in late April, with the Prime Minister’s Olympic and Paralympic Challenges running from 28 May 2012 until the close of the Olympic Games on 12 August and Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012.
Please visit www.olympicchallenge.gov.au or www.paralympicchallenge.gov.au to express your interest and to receive regular updates.
Developing your Professional Learning Network
ACHPER NT has launched its Facebook Group named ACHPER NT Health and Physical Education Community. Click here for more information
Adidas Run Around the World event - Wednesday 5th September 2012
National
Health & PE Day - Wednesday September 5th 2012
The inaugural National Health & Physical Education Day will provide the opportunity for all schools to celebrate the importance of health and physical education in the curriculum. Click here for more information
Adidas School Fun-Run
The adidas School Fun-Run is an incentive for schools to increase their own fundraising while promoting active and healthy messages. It is a health based alternative to traditional junk food fundraising options such as a chocolate drive.
Click here for more information
ACHPER NT and DET Come and Try Days 2012
Once again planning has begun for the Come and Try Days held each year during Health and Physical Education Week and Water Safety Week each year. This year we have Health and Physical Education Month and therefore have the capacity to run more Come and Try Days across the territory. The Come and Try Days provide schools with the opportunity to bring along a group of 20 students (Years 5/6/7) to participate in a range of water and land based activities/sports not typically offered in schools.
This event provides students with an opportunity to play sports and try activities which they may never have tried before. It also provides teachers with the opportunity to view developmental skills for these activities. Many schools are very interested in attending the event each year and last year we had over 500 students participate during two days in Darwin.
Planned Come and Try Days for 2012:
Alice Springs - Friday 7 September
Katherine - Thursday 13 September
Palmerston and Rural - Monday 24 September
Darwin - Wednesday 26 September
More information will be available shortly
