Term 2 2009 - Sport Southland

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Eastern Southland School Holiday Programme 40 children from the Eastern Southland region recently took part in a brilliant school holiday programme. The programme which was held over five days included a variety of activities that kept the children mentally and physically active. The first day of the programme involved a trip to Invercargill where the trusty leaders took the children whizzing around the mountain bike tracks at Sandy Point. This was followed by a visit to Queens Park and then to 10 Pin Bowling. The programme was located in Mataura for the next day where children tried out their Dancing with the Stars skills during a Rock ‘n Roll session. The Invercargill Rock ‘n Roll Club brought along a group of children to do some wonderful demonstrations and teach the group some moves. The remaining three days were held in Gore where children were lucky enough to have a go at a number of sports including rugby league with the Southland District Rugby League Development Officer; squash with the Junior Development Officer, table tennis, ice skating and swimming. They also enjoyed some creative time doing arts and crafts and creating healthy food treats. Then they were challenged to work as a team with some special games taken by the Gore Youth Worker. The highlight for many of the children was a taste of horse riding at Riding for Disabled in Gore. The children were grinning from ear to ear as they got to know the horses and even taking on the obstacle courses. Thank you to all the leaders, tutors and sports development officers who helped to make the school holiday programme a success. Sport Southland holds a five day school holiday programme in Eastern Southland every school holidays, please contact Susie on 03 208 3846 for more information. Susie Burrows | Eastern Southland | 03 208 3846 | susie.burrows@sportsouthland.co.nz Active Families Active Families has been action packed in term 1 with not only the Invercargill programme starting up but also with the beginning of the Active Families Ohai programme. The Ohai group have been learning about basketball, soccer and healthy ideas for school lunches so far. Sessions for term 2 include low cost activity ideas for the home, takeaways tips and alternatives to takeaways and swimming. Active Families Ohai meets once a month at the Te Oruanui Marae. We are keen to have more families join who are interested in becoming more active and learning about making better food choices. Active Families Ohai is fully funded making it free for participants Active Families Invercargill had a fun packed term 1 with an even bigger and brighter term 2 planned. Highlights from term 1 include a cycling session with Anja from Cycling Southland, a big scavenger hunt around Stadium Southland and ILT Velodrome, talking about breakfasts, and making yummy smoothies and playing badminton. In term 2 sessions include yoga, swimming, glow in the dark golf and school lunches. If you have a child, or know of a child aged 5-12 years who would benefit from positive physical activity experiences and advice on better nutrition, please refer them to Active Families. We are always eager to have more families on board. The programme is a rolling 12 month programme that follows the school term. Families can start at any time and it is fully funded making it free to participants. Rose French | Active Families Coordinator | 03 211 2150 | rose.french@sportsouthland.co.nz Children from the Active Families Invercargill programme are listening carefully to Anja’s instructions. This cycling session was a highlight of term 1. Children and adults gained confidence and understanding on riding safely on their bikes. Promoting Active Healthy Lifestyles 4 Active Youth Newsletter, Term 2 2009
ILT Skills Based Programme In the first term of 2009, year 2 and 3 students from Windsor North and Waihopai attended the programme. They focused on developing and improving throwing, catching and striking with the foot as well as balance, locomotor and stability skills, which were incorporated into their warm ups and warm downs. “The teachers have noticed a definite improvement in the children’s skill level after attending the programme and are able to see the new skills being applied during playground games at school” Sally Crawford (Teacher at Windsor North) “Thank you all—we would love to bring more children back in the future” Lisa Christie (Teacher at Windsor North) “All sessions were fantastic, were so much fun, the way P.E should be!” Pam Chilton (Teacher at Windsor North) We welcome Invercargill Middle, Sacred Heart and Ruru School into the ILT Skills Based Programme for term 2. Active Kidz Check out these cool games on our website that you can do at home, in the weekend or with your mates! • Dance Demo • Kilikiti • Sock Wrestling • Hurly Burly • Balloons • Elastics • Four Square Send us a photo to activekidz@sportsouthland.co.nz of you doing any of these activities and you could win an awesome PUSH PLAY prize! Join our ActiveKidz E-newsletter online at www.sportsouthland.co.nz, earn points and get some really cool prizes! Congratulations to Class 2 at St Patricks in Nightcaps for winning the classroom worth of upballs! The teacher from class 2 signed up for the e-newsletter (electronic copy of this newsletter) direct to her email, which automatically gave her students an upball each!. As you can see from this photo, the students were rapt and started playing with them straight away. Please sign onto our e- newsletter recipient list by visiting www.sportsouthland.co.nz. Promoting Active Healthy Lifestyles 5 Active Youth Newsletter, Term 2 2009
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