IAAF Kids' Athletics Program
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IAAF Kids’ Athletics Program Powered by Coles This book belongs to: Your name: ................................................................................................ Year level: .................................... Favourite athlete: ................................................................................... Your favourite athletics event: ................................................................................. What can we learn from Sally? What skills can you learn from athletics that will help you be active for life? ............................................................................ , ............................................................................ and ............................................................................ What does Sally love to eat? ............................................................................................................................ Hi kids, Why? ............................................................................................................................................................................. Well done for being part of the Kids Athletics Sporting Schools program! .......................................................................................................................................................................................... I also started athletics when I was in primary school and I loved it! Who are the important people in your life that influence the food you eat and the amount of exercise you do? Athletics is a great sport. It’s fun and everyone can participate. Most importantly, it helps you to develop skills such as running, jumping ........................................................................................................................................................................................... and throwing, which will help you to be active and healthy for life! ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Being physically active is fantastic for your body but you also need to eat well too. Will Sally’s advice make you change what you eat and how much you exercise? Circle: Yes / No Coles and Athletics Australia have created this activity book to teach you about healthy eating. You will also learn some interesting facts about food Why / Why not? ....................................................................................................................................................... such as where it comes from and how certain foods help your body to develop. ........................................................................................................................................................................................... Every day I make sure I eat the right foods to give my body the fuel I need to perform. I especially love eating fresh vegetables because they make me What was one of Sally’s suggestions for you to be more active in your everyday life? a faster, stronger and healthier athlete. .......................................................................................................................................................................................... I also try to be as active as I can. I train hard on the track as well as in .......................................................................................................................................................................................... the gym, but I also make active choices in my everyday life. This is really easy for you too! For example, you might be able to take the stairs instead of an Can you think of any other ways you can fit more exercise into your day? escalator, walk or ride your bike to school instead of getting a lift, and just go Hint: is there something you do everyday that you can do with your body moving rather outside and play rather than watching TV. than being still? Have fun completing the activities in this book and I hope you learn some ............................................................................................................................................................ tips to be healthy and active throughout your life, allowing you to perform at your best! ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ Sally Pearson World Champion and Olympic Gold medalist Image credit: Getty Images Content development: Supported by Yvonne Snell Consulting Australian farmers help us go for gold! Where our food comes from “All our food comes from either plants or Name: Virginia Moloney animals. There are different types of farms “We are so lucky to have such a diverse climate in State: Victoria all around Australia where food is grown Australia. This means we can grow and produce all DOB: 6/5/90 or produced. I grew up on a dairy farm in sorts of foods in different parts of the country. Event: Marathon Garvoc, western Victoria. Eating nutritious Personal Bests: 2.29.14 foods and exercising daily has enabled me I love running and I love our beautiful country. Occupation: Teacher to dream big, work hard and achieve.” Can you help me plan a running trip around our Achievements: Commonwealth country to visit some of our amazing farms?” Games 2018 Which two fruits on the map need a Can you draw a line from the plant or animal to the If Virginia starts and finishes in tropical climate to grow? Katherine, Northern Territory, and ............................................ , ............................................ product it produces or the food it is made into? runs in a loop around Australia Hint: some products share the same origin visiting all these farms, how many START / kilometres would she run in total? FINISH Origin Coles product .............................. kms Pineapple Farm, Canned Rockhampton, QLD Potato tuna Mango Farm, wedges Katherine, NT 2620kms Can you draw this animal? 3420kms A marathon is 42 kilometres. How many Milk marathons would Virginia need to run to Sliced visit all these farms around Australia? ham ........................ How many kilometres are between Bread Rockhampton and Gundagai? How many kilometres are between Port ..................... kms Pork Lincoln and Geraldton? chops ..................... kms Wheat Farm, Canned Beef Farm, Geraldton, WA Tuna Farm, Mango Gundagai, NSW pineapple Port Lincoln, SA 1250kms Eggs 755kms Can you draw this animal? What kind of climate does wheat need to grow? ...................................................................................................................... Dairy Farm, Bananas Can you find out which parts of Australia potatoes, Warrnambool, Flour Chicken zucchini and cauliflower are grown? VIC drumstick ...................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................... Coles – Powering Australian Little Athletes Growing our food Getting the balance right Luke Mathews “Food is a very important part of my life, in State: Victoria “The food we eat is so important for us, not particular my athletics career. I always follow DOB: 21/6/95 only for our performance on the athletics the recommendations of the Australian Guide to Event: 800m, track, but also for us to lead a healthy Healthy Eating. Personal Best: 1:45:16, lifestyle in general. We all know that you can Occupation: Student buy food from the supermarket shelf! But do I try to eat fruit with my breakfast and during you know where our food comes from and lunch and dinner I fit in carbohydrates, protein Achievements: 2016 Olympic Games, how it is grown?” Bronze Medal 2018 Commonwealth Games and greens. These are a necessity to ensure I meet all the food groups.” Fruit and vegetables are grown either above the ground on trees and plants or in the ground. Can you work out where the listed food items are grown? Write the We should all eat two fruits and five vegetables everyday! names in the tree or the planted in the ground section. You can draw them too! From the list on the previous page, write down a combination of fruits and Banana vegetables you could eat in a day. Did you know... Potato all these fruits and Fruit: .................................................... and .................................................... vegetables stocked in Cauliflower Coles stores are 100% banana Vegetables: .................................................. , ................................................... , ................................................. , sourced from Australian Carrot farms all year round? .................................................... and .................................................... Cabbage Apple How much do you need to eat? Zucchini Sometimes we can’t eat a whole vegetable in one meal but we Grown above the ground can eat one serve of vegetables. Can you find out how much Passionfruit of each fruit and vegetable is considered one serve? Eggplant Hint: visit www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/ Pear how-much-do-we-need-each-day/serve-sizes Raspberries