RSC Update - Term 3, Week 7

As Term 3 is coming to an end and Term 4 is just around the corner, many schools are conducting their school athletics carnivals.

This means it's a perfect time to get LATas into your school to help!

Inviting us along to your school allows us to not only assist in developing the skills of your students, but enables us to help connect you with the closest of our 19 centres statewide.

Availability for Term 3 and Term 4 is filling up fast so don't miss out on this great opportunity for your school - contact us now!

Want to make your students and school community more healthy and active, all whilst reducing congestion around your school pick-up/drop-off zones?

The Ride2School Program is here to help!

The newly updated Ride2School App features our HandsUP data collection to allow your school to encourage active travel and keep track of how students travel to school. The latest update takes the process out of teachers' hands with 'Kiosk Mode' allowing students to input their travel interactively on a tablet device as they enter the classroom.

Classes can enter this information as often as they like throughout the school year, with one day per term designated as a 'HandsUP Count Day' as a minimum to keep your data up to date. Results of this data collection can make for a great class inquiry project, be used to promote your school's Active Travel Rates or boost applications for installations such as bike parking or a school pump track.

With the weather clearing up as we say goodbye to another Tasmanian winter, Ride2School's Bike Ed workshops are ramping up and would love to come to your school. Ride2School will bring bikes and helmets for students from Grades 2 to 6 to practice basic riding skills, road safety and prepare them to ride confidently to school.

• For more information on what's involved or to book your school in for a day of workshops, please call Shane using the details below.

The Australian Flying Disc Association (Ultimate Australia) has now hired a coach based in Hobart to service Sporting Schools bookings in Southern Tasmania.

Bookings can be fulfilled this term if needed!

With the recent launch of the Ulti-Mates and Fly programs, there's now Sporting Schools options for both primary and secondary students.

Visit the Ultimate Frisbee Sporting Schools Website for more details on both programs. 

Any schools wishing to book an Ultimate Frisbee program are encouraged to reach out to sportingschools@afda.com.au.

Australian Sports Foundation’s (ASF) Active Kids Grants opens tomorrow, Wednesday 7-September 2022.

Volunteer-run community clubs and organisations with junior members (under 20yrs old) can apply for equipment or uniforms to kick off the season.

Successful applicants will receive free sports equipment and uniforms, to be supplied by ASF partners HART Sport and ISC Sport.

Applications are open 9am Wed 7-Sept to 5pm Fri 7-Oct 2022.

For more information or to apply click here.

Reminder that Registrations are now open for Paralympics Australia’s Multi-Sport Days across Tasmania on 8 & 9 October!

It’s a great opportunity to learn more about the programs on offer in your local area, meet new friends and have fun! The event is suitable for participants with physical, intellectual and vision impairments.

Following our successful events in 2021, there will be three events run in each region of the state: 

• Ulverstone (Ulverstone Sport & Leisure Centre) on Saturday 8 October 2022, 9:30am to 11:30am
  
  
• Launceston (St. Patrick's College) on Saturday 8 October 2022, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
• Hobart (Moonah Sport Centre) on Sunday 9 October 2022, 9:30am to 11:30am 

For more information about the events, please contact Scott Nicholas - Participation & Pathways Coordinator - VIC/TAS.

Port Sorell Golf Club invites all women and girls to attend a free Get into Golf Come & Try session on Sat 17-Sept or Sun 18-Sept from 2:00-3:00pm both days.

Women and girls of all ages and abilities are encouraged to attend and enjoy the sport of golf in a fun, relaxed and supportive environment.

Participants also go into the draw for a mystery prize!

For more information, contact Simon Weston - Development Manager (Tas).

Healthy George Town has released its spring program for 2022.

The program runs from the start of September through to the end of November with a range of activities including:

• armchair exercises
• crossfit
• aqua Fitness
• yoga
• jazzercise
• pilates
• kids cardio boxing
• laser tag

There is something for everyone - kids, teenagers, adults and seniors.  Get involved!

All activities are free, but bookings are essential.

Click on the link below for more information, or to book activities.

The Back on your Bike program is being rolled out in partnership with local councils across Tasmania.

Sessions run for 90 minutes for small groups, or 60 minutes for one-on-one. With a focus on:

• skill-building activities
• navigating your area by bike
• a ride to put your new skills into practice
• basic bike maintenance
• on-road or off-road setting to suit your riding style

All sessions are free – you simply need to bring your bike, your helmet, and yourself.

With the development of so many new cycle paths, MTB trails and pump tracks around Tasmania, now is the time to get back on your bike!

For more information, and to register, please visit the Bicycle Network Tasmania website.

Southern High Schools & Colleges - final reminder to submit your Expression of Interest for Deadly Choices amazing Healthy Lifestyle Program (HLP) for 2023!

The HLP is a health education and capacity development program aimed at supporting First Nations students to be positive role models and mentors for their peer groups, family, and community by leading a healthy lifestyle.

It is delivered over eight sessions in a flexible manner to suit each school's environment and timetable, and covers a range of healthy lifestyle education and behaviour change topics including:

• Leadership
• Chronic disease
• Tobacco cessation
• Nutrition
• Physical activity
• Harmful substances
• Healthy relationships
• Access and health checks

Additional information:

• Reward for completion: Education Program shirt
• Develop links with your local Community Controlled Health Service, which provide a range of supports including Social Health Teams, Aboriginal Health Workers, Allied Health professionals etc.
• Pre- and post-program evaluation conducted each term (note: to analyse the program and support ongoing improvements, ethics approval to conduct research will be sought as part of the program consent process)

The HLP has been running with great success for the past two years and has seen the Deadly Choices team visit 17 different schools across southern Tasmania. From those schools, almost 400 students have completed the program.

Due to continued growth of the HLP and the small Deadly Choices Team, a limited number of programs are avaible so priority will go to:

• Schools that are yet to have the Healthy Lifestyle Program
• Schools that have a high Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identified population

All schools will be considered, and if your school isn’t booked in for 2023, the school will be placed on a cancellation list and given priority for 2024.