News

ACHPER QLD invites members and their guests to attend a Guest Speaker Presentation on Thursday 18 March 2010, at Sports House, Cnr Caxton & Castlemaine Street, Milton.

ACHPER QLD are pleased to host Andy Gibson, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Australian & New Zealand Sports Law Association to speak on the topic:

“Health & Physical Education Teachers
and the Law - What you need to know”

Andy is an expert in the field of Sports Law and other areas of law including commercial, industrial and employment, and will provide relevant and up to date information specific to the profession. A brief question and answer period will be offered after the presentation.

This special presentation will commence at 4:30pm sharp with the ACHPER QLD AGM to follow immediately after, followed by refreshments and networking. 

Phone  or email ACHPER QLD on 3895 8383 or email achper@achperqld.org.au by COB Tuesday 16 March to RSVP for this exciting event..

The Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Queensland Branch (ACHPER QLD) are pleased to announce the following two keynote speakers for the 2010 Conference with the theme - HPE: A Healthy and Positive Experience.

The dates and venues have been confimred for the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast workshops being delivered as part of the ACHPER QLD Regional HPE Workshop Series.

Helensvale State High School will play host to the Gold Coast workshop to be held on Friday 28 May 2010.

Burnside State High School will play host to the Sunshine Coast workshop to be held on Thursday 3 June 2010.

Registration forms and program details will be available soon.

To pre-register your interest to attend please email Workshop Coordinator, Jocelyn Elliott – consultant@jocelliott.com.au or 0405 121 240

At the recent 2009 HPE Conference held in Cairns, 99% of attendees indicated a date earlier in the year would be preferable for the HPE Conference. After extensive consultation with local stakeholders, it has been decided that the North Queensland ACHPER QLD HPE Conference for 2010 will be held on Monday 12 July and Tuesday 13 July at Rydges, Cairns.The ACHPER QLD team are already in full swing planning an exciting and educational event. During January we will release expressions of interest for presenters, so start considering now if you or one of your colleagues could present.

The ACHPER QLD calendar has now been released, with dates for HPE Week, Regional Workshops, Wellness Workshops, the HPE Conferences, Women in Sport Breakfast and Awards Night. Start planning which events you are going to attend now. Further information on all events will be available in January 2010.

The Proceedings from the 26th ACHPER International Conference "Creating Active Futures" held in Brisbane, Australia 8 - 10 July, are now available from the national ACHPER website. They can be accessed by following this link achper.org.au/about/news

ACHPER QLD invites you to nominate one or more of your female students to be recognized during the Women in Sport Breakfast for our Rising Star Awards (sponsored by Acceleration). The Rising Star Awards recognise students achievements in and/or contributions to their chosen sports and/or recreational pursuits. Some schools that were recognised for Rising Stars at the 2008 Breakfast include MacGregor State High School, Good Shepherd Lutheran College, All Hallows, Somerville House, Brisbane Girls Grammar School and Balmoral State High School.

Rising Star Nominations close Friday 18th September 2009