Programs & Resources
AFL Lesson Plans
Weekly Lesson Plans for Primay AFL
Lesson plans including links to you tube giving an example of "drop Punt" "Hand Pass" and "Catch".
Control click on the words within the document to go straight to "youtube" to view.
Sumary of Issues
Issues arising from the ACHPER International Conference
Attached, document outlining the key issues raised by Keynote presenters at the ACHPER International Conference.
Free resources from the Paralympic Education Program
Paralympic Education Program
The Paralympic Education Program (PEP) aims to develop awareness of the Paralympic Games, Paralympic sports and Paralympic athletes.
To help you, PEP now offers six Secondary units, and 15 Primary units matching each state and territory curriculum and using the Paralympics as a main theme. Each unit covers key concepts such as diversity, inclusion, fairness, classification and personal achievement.
Family Planning Queensland
-For the complete catalogue of FPQ resources, factsheets and brochures, visit http://www.fpq.com.au/productsByTargets.php
-For training available for health professionals, visit http://www.fpq.com.au/training/courses.php
-For training available for disability and community service professionals, visit http://www.fpq.com.au/training/disability_courses.php
-For training available for education professionals, visit
http://www.fpq.com.au/training/education_courses.php
Active Education Magazine
The essential bi- monthly resource for outdoor and physical education professionals
Active Education Magazine’s primary focus is on being an invaluable resource for Physical, Health and Outdoor Educators and will provide you with fresh innovative ideas on how to keep your students active and outdoors, new and exciting features to motivate and inspire and expert reviews on the latest products to hit the industry.
Seen as Australia’s leading educational activities magazine, this must have resource is sure to captivate anyone involved in organising outdoor and physical education activities for schools and school aged children!
For more information, visit www.activeeducation.com.au
MindMatters
A National Mental Health Initiative for Secondary Schools
MindMatters is a national mental health initiative for secondary schools funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and implemented by Principals Australia (formerly APAPDC).
MindMatters uses a whole school approach to mental health promotion based on the principles of the World Health Organization's Global School Health Initiative and the Australian National Health Promoting Schools Framework (pdf, 207kb).
MindMatters aims to:
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embed promotion, prevention and early intervention activities for mental health and wellbeing in Australian secondary schools
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enhance the development of school environments where young people feel safe, valued, engaged and purposeful
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develop the social and emotional skills required to meet life’s challenges
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help school communities create a climate of positive mental health and wellbeing
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develop strategies to enable a continuum of support for students with additional needs in relation to mental health and wellbeing
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enable schools to better collaborate with families and the health sector.
MindMatters resource suite
The MindMatters resource suite supports Australian secondary schools to promote and protect the mental health and wellbeing of school community members. It includes:
- a resource kit for secondary schools
- a Professional Development Calendar
- a website
- evaluation reports.
Achievements
- Staff from 80% of all schools with secondary student enrolments in Australia have attended MindMatters professional development.
- Over 140,000 Australian participants have undertaken professional development.
- 98% of Australian secondary schools are aware of MindMatters.
- 65% of the Australian secondary schools surveyed continue to use MindMatters as a curriculum resource.
- 38% of Australian secondary schools use MindMatters as their key organiser for mental health promotion.
AFL Lesson 1.docx
Summary of Issues.pdf