Introduction
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What are the benefits of lifelong physical activity? Once you understand these, what might be a good sport or game to play throughout your life? You will already have some ideas about this from your own experiences and from people around you like parents and friends. Suppose you had the job of recommending the 3 best lifelong activities to an important policy making body? What if it were the new PM, Mr. Rudd? Did you know he wants to hear from you?
Mr Rudd said Australia’s three-year electoral cycle meant policymaking usually focused too much on the short term.
He wanted to generate a focus on the longer term and to bring people from outside politics and government into national planning and policy formulation.
“Government, irrespective of its political persuasion, does not have a monopoly on policy wisdom,” he said. “To thrive and prosper in the future we need to draw on the range of talents, ideas and energy from across the Australian community.”
In the upcoming 2020 Summit the 10 areas Mr Rudd wants to address include:
productivity, economic infrastructure, population, sustainability, climate change and water, the rural sector, health, families, indigenous Australia, the arts and security.
So let’s get to work! Below are a range of links on sports / games people could pursue throughout their lives. As a group, Choose a game to investigate as a group and then be prepared to present it to the class. After all the presentations, a final discussion and vote will identify three of them to recommend to the 2020 Summit.
Besides this final class selection, all group members will present their task in anA4 document accompanied by a peer contribution evaluations. All these must be presented with your lesson plan. As a guide you can use the CEQ-ALL rubric (pronounced “seek all”). This will help you direct your own learning.
Each session / lesson will be allotted 45 minutes and must include the following:
- Introduction
- Warm up
- Skills or practice
- Game / main section
- Cool Down
Combine your own interests, the CEQ-ALL guidance and your group’s energy to meet and go beyond the minimum Board of Studies outcomes for the activity. You might consider what can be learned about presenting your information from professional and student videos.
Possible Lifelong Sports / Games
- Athletics – Athletics Australia, Athletics NSW
- Badminton – Badminton Australia, Badminton NSW
- Basketball – Basketball Australia, National Basketball League
- Cricket – Cricket.com.au, Cricket NSW
- European Handball – Australian Handball Federation, NSW handball Association
- Netball – Netball Australia, Netball NSW
- Hockey – Hockey Australia, Hockey NSW
- Orienteering – Orienteering Australia, Orienteering NSW
- Rugby League – Australia Rugby League, NSW Rugby League
- Rugby Union – Rugby.com.au, NSW Rugby
- Football – Football Federation, Football NSW
- Softcrosse – DET NSW Sofcrosse, Softcrosse Rules, Swedish Intercrosse Club
- Softball – Softball Australia, Softball NSW
- Tennis – Tennis Australia, Tennis NSW
- Touch Football – Touch Football Australia, NSW touch
- Volleyball – Volleyball Australia, Crocs Tour Australia
Group Task
Pool everything you’ve seen, thought, learned into a group effort. How about doing it this way (unless you can think of something better). This bit is all about creativity and Quality.
Refer to the BoS Syllabus outcomes, the CEQ-ALL guide and the 5 parts of your session / lesson. Be as creative as you can while still being informative, accurate and entertaining. You might find inspiration in these Health & Fitness articles. Remember, only three games will be forwarded to the 2020 Summit. Remember, the kind of six pack you get is up to you!