RSC Update - Term 3, week 1

Does your school have students with limited mobility or who are unable to functionally walk or run? 

ParaQuad Tasmania would love to visit your school for FREE with their fleet of frame runners (three) to provide an opportunity and memorable experience for students.

Frame Running is suitable for all ages – those who use a wheelchair, walkers or have an unsteady gait – as the sport gives athletes with high support needs who cannot compete in a racing wheelchair or ambulant running events the unprecedented opportunity for aerobic competition on the athletics track.

School sessions (1 hour max) will be tailored to suit the individual needs of students and your school. An indoor smooth hard surface is required, though grassed areas can be used with more difficulty.

Contact Kevin for more information or to arrange a free session for your students this term! 

Touch Football Tasmania will be running the postponed 2022 School Series events in Term 3.

Dates as follows:

• August 29 - North West Primary Schools (Devonport)
• August 30 - North West Secondary Schools (Devonport)

• September 1 - Northern Secondary Schools Group 1 (Launceston)
• September 2 - Northern Secondary Schools Group 2 (Launceston)
• September 5 - Northern Primary Schools (Launceston)

• September 8 - Southern Primary Schools (Hobart)
• September 9 - Southern Secondary Schools (Hobart)

• September 20 - Series Final (venue tbc)

Team Registrations are now open until Friday 26 August - search "school series" to register via Competition Finder – MySideline.

If you registered teams for the originally scheduled event they are no longer active. Please re-register your teams for this event.

The field locations are all TBC – Meercroft Park in Devonport and Wentworth Park in Hobart are booked, and will be confirmed asap. Launceston venue is TBC, but will not be Prospect Park as previous years.

Games will commence from 9.30am and conclude by 2.30pm each day.

The XXII Commonwealth Games are about to commence with the city of Birmingham playing host to 72 countries and territories over the 11 day competition.

From 29-July to 8-August over 5,000 athletes will compete for 280 medal events.

19 sports are on offer, with Women's T20 cricket, 3x3 basketball and 3x3 wheelchair basketball making their Games debut this year.

Get your students involved to get closer to the Games and feel part of this thrilling festival of sport and culture with:

• Bring the Power, the official youth engagement programme for the Games. Although targeted at local students, the programme has a number of resources for children and young people world-wide.
• Borobi’s Classroom
• Resources from Forteachersforstudents.com.au

Move Well Eat Well (MWEW) are excited to offer a FREE professional development opportunity on outdoor learning for 25 member schools in Term 3, 2022!

Join Kara Spence from Nature. Be In It and Lisa Ford from The Resilience Co to learn more about how you can take your teaching outdoors and make the most of the natural environment for learning. This is an excellent opportunity to explore how you can use effective nature-based learning in your school.

This opportunity is available to 25 Move Well Eat Well Member schools statewide. Schools will need to nominate one teaching staff member to attend. The sessions will be held online via Microsoft Teams on the dates outlined below. Sessions will be recorded and made available for those who missed a session or for sharing with other teaching staff at their school for 4 weeks following each session.

Session 1 (1.5 hours): Wednesday 17 August, 3.30pm - 5pm

'Introduction to outdoor learning, the benefits and barriers'

• Practical considerations, logistics and resources

Session 2 (1.5 hours): Wednesday 31 August, 3.30pm - 5pm

'Developing an outdoor learning mindset'

• Nature Pedagogy.
• Embracing problems, a curiosity approach.
• Curriculum linking and planning discussion.
• Risk and safety

Session 3 (45mins): Wednesday 14 September, 3.30pm - 4.15pm

Question and answer session.

• Sharing of experiences - problems and successes.

Selection will be made on a first-in, first-served basis. Successful recipients will be notified by email and their school name may be published on Facebook. Numbers are limited to 25 participants (one per school), so please register EARLY.

It is a condition of entry that recipients understand that any deidentified evaluation data they provide during the sessions will be made available to MWEW for promotional purposes. If for some reason recipients are unable to utilise this incentive, MWEW reserve the right to reallocate the place to another applicant.

Enter here.

Please contact the MWEW Team if you need further information about this exciting opportunity.

Teachers, Support Workers, Teacher Aides and Parent/Carers...

Upskill for FREE to be able to deliver a 'learn to bowl' experience using Tenpin Bowling Australia's Bowl Patrol program.

Head to www.bowlpatrol.com.au/lane-rangers to register and complete the free online Lane Ranger training.

Deliver the sessions in school or your local tenpin bowling centre. Give students the gift of learning a sport they'll play for a lifetime!

Reach out for more info or further support, or to use your school funds (including Sporting Schools funding) to curate a sport program your students will never forget. 

@BowlPatrolAus

Through the Smart Giving program, Schools Plus provides up to $60,000 funding and resources to enable schools to implement a broad range of initiatives.

Applications for this year’s grant round will open from 8 August to 9 September 2022, for projects lasting 12-18 months.

To be eligible, your school must have a value below 1000 on the Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) - Check your school's eligibility here

Schools with no ICSEA value must contact Schools Plus to determine eligibility, except for special needs schools which are eligible.

Submissions for strategic projects range in value:

• Up to $30,000 for an individual school project
• Up to $60,000 for projects by a cluster of schools

What sort of projects can be supported through Smart Giving?

• Projects that start in Term 1, 2023, aligned to your school's long-term strategic plan.
• Innovative projects that trial new designs or strategies that have a sound research base and the potential for significant transformational change.
• The project can extend an existing school initiative that is having a proven impact, or it could replicate projects where existing strategies are being tried in a new location or with a new group.
• All projects must lead to improved learning outcomes for students in schools facing disadvantage.
• Projects must clearly identify the student focussed intervention, why change is needed, how the project will enable the change to be achieved and the difference the change will make to students and the broader school community.
• Project submissions will identify what evidence or research is available to support the purpose and design of the project, how you will measure the change it creates and how you will share that information with us.
• Projects must be supported by the school leadership team and have an ongoing and sustainable benefit to the school community.

Please read the Guidelines for further information about what can be supported and examples of unsupported projects. 

SMART GIVING GRANT - Australian Schools Plus

AUSSIE HOOPS TERM 3 - HOBART PHOENIX BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Term 3 dates are as follows:

Tuesday Program: 4pm-5pm 16th August to 20th September

Thursday Program: 4pm-5pm 18th August 22nd September

All sessions at Hilliard Christian School (32 Cheviot Road, West Moonah)

Cost: 

New Participants - $90 (including basketball and personalised training singlet)

Returning Participants - $65

Head to www.hobartbasketball.com.au to register.

Contact info@phoenixbasketball.com.au for further information.

Improve your tenpin bowling skills with Bowl Patrol! Totally inclusive, adaptable sport, join other primary-school aged participants for 1 hour sessions, eight weeks in a row.

Program runs 4.30-5.30pm Mondays from 8-August to 26 September at Launceston Lanes.

Your Lane Ranger (coach) will take you through a structured session each week of;

• Warm up, stretch and session explanation
• New skill (4 step approach) and theme (e.g. what's inside a bowling ball?)
• Practice time
• Two 5-frame games (hit your target score to receive a coloured wristband and progress to the next length)

Start on a 9 metre carpet lane, 50% closer to the pins. No bumpers - just good bowling technique.

We accept Ticket to Play sport vouchers. Parent/carer can stay and help, watch or leave. Check out more @BowlPatrolAUS or Bowl Patrol – Discover Tenpin Bowling

Proudly brought to you by Tenpin Bowling Australia and Zone Bowling Moonah (162 Main Rd., Moonah TAS 7009).

Improve your tenpin bowling skills with Bowl Patrol! Totally inclusive, adaptable sport, join other primary-school aged participants for 1 hour sessions, eight weeks in a row.

Program runs 4.15-5.15pm Wednesdays from 10-August to 28 September at Launceston Lanes.

Your Lane Ranger (coach) will take you through a structured session each week of;

• Warm up, stretch and session explanation
• New skill (4 step approach) and theme (e.g. what's inside a bowling ball?)
• Practice time
• Two 5-frame games (hit your target score to receive a coloured wristband and progress to the next length)

Start on a 9 metre carpet lane, 50% closer to the pins. No bumpers - just good bowling technique.

We accept Ticket to Play sport vouchers. Parent/carer can stay and help, watch or leave. Check out more @BowlPatrolAUS or Bowl Patrol – Discover Tenpin Bowling

Proudly brought to you by Tenpin Bowling Australia and Launceston Lanes (20 Innocent Street, Kingsmeadows TAS 7249).

Are you new to triathlon or have only competed in the Schools Triathlon Challenge?

Fabulous, we love seeing new faces at our events! You might learn some new tips for this years Schools Triathlon Challenge.

Your first event is on us. That's right, your first event is FREE!

We hope you enjoy your experience and join as a most valued member of your local club and receive your complementary swimming vest and continue participating in TRYstars events anywhere in the state for free.

TRYstars membership is $40 for a season of fun. We can't wait to see you on the start line!

Apply now for Round 8 of the Para-sport Equipment Fund!

With thanks to funding from Toyota Community Foundation, Paralympics Australia is able to provide three additional rounds of funding.

Applications for Round 8 will close on Friday 29 July, 2022, with notification of outcomes of all applications prior to Friday 18 August, 2022.

See the eligibility requirements and the selection process for more details.

What is the Para-sport Equipment Fund

The Para-sport Equipment fund is a joint initiative of Paralympics Australia and Sport Australia, supported by Paralympics Australia’s sponsors and donors.

It is designed to provide opportunities for Australians with disabilities to participate and compete in Para-sport by addressing some of the most significant challenges faced by Para-athletes and programs; the costs associated with obtaining Para-sport equipment, which in many cases must be customised for the participant.

Delivered in collaboration with Paralympics Australia’s key stakeholders, the fund aims to offer a range of equipment access solutions for Para-athletes and participation programs to enable more people with a disability to participate in Para-sport.

The primary focus of the program is to support individuals and programs at the entry participation level, however Para-athletes and programs with a focus of higher levels within the pathway may also be considered.