The South Coast Primary & Community Partnership works across Bass Coast and South Gippsland. We can work together with you to create a healthier school for students, staff and your community. Using a whole school approach to health supports shaping long-term health improvements in your school.
If you have an idea to improve the health of your school and would like the support of our team to achieve it please contact us.
Premier’s Active April is a Victorian Government initiative that encourages Victorians to participate in 30 minutes of physical activity a day during April.
To register for Active April and all the offers that come with it visit https://www.activeapril.vic.gov.au
There are so many opportunities to be active across Bass Coast and South Gippsland! Why not try these 30 activities in the 30 days of April?
Pop this Calendar of events in your school newsletter and help your families get active. Click here to download the Calendar PDF
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Inspire your school community and share the images and messages below on social media.
Simply cut and paste text and use the button below to download a ZIP file of all the images OR click on the individual images to open and then download and start sharing.
Please use as below or modify to suit your schools’ style. And remember, join the conversation with the hashtag #activeapril #movemore
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| 1 April 2020 – Week 1 |
Welcome to Premiers Active April To register for Active April and all the offers that come with it visit www.activeapril.vic.gov.au. |
Active April Logo |
| 8 April 2020 - Week 2 |
Bass Coast South Gippsland |
George Bass Walk for the Kids Leongatha Fun Run logo |
| 15 April 2020 - Week 3 |
Active April is a great time to bring families together for a walk, jog or run. Check out your local parkrun Australia |
Parkrun logo |
| 22 April 2020 - Week 4 |
Bass Coast Check out: https://www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/explore/leisure-and-recreation/bass-coast-rail-trail South Gippsland Check out: https://www.visitpromcountry.com.au/walking-cycling/the-great-southern-rail-trail |
Bike Photo |
| 30 April 2020 - Week 5 |
Once registered you can log in and add your activity using the app or online at <www.activeapril.vic.gov.au>. Move more with Premier’s Active April and help our workplace win great prizes!
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Active April Logo |
Within the Bass Coast and South Gippsland Region Newhaven College had the highest number of participants for 2019 and was rated as a top school in this area by Active April.
Newhaven College is working towards building a culture amongst our school whereby students and their family’s value physical activity and incorporate it into their lifestyle. We hope thereby then students can make connections between their learnings in Health and PE within school and apply this to their interests and activities that they involved themselves out of school.
All families were sent the schools login details to join Active April with information about the program was sent home with students and then promoted within school by classroom and our PE teachers. We also recognised the efforts of students in the Junior School assembly awarding prizes to students who have made significant effort to incorporate physical activity into their everyday lifestyle.
The benefits for students included increased family activity time, increase in the uptake of students in local sporting clubs and increased student pride when sharing their activities after school. In addition, there was an increase in the number of students using active transport methods to school which helped to reduce congestion amongst the school.
Prizes and a photo board to help promote!
I am loving yoga and running at the moment. Love playing any games where I can win against the kids!
Each Term we develop a newsletter with opportunities, practical ideas and resources to support your school to improve the health and wellbeing of your community.
The Achievement Program is a free Victorian Government initiative that helps schools improve the physical health, social and emotional development of children. All members are supported to meet a set of benchmarks addressing key health areas, which complement the health messages outlined in the education curriculum.
For more information contact us or visit https://www.achievementprogram.health.vic.gov.au
The Prevention Team work with schools across the South Coast and with the Department of Education supporting them to implement the Respectful Relationships initiative. Respectful Relationships is a primary prevention activity designed to stop violence before it starts by addressing the deep-seated gendered drivers of family violence.
Tap Water Every Day social marketing campaign was co-designed with students from Wonthaggi Secondary College, Leongatha Secondary College, Korumburra Secondary College, South Gippsland Secondary College and South Gippsland Specialist School. Teenage males worked together with the South Coast Prevention Team from start to finish to understand the issue and to ensure the campaign was relevant to them and their peers. The key messages of the campaign, the communication channels used and the settings targeted were all developed in partnership with teenage males. Click here to find out more.
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