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Health  Promo2ng  Schools  –Challenges  to  educators  –  ‘us’  

What  are  some  of  the  challenges  we  face?  

 1.   Curriculum  changes  

ACARA  HPE  Curriculum  (AC:HPE)  and  SCSA  HPE  syllabus  e.g.  implemen2ng  underlying  proposi2ons    -­‐  developing  health  literacy  

skills  and  including  a  cri4cal  inquiry  approach    

2.  Ge3ng  everybody  ‘on  board’      

e.g.  parents,  community  groups  etc    

3.  Deciphering  a  myriad  of  health  messages    

e.g.  Nutri2on  -­‐  Contradic4ons,  fad  diets,  magic  pills  &  the  media      

1.  Curriculum  challenges  

Pre-­‐primary    

Sub  Strand:    ContribuDng  to  healthy  and  acDve  

communiDes      

Ac2ons  that  promote  health,  safety  and  wellbeing,  such  as:    

 •  Ea4ng  healthy  food  

 

 

Yr  10    

Sub  Strand:    Being  healthy,  safe  and  acDve  

     

Analysis  of  images  and  messages  in  the  media  related  to:  

   •  fast  food  

   how  would  you  define  this????  

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1.  Curriculum  challenges  (con’t)  

AC:  HPE  Elabora2on*      •  grouping  foods  into  categories  such  as  food  groups  and  ‘always’  and  ‘some2mes’  foods  (FN)  

*hSp://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Search?q=ACPPS006  

Some2mes  foods?  

Always  foods  =  go  foods?  Encouraged  (DET)+  

+  hSp://www.det.wa.edu.au/healthyfoodanddrink/detcms/portal/  

Selected  carefully  and  eaten  in  modera2on  (DET)  

Off  the  menu  not  available???  (DET)   Demonized  foods?  

2.  Ge`ng  everybody  ‘on  board’        

It’s  more  than  ‘connec2ng  the  bits’  –  it’s  about  educaDng  our  whole  community  

   Professionals,  agencies,  parents,  schools,  teachers  and  

student  need  to  work  together.        

Is  this  possible?                                    Take  the  Challenge  (more  on  this  later),  Smarter  

than  smoking,  Foodbank,    School  canteens  etc              

 

3.  Deciphering  a  myriad  of  health  messages    

hSps://www.eacorhealth.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/the_guidelines/indigenous_australian_dietary_guidelines_poster_HiRes.pdf  

hSp://nutri2onaustralia.org/sites/default/files/NA_Pyramid_A5-­‐crop.jpg  

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Sugar  

hSp://www.take-­‐shape-­‐now.com/nutri2on-­‐facts/  

hSp://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/physicalac2vity/detcms/naviga2on/teaching-­‐and-­‐learning-­‐support/take-­‐the-­‐challenge/  

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drinks  ha

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Amy  Corderoy  

Published  The  A

ge:  April  13,  2015  -­‐  9

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Our  collec2ve  challenge    

Make  sure  messages  are  clear  &  we  are  working  together..  

 

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love what I eat

Jenn Morris. Dual Olympic Gold Medallist,Hockey. Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games

love my healthy food

Luc Longley. Triple Olympian.Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney; Basketball.

Simple  messages  my  pre-­‐service  teachers  respond  posiDvely  to  

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What  happens  when  we  consume  sugar  ?  (short  term?)  

Resources  that  ‘walk  the  talk’  

•  HPS  principles  applied  •  Purposely  connected  curriculum  •  Clear  messages  and  links  to  resources  

Take  The  Challenge  (TTC)    Childhood  overweight  and  obesity  has  been  iden2fied  as  a  major  

health  issue  in  WA.    Nutri2on  and  physical  ac2vity  are  integral  to  the  preven2on  and  management  of  overweight  and  obesity.    The  team    Popula2on  Health  Units  (Kimberley,  South  West,  Pilbara,  Great  Southern,  Wheatbelt,  Goldfields),  WA  Country  Health  Service;  Child  and  Adolescent  Community  Health  Service,  Child  and  Adolescent  Health  Service;  WA  Cancer  Council  &  Murdoch  Uni    What  is  it?    Take  the  Challenge  is  an  eight-­‐week  nutri2on  and  physical  ac2vity  program.  Primary  school  children,  through  their  teachers,  are  taught  nutri2on  and  physical  ac2vity  lessons  across  the  curriculum.  

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Take  The  Challenge  (TTC)    Aims  

 The  program  promotes  being  ac2ve,  drinking  water  and  ea2ng  healthy  food  as  a  means  of  bea2ng  lifestyle  diseases.    

Who  does  it?      TTC  was  released  in  2011  with  8,200  primary  school  students  taking  part.  Uptake  of  the  program  consistently  increased  in  subsequent  years.  The  success  of  the  program  was  in  part,  due  to  the  program  aligning  well  with  the  WA  Healthy  Schools  Project.  

Feedback  from  teachers  consistently  reports  that  students’  have  a  beSer  understanding  of  the  preven2on  of  lifestyle  diseases  and  they  have  par2cipated  in  more  physical  ac2vity  than  they  would  usually  do.      

Source:  hSp://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/About-­‐WA-­‐Health/WA-­‐Health-­‐Excellence-­‐Awards/2015-­‐finalists/Finalists-­‐Promo2ng-­‐healthy-­‐habits-­‐and-­‐preven2ng-­‐illness-­‐and-­‐injury  

School  kitchen  gardens  

TTC  incorporates  principles  of  HPS  

Partnerships e.g. Parent strategies, community involvement & local expertise e.g. take home work & kitchen gardens etc

Curriculum - Cross curricular links now known as purposely connected curriculum

Environment – local store/canteen

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Look at what is possible in schools when people work together within a

HPS framework