What is Live Life Well @ School?
Live Life Well @ School is a long-term program that aims to get more students, more active, more often, as well as focusing on healthy eating habits.
The program helps develop teachers’ knowledge, skills and confidence in teaching about nutrition and fundamental movement skills as part of the K - 6 Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE ) syllabus.
The Live Life Well @ School workshops run over two days and are focused on strategies that promote a ‘whole of school’ approach to physical activity and nutrition education.
Schools nominate a team of teachers to be involved in the program, who then develop and implement an action plan for initiating a sustainable change in the school.
What’s in it for your school?
- Whole-of-school change in teaching and learning in PDHPE, which can be linked to the annual school report and/or school management plan.
- A renewed focus on PDHPE programs, with the aim of improving the quality of teaching fundamental movement skills and nutrition education within the school.
- An opportunity to foster community partnerships that promote and support whole of school strategies.
- More opportunities for students to be more active, more often.
Schools participating in the Live Life Well @ School will receive support to assist them to implement their plan back at school, including:
- teacher relief funding to allow up to two teachers to attend the two day workshop
- an Action Plan grant of $2000 for each participating school
- a copy of the Get skilled: Get active DVD
- a CD of resources to support teaching and learning related to physical activity and nutrition education
- access to a range of free resources and programs, such as Live Outside the Box and Crunch & Sip®
- fact sheets for parents (translations available)
- access to professional support from the local health networks to assist with whole-of-school initiatives and parent information.
Case studies
Many schools in NSW have participated in Live Life Well @ School over the past few years. They have demonstrated a commitment to improving teaching and learning related to physical activity and nutrition and have implemented innovative ‘whole of school’ strategies. Some of these initiatives have been captured in the following case studies:
How do I register?
To view the current semester timetable of Live Life Well @ School workshops, including dates and locations and to register your interest in attending visit MyPL@DET
Further information
For more detailed information about Live Life Well @ School visit the DEC website.
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/live_life/index.htm