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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

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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

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60 mins / day …

Several hours …

3 days / week …

No more than 2 hours / day …

Reduce long periods …

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Unstructured play

Fundamental

movement skills

ACTION SCHOOLS PD / TEACHMEETS

RESOURCES

edStudio

ACTION RESEARCH GRANTS

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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: jelli392@eq.edu.au

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

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5. Movement can provide another way for students to

connect to learned material and make it easier to retrieve!

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Before school physical activity

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PRIMING

BRAIN for

LEARNING!

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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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iAIM Regional Project Officer: Jocelyn Elliott

Email: jelli392@eq.edu.au, Based at Dalby SS

Part-time iAIM Officers:

Jay Wright jwrig318@eq.edu.au, Vale View SS

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Before School Rotations

Before School Rotations

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2014

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

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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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iAIM Regional Project Officer: Jocelyn Elliott

Email: jelli392@eq.edu.au, Based at Dalby SS

Part-time iAIM Officers:

Jay Wright jwrig318@eq.edu.au, Vale View SS

Mellisa Cover mcove14@eq.edu.au, Dalby SS

Will MacFarlane wmcfa4@eq.edu.au, Hatton Vale SS (Term 2)

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Future research grant opportunities

How can physical activity impact on reading?

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