News

Registrations are now open for our inaugural Early Career Teachers' Conference.  Places are limited so register now to secure your spot.

Have you got something to share with HPE teachers and allied professionals?  Why don't you join us at one of our conferences, being held in Brisbane, Rockhampton and Townsville in 2012.

ACHPER QLD is excited to announce our theme for 2012 - "Health and Physical Educators - Ready for Action".  We know how hard HPE Teachers work, and how they are always ready to lend a hand - always ready for action!

In other exciting news, we are pleased to announce TWO new conferences to our events calendar in 2012.  These being;

•  Early Careers Teachers conference being held in Maleny on 25 & 26 March; and
• Central Queensland Conference being held in Rockhampton on 9 & 10 July

For more information on our events calendar, read on....

Tony Guilfoyle, the Performance Coach with the Brisbane Broncos has agreed to join us to share some anecdotes and learnings from his recent experiences. Tony is also an ex HPE teacher so is pleased to join successful and inspirational members of the HPE profession.

Announcement of Professor Doune Macdonald - 25 year member of ACHPER,  as Lead Writer for the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education

Professor Macdonald completed her undergraduate degree in Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland before teaching health and physical education in primary and secondary schools. Professor Macdonald obtained her PhD through Deakin University and rejoined the School of Human Movement Studies at University of Queensland in 1990.

Nominations for the Acceleration Rising Star Award are now closed.  We have received an incredible selection of entries and look forward to announcing the winner at our Women in Sport Breakfast on 13 October.  Have you booked your tickets yet??

We are excited to announce Victoria Carthew has gladly agreed to MC our Annual Awards night being held on 16 November 2011.  A highly respected  sports journalist, presenter, broadcaster, producer and masters of ceremonies with two decades of media experience.  

The line up of athletes  wanting to be part of our annual ACHPER QLD Women in Sport Breakfast is outstanding.  Check out the line up below!

There was standing room only at the ACHPER QLD Brisbane HPE Conference!  With over 240 registered delegates Riverglenn Conference Centre at Indooroopilly was bursting at the seams.

Recent changes to Australia's education system won't go far enough to lift the performance of students and avoid a national education crisis according to keynote speaker scheduled to address the 12th Biennial Independent Schools Queensland conference in Cairns this week.

Significant changes of the past 12 months include the introduction of a National Curriculum and the decision in Queensland to move Year Seven to high school but Grattan Institute Program Director Ben Jensen said politicians failed to fully appreciate the true scope of reform required.

Click on the PDF to read the full article.

The program for the Brisbane HPE Conference is diverse, relevant and entertaining.  We have speakers from across many sectors of HPE and related fields and practical sessions suitable for both primary and secondary teachers.

Our speakers include Rosemary Davis (ACARA), Dr Leanne Perry (Principal All Hallows School) Ron Pearton (Fantastic Games), Rob Nolte (Perceptual Motor Program) and many more.  Download the program below now.

ACARA welcomes expressions of interest for the following role: Health and Physical Education advisory panel members.

Panel members will have extensive knowledge, understanding and expertise in the area of health and physical education and experience in the development of curriculum and/or achievement standards.

In 2011, advisory panel work will focus on the shaping phase for health and physical education in the Australian Curriculum from Foundation to Year 12.

Visit www.acara.com.au for further information.

Expressions of Interest close Sunday, 21 August 2011 at 5:00pm (EST).
Please send your application with the appropriate attachments to: HPE@acara.edu.au

If you have any questions regarding ACARA’s Expressions of Interest for advisory panel members, please contact Rosemary Davis, Curriculum Manager on 02 8098 3143 or email rosemary.davis@acara.edu.au

After being welcomed at our North Queensland HPE Conference, Rosemary Davis will speak at the Brisbane Conference to delegates about the new National Curriculum and the implications it will have on HPE Teachers.

Rosemary brings specific insight and knowledge about how the National Curriculum is shaping up and what the future holds for HPE teachers. Rosemary also shared a special announcement with our delegates in North Queensland, with cheers from the crowd in response. Make sure you are there to hear the same!

Secure your place now.  Download the registration form below.

The incumbent president of ACHPER QLD, David Keating, has informed the Management Committee that he will not stand for the position of President again at the next AGM in March 2012.

The Management Committee members have prepared a Role Description for this position outlining responsibilities and desired attributes. The Management Committee is now seeking 'Expressions of Interest' from suitably qualified individuals interested in this position.

For more information, please contact David Keating on dak99@bigpond.com.au or 0413 880 188.

The Queensland Government has announced that from 2013 the QSA will merge with the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board to form the Queensland Education Standards Authority. This new independent body will perform curriculum, assessment and reporting functions and accredit all schools. The reform was one of several announced in the White Paper — A Flying Start for Queensland Children. For the next 18 months, QSA will continue to perform its current functions.

ACHPER QLD are pleased to announce that the Brisbane Health & Physical Education Conference program is now available. With keynote speaker Dr Leanne Perry, Principal All Hallows' School, Brisbane and Steve Francis of Gr8 People, the conference is not to be missed. For more detail on all the speakers and topics, please download the draft program below. Registrations can be done online or by faxing the form below.

We have received some great entries from schools across Queensland in our HPE Primary School and Secondary School competition.  The entries are being collated and our panel of judges will soon announce the winners.

The winners will each be presented with a $500 prize pack, courtesy of our long-time sponsor, HART Sport.

Keep up the good work!

ACHPER QLD are pleased to announce that the North Queensland Health & Physical Education Conference program is now available. With keynote speakers acclaimed author and speaker, Shane Pill, presenting using the "Play with Purpose" methodology and Komla Tsey, renowned research presenting on Wellbeing in Schools, the conference is not to be missed. For more detail on all the speakers and topics, please download the draft program below. Registrations can be done online or by faxing the form below.

Over 400 delegates (42 from Queensland) attended this conference where the theme was Moving, Learning and Achieving. At the conclusion of the event all delegates would have agreed that they moved, learnt and achieved.

The 27th ACHPER International Conference was extremely well organised and from a number of perspectives can be viewed as a great success and a credit to the South Australia Branch of ACHPER. This Conference has certainly set a high standard for the next International Conference in Melbourne in 2013. The program had something for everyone and the Keynote Presenters were of a particularly high standard. The venue was imminently suitable; well located; and provided all the services and facilities required for the number of delegates attending. There were 13 Trade Exhibitors – all of whom engaged enthusiastically with the delegates. One of the many high points was the Fritz Duras Memorial Lecture given by Professor Alan Reid – his topic “HPE & Capabilities: Towards an active national curriculum” was timely, relevant and challenging. (We will provide a link to this paper to ACHPER members in Queensland in the near future.) It was also great to see more than 40 Queenslanders in attendance at the Conference – we were well represented amongst presenters, panels, and at all the social networking activities.

Our resources page is constantly being updated with news and articles from Industry leaders and partners.  Check it out now and access some great resources from Family Planning Queensland, the Paralympic Education Program and MindMatters.  To see all articles and resource links currently available via our website, simply click on this resources link.

John Clancy was welcomed at the ACHPER QLD PD event by a small group of committed Senior PE Teachers interested in hearing about the process of reviewing the Senior PE Syllabus and the implications that review had for their teaching.

ACHPER QLD is proud to announce Dr Lee-Ann Perry as one of the keynote speakers at the Brisbane Conference to be held 18 and 19 August at Riverglenn Conference Centre, Indooroopilly.

Professor Komla Tsey is a highly qualified research professor with more than 25 years experience undertaking specialised research and development.

In this article, the National Executive Director of ACHPER, provides some interesting observations around the questions of how well we do as a profession and how well respected we are as professionals. 

Exploring how we describe our profession, and the attributes used to describe professional behaviour, Jeff urges all to undergo some self observation and look at individually how we behave as professionals.

The article concludes with a summary of the part ACHPER National has played in various initiatives and identifies the future challenges we face as a profession and how we can all as individuals contribute to meeting these challenges and continuing to have the Health & Physical Education profession remain highly regarded.

This article originally appeared in Volume 17 No. 1 of the Active & Healthy Magazine. Download the full text below.

The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc (ACHPER) has welcomed the announcement of the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA) to include Health and Physical Education in the National Curriculum. The decision comes in response to a strong recommendation by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

Download the full media release here.

Or click to see read it on our website

ACHPER National Executive Director, Mr Jeff Emmel has just advised that the subject area of Health and Physical Education has been included into stage three of the National Curriculum.

Please see the following Communique from the Ministerial council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs.

http://www.mceetya.edu.au/verve/_resources/MCEECDYA_Communique_April_15_2010.pdf

Step Up - Health and Physical Education for Queensland has been written by Queensland teachers for Queensland students in Years 8 to 10. It builds upon the foundations established in the H&PE syllabus and comprehensively covers the three core learning strands of Health, Physical Activity and Personal Development.

Step Up explicitly addresses the Essential Learnings and Standards for H&PE to assist students and teachers in meeting the Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting (QCAR) Framework requirements.

Available from the Healthy Lifestyles bookshop.

Download the flyer below.

Check out the latest article by the ACHPER National Executive Director, Jeff Emmel and Dawn Penney, convenor of the ACHPER National Curriculum Working Group discussing the current state of the inclusion of HPE into the National Curriculum.