NSW Premier’s Sporting Challenge 2010 END OF YEAR REPORT 1 CONTENTS 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………. 3 2. Premier’s Primary School Sport Challenge ………………….…………... 6 3. Premier’s Secondary School Sport Challenge……………………………. 11 4. Premier’s Sporting Challenge Seeding Grants to Schools Program…… 14 5. Premier’s Sporting Challenge Sports Equipment to Schools Grants …. 15 6. Premier’s Sporting Challenge Upgrade of School Sporting Facilities Grants ………………………………………………………………………… 16 7. Girls in Sport Intervention and Research Project………………………… 17 8. Get Active in the Middle Years Program …………………………………. 19 9. Sports Leadership Program – Learning to Lead…………………………. 22 10. Sponsors, Promotions and Ambassador Program ……………………… 24 11. Appendix A – list of schools participating in the Premier’s Primary and Secondary School Sport Challenges by region and school education district, student numbers and the level of the award achieved by each school………………………………………………………………………… 29 12. Appendix B – List of schools participating in the 2010 Learning to Lead Program………………………………………………………………………. 49 13. Appendix C – list of schools by region receiving Stage 1 and Stage 2 Premier’s Sporting Challenge Upgrade of School Sporting Facilities Grants………………………………………………………………………….. 54 2 Introduction The New South Wales Premier’s Sporting Challenge was announced as a 2007 Government election commitment to provide enhanced physical activity opportunities for school students. The New South Wales Premier’s Sporting Challenge has a number of components. $50 million was provided over four years to improve sport facilities and sport equipment levels in Government schools. The $50 million comprised: • Capital Works - Upgrade of School Sporting Facilities - $20 million • Sports High Schools Capital Works - $10 million • Sports Equipment to Schools Program - $20 million. These programs will conclude in June 2011. Recurrent funding of $8 million is also provided for: • The New South Wales Premier’s Primary and Secondary School Sport Challenges to encourage students to reach a pre-determined target of physical activity set by each school • Get Active in the Middle Years to promote physical activity to enhance the engagement through sport of students moving from primary to secondary school • Girls in Sport Action Research Project aimed at promoting the participation of girls in sport and physical activity • Sports Leadership Program provides an opportunity for students across Years 5 to 8 to participate in a sport and physical activity program that trains them to assist school staff to organise, administer, coach and referee a variety of modified sport and activities. The Premier’s Primary School Sport Challenge and the Secondary School Sport Challenge commenced in schools 2008. The New South Wales Premier’s Sporting Challenge Reference Group, chaired by the Senior Manager, Specialist Programs, oversees elements of the Challenge that are in receipt of recurrent funding. Regional Directors are represented on this group by Tom Urry, Regional Director, South Western Sydney. The capital works for the improvement of school sporting facilities and the sports facilities in Sports High Schools are managed by the Asset Management Directorate. Key achievements in 2010 • In 2010, 173,441 students from 880 schools (737 primary schools and 143 secondary schools) completed the respective Challenges, up from 74,000 students in 2008 and 158,000 in 2009. Refer to the following Graph 1 • A total of 177,000 students received Premier’s Sporting Challenge certificates. This includes 4,000 encouragement and achievement certificates presented by Challenge Ambassadors during their respective school visits. Refer to the following Graph 2 3 Graph 1: Student Growth Chart 2008 -2010 200000 180000 160000 140000 120000 Secondary 100000 Primary 80000 Total 60000 40000 20000 0 2008 2009 2010 • 880 schools completed the Challenge up from 825 in 2009 and 404 in 2008. Graph 2: Schools Growth Chart 2008 - 2010 1000 900 800 700 600 Secondary 500 Primary 400 Total 300 200 100 71 333 404 129 696 825 143 737 880 0 2008 2009 2010 • 78 per cent of schools achieved either a Diamond or Gold Premier’s Sporting Challenge award which indicated that students in these schools averaged more than 60 minutes of physical activity per day over the ten weeks of the Challenge • Over 145,000 students (84 per cent of all participants) achieved either a Diamond or Gold Premier’s Sporting Challenge award, registering 60 minutes or more of physical activity per day. This is the recommended national target for physical activity 4 • 2,600 teachers, acting as school challenge facilitators, received a Premier’s Sporting Challenge Recognition Certificate signed by the Regional Director • Distribution of the third and final allocation of $7.5M in Sports Equipment to Schools Grants to all NSW government schools • Premier’s Sporting Challenge Seeding Grants distributed to 219 primary and 59 secondary schools participating in the 2010 Premier’s Primary and secondary School Sport challenges • Stage 1 and $10 million of the Premier’s Sporting Challenge Upgrade to School Sporting Facilities Grant funding distributed to schools in May 2010, with Stage 2 and an additional $10 million to be distributed in mid January 2011. Girls in Sport Intervention and Research Project • Collection of qualitative and quantitative data has occurred in the 24 secondary schools participating in the Girls in Sport Intervention and Research Project • Girls in Sport Intervention and Research Project was showcased at the 5th World Conference on Women in Sport held in Sydney on 20-23 May 2010 • Girls in Sport Research and Intervention Project invited to make a presentation at the 27th Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation International Conference in Adelaide in April 2011. Get Active in the Middle Years Program • Eighty schools across 20 learning communities participated in the Get Active in the Middle Years Program • In August, eight clusters (33 schools) were successful in their nomination for entry into Phase Two of the program • Schools reported outstanding success with program’s focus on the Quality Teaching Action Learning model which offers teachers an opportunity to work collegially to address issues related to student engagement and to improve teaching practices across the Middle Years in sport and physical activity • All schools incorporated a range of new practices and policies in their school management plans. Learning to Lead: Sports Leadership Project • A total of 136 schools across ten regions, 150 teachers, 14 state sporting organisations and over 1,100 students from 22 learning communities participated in the Sport Leadership Program-Learning to Lead Project • Involvement and participation of 14 state parent sporting bodies in implementing the Sport Leadership Program-Learning to Lead Project. Promotions, Sponsors and Ambassadors Program • Ambassador visits to 58 schools across ten regions • Re-engagement of 2009 sponsors including the Principal Sponsor, One Community, for the Premier’s Primary and Secondary School Sport Challenges • 25 state sporting organisations partnered the 2010 Premier’s Sporting Challenge • 4,000 encouragement and achievement certificates presented to students and teachers by Challenge Ambassadors during their respective school visits. Premier’s Sporting Challenge Seeding and Sports Equipment to Schools Grants • Seeding Grants distributed to over 219 primary and 59 secondary schools participating in the 2010 Premier’s Primary and Secondary School Sport Challenges • Distribution of the third and final allocation of $7.5M in Sports Equipment to Schools Grants across all NSW government schools. 5 Premier’s Primary School Sport Challenge Key Features The Premier's Primary School Sport Challenge aims to engage young people in sport and physical activity and encourages them to lead healthy, active lifestyles. A class accumulates time spent over a ten week period in a broad range of sports and recreational pursuits during lunchtime, in school sport programs, class time, after school or in weekend physical activity. The class average of weekly activity time is recorded online. School and class progress in achieving a Diamond, Gold, Silver, Bronze or Achievement award is displayed on the Premier’s Sporting Challenge website Challenge Boards. During the Challenge, the progress of each school in achieving a Premier’s Sporting Challenge Award could be tracked by school communities via the Premier’s Sporting Challenge Boards located on the Challenge website. The Premier’s Sporting Challenge website also displayed a second Challenge Board to record progress of classes within each school. Access to this information was restricted to the host school. The Premier’s Primary School Sport Challenge encouraged students in K–2 to develop an understanding of the value of physical activity. K–2 students used a simplified log book to record their days being active. Stage 2 and 3 students recorded their daily activity time in individual log books, tallied the blocks of minutes spent being physically active each week and reported the total to their class teacher. Results: Student awards In 2010, 737 primary schools and 156,714 students participated in the 10 week Challenge. This was a significant increase on 2009, where 696 primary schools and 142,714 students participated in the Challenge. K-2 students received a Gold award in the Challenge. Year 3-6 students received a Diamond, Gold, Silver or Bronze award