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E-NEWS QLD TERM2 2011
In this issue:
STATE MANAGER’S MESSAGE
KEY DATES FOR TERM 2
NEW MEMBERS FOR CLUBS AROUND THE STATE
Kingaroy Winter Sports Expo Nets 100 new members for local
clubs
Basketball club gets new members
Bulldogs hungry for new members
Football Club helps to integrate children with special needs
into club
COMMUNITY COACH UPDATE
Coaches on the Gold Coast take part in a CHANGE IT
workshop
5 Star Community Coach Award Winners
NEWS IN BRIEF
Term 3, 2010 Winner – Fred Joe
Term 4, 2010 Winner – Jacqueline Hunt
As school children return to school, after-school sport is still open for
play
Important information about the new coach fees
Active After-school Communities veteran passes the 250 sessions
mark
QLD Super Site Award WINNER - Marian Catholic School OSHC
Fourth Year in the Program and is STRONGER THEN EVER
Caption: The team from Southern
Queensland lighten up for the after
‘Traditional v P4L’ Session
For more information:
STATE OFFICE CONTACT
Eddie Fardell
Phone:
(07) 3031 8000
Email:
eddie.fardell@ausport.gov.au
Website:
ausport.gov.au/aasc
ausport.gov.au/aasc

STATE MANAGER’S MESSAGE:
Welcome to another edition of the Queensland Active
After-school Community (AASC) State Newsletter. As I
reflect on the last six months I am amazed at how
much has happened. One of the highlights, of course
was the favourable announcement to extend the AASC
program. Shortly after, the Queensland team came
together on the Sunshine Coast for a very positive and
productive State Conference. This gave all of us the
opportunity to plan, engage and learn from our fellow
colleagues and invited guests.
The team started the year with renewed energy only to be faced with both the
floods and cyclone affecting a number of AASC communities. Whilst the impact
was widespread and hard-hitting the recovery was surprisingly quick (in most
areas), thanks to the amazing contribution of so many individuals and teams.
Unfortunately the hardest hit areas still have a long way to go. All up ten AASC
sites were affected in some way; however only two sites deferred for the term.
Through our Special Initiative Grants three of our sites were able to replace their
sporting equipment that had been lost in the floods. The dedicated AASC staff are
still working with sites that need support.
State Sporting Organisations (SSOs) - watch this space for all the exciting
initiatives happening in our program to help connect our AASC children with your
clubs in local regions across the state. We held a successful Strategy Workshop
recently for internal staff who will become new partnership managers. We now
have a number of successful case studies that highlight the success of our
pathways for children from our program into clubs. One of the major successes for
this was the inaugural Play for Life – Join a Sporting Club campaign that was
launched by Johanna Griggs in term 3, 2010. We have continued the Join a
Sporting Club activity/theme in 2011 on a smaller scale in a number of local
communities and some large scale events in partnership with other key players. It
is great to see some of these events involving partnerships across local, state and
federal governments as well as the not for profit sector. Please see my special note
on the new coach fee payments on page five.
This edition highlights some great work going on across the state, enjoy!
Brigid Walsh – State Manager
NEW MEMBERS FOR CLUBS AROUND THE STATE
KEY DATES FOR TERM 2
Community Coach Training
Courses 2011
4 & 5 May in Sunshine Coast
5 May in Gold Coast
5 May in Hervey Bay
7 May in Brisbane
10 May in Mt Isa
18 May in Toowoomba
18 May in Mackay
25 May in Cairns
16 July in Brisbane
18 & 25 July in Cairns
(must attend both dates)
20 July in Rockhampton
23 July in Townsville
8 August in Cairns
16 August in Mackay
Semester 2 Grants
Closing date
10 May 2
Five star Community Coach
Nominations due
Monday 20 June
Kingaroy Winter Sports Expo Nets 100 New Members for Local Clubs
As part of the Active South Burnett Committee, the Australian Sports Commission
held the inaugural Kingaroy Junior Winter Sport Expo and sign-on events at
Taabinga State School and Kingaroy State School on 10 to 11 February.
The events involved activities run by local sporting clubs and regional development
officers throughout the school days followed by an expo and sign-on opportunity
immediately after-school involving club members, parents and children. The
activities conducted and clubs represented included Kingaroy Ten Pin Bowling,
Dynamic Taekwondo, Cardio Central Kid Fit, Kingaroy Basketball, Kingaroy Tennis,
Kingaroy Golf, Kingaroy Junior Rugby League / ARL, Kingaroy Junior Soccer,
Kingaroy Netball and Kingaroy Touch/Qld Touch. Approximately 500 children tried
each of the activities over the two days and then approximately 200 children and
130 parents attended the expo/sign-on events. 100 parents have signed their
children up to clubs already including 40 to soccer, 30 to kid fit, 16 to taekwondo,
six to golf and four each to golf and netball.
Parents and children receive
registration information from sports
clubs at the Kingaroy sign-on
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NEW MEMBERS FOR CLUBS AROUND THE STATE
Basketball club gets new members
On Saturday the 12 February, Sunshine Coast Regional Coordinators Michelle
Downs and Jenna van Heerden assisted the Noosa Basketball Club to run a „Come
and Try‟ session for AASC participants at the Noosa Leisure Centre. The event was
a great success, with approximately 30 children taking part in the activities and
games provided by CCTP qualified Noosa Basketball coaches. Club representative
Wendy Hunt was extremely positive about the outcomes of the afternoon. „We have
five new members signed up, with another six indicating they will be coming on
board and just need to get their paperwork in. It was fantastic to have the Australian
Sports Commissions support in this initiative.‟
Noosa Basketball Club came on as an AASC organisation in 2010 when three
members completed their CCTP accreditation. Since that time, the club has
participated in AASC Community Coach Professional Development sessions,
become a popular AASC deliverer at Good Shepherd Lutheran College in
Noosaville and been the recipient of two SIGS, one for equipment to use when
coaching at AASC Sites and a second to run the “Come and Try” session. A great
example of how AASC involvement can provide pathways for participants and help
clubs increase their junior membership and coaching capacities!
Children participate in Tennis at the
Kingaroy Sports Expo
Bulldogs hungry for new members
In North Queensland, over one hundred children had a great afternoon at the
Centrals Bulldogs Junior AFL Club at Trinity Beach, Cairns on Thursday 17
February. Pupils from Holy Cross, Yorkeys Knob and Peace Lutheran College
enjoyed the kicking and handballing games, followed by a free BBQ and
refreshments provided by the club. All the participants were given a „free‟
membership and sign on information and now Bulldogs are planning to deliver
more school visits to encourage the boys and girls to return and join the club.
Football Club helps to integrate children with special needs into club
AASC affiliated organisation Maroochydore Football Club initiated a series of
soccer clinics for children with special needs in Term 4, 2010. After an extremely
positive response from participants and parents, Maroochydore re-launched the
clinics in Term 1, 2011 and doubled their participant numbers from nine to eighteen
children. The clinics were the idea of Maroochydore Club Coach Tim Sheridan.
After Tim completed his CCTP in early 2010, he attended an AASC professional
development session where he was inspired by a presentation by special education
expert Dale Lanini. Tim created these clinics to provide a pathway into organised
sport for AASC participants with special needs, particularly children from AASC
Sunshine Coast sites Nambour Special School (where Tim delivers the AASC
sessions) and Currimundi Special School, as often these children do not get a
chance to transition into regular community sport. „We have had such fantastic
feedback on the clinics from parents, teachers and children and are hoping to
continue running them each term. We have been able to integrate some of the
children who have attended clinics into the mainstream team for their age group
which is just great,‟ Tim reports.
Girls contest on Bulldogs day: The
girls were just as keen as the boys to
get involved
Soccer skills: learning the basics
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COMMUNITY COACH UPDATE
Gold Coast Coaches Get Active in Workshops
February saw the first of a series of Coach Development Workshops hosted on the
Gold Coast. The first session „How & When to Change IT‟ took place at the Gold
Coast PCYC on a very warm Sunday morning. Rob Quinnell (Gold Coast) and
Martin Grose (Toowoomba) delivered a practical workshop on how to implement
the „AASC Change IT‟ philosophy for best advantage. All agreed that the session
was very valuable in how best to make the changes to increase the enjoyment and
activity levels of children participating in AASC sessions.
„A different way of looking at disability, games and motor activity‟ was held on 10
March at the Varsity Lakes Office. Dale Lanini, an education advisor from the
Sunshine Coast delivered a practical workshop looking at inclusiveness of all
children into AASC sessions. Everyone left with a better understanding of disability
in sport and the fundamental motor activity involved in an activity.
The South Queensland regional coordinators and coaches attended the Behaviour
Management workshop on 28 March. Peter Melrose director of Third Circle
Consulting and Support Services and social worker provided a very interesting and
informative session on supporting children with behaviour difficulties. The session
looked at turning theory into practice and how as coaches we can understand and
manage difficult behaviours.
Participants at the Gold Coast
CHANGE IT workshop
5 Star Community Coach Award Winners
Term 3, 2010 Winner – Fred Joe
Fred Joe from Cape and the Torres Strait is the Term 3, 5
Star Community Coach Award Winner Queensland.
Fred is a great role model for the children of Tagai State
College, Kubin Campus. He is a committed, enthusiastic and adaptable coach, who
has made a huge difference to school attendance, children‟s behaviour and attitudes
and has enabled the children of Kubin to experience a variety of sports in the AASC
Program.
Fred has provided afternoon activities for the children twice a week for the past three
years. He is positive, fun and encourages and supports all children. Fred is also the
“You Can Do It” promoter and continues to discretely encourage good behaviour in
the AASC program.
Term 4, 2010 Winner – Jacqueline Hunt
Jacqueline (Jacq) Hunt from the South Burnett region is the
Term 4, 5 Star Community Coach Award winner for
Queensland. Jacq started delivering in the AASC program
this year and has delivered circus skills, Frisbee and
triathlon sessions. She has delivered four days per week
this term, travelling up to 60 kilometers to some sites to
provide ASSC sessions.
Jacq has built a fantastic reputation with sites and the
community. She is enthusiastic, energetic and engaging. She introduces fun
activities to the children that maximise participation and that cater for all ages and
ability levels. Jacq has the drive to provide all children with opportunities to enjoy
physical activity. In circus sessions she dresses up as a clown which the children
respond to very well. This entertaining element breaks the ice and helps encourage
children to have fun and have a go.
Fred Joe QLD 5 Star Community
Coach showcasing is hockey skills
The award highlights the value
we place on the contribution of
coaches to our program. If you
know a coach who goes above
and beyond the call of duty to
deliver fun and inclusive sports
to children This is your chance
to recognise an outstanding
coach in your area by
nominating them for the AASC‟s
5 Star Community Coach Award.
Term 2 nominations are due on
20 th June.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
As school children return to school, after-school sport is still open for
play
Bundamba Outside School Care (OSC) situated at Bundamba State School in
Ipswich suffered major damage in the January floods. A large amount of the
centre‟s resources and sporting equipment was lost or damaged, but a combined
effort from AASC staff and community members ensured that Bundamba students
will be able to participate in the AASC program this term, which will including
martial arts and other structured physical activities.
Greg Fox, the acting Regional Coordinator for the AASC Brisbane Outer West
Region, said staff were in a race against time to be ready for the start of the school
year on Monday 24 January 2011.
„Bundamba currently has 45 children in the AASC activities,‟ Greg said. „It was
vitally important to us that we have the program back up and running in order to
provide a sense of routine and normalcy for the community.
„I received donations of stationery supplies and used sporting equipment from my
community contacts. They were able to re-commence operations on the 24
January, an impressive effort given the amount of flood damage that hit the school
and surrounding community.
Greg Fox (centre) delivers supplies to
Bundamba Outside School Care staff
members
Important information about the new Coach Fees
One of the major challenges facing the program and staff is the change to our
coach costs. After a significant review of all coach costs across Australia it was
found many coaches were charging rates which were in excess of the highest
grade included in the National Sporting Organisation Award 2010.
The focus for us is reducing excessive fees as the current arrangement is
unsustainable and inappropriate given the community nature of our program. In
order for the AASC program to continue to achieve its outcomes efficiently and
effectively it is essential that coach costs move more into line with what is
appropriate for AASC - a free physical activity „introductory‟ program for primary
school aged children.
We hope sites that benefit from any savings can put this towards equipment and
other resources to support the program and that clubs, sporting organisations and
private providers can continue to utilise the AASC program as a vehicle to engage
new participants to their club, sport and/or business.
Active After-school Communities veteran passes the 250 sessions
mark
The Australian sports Commission‟s Active After-school
Communities (AASC) program has provided Burnett
Heads State School student Bailey McQualter Walsh (left)
with an amazing opportunity to participate in over 250
AASC sport and activity sessions in the after school time
slot. Bailey was one of the
original students opting to take
part in the AASC program when
Burnett Heads State School
joined the AASC program in term
4, 2005. Site coordinator Peter
Kabakoff has always been impressed with Bailey‟s
commitment and enthusiasm with all the AASC activities
offered.
Toowoomba based RC Scott Hawkins
ready for business at the University of
Southern Queensland ‘O week’
market
RC Jasmine Glasson and Jay Wehlow
at the Maranoa Sports Breakfast in
Roma with allied organisations
Bailey still keen to get involved with a broken arm
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QLD Super Site Award WINNER - Marian Catholic School OSHC
Congratulations to Marian Catholic School OSHC in Townsville for winning the
2010 Queensland Super Site Award. Marian OSHC has been running a first
class AASC program for a number of years offering a wide range of sports to
the children while constantly promoting and developing pathways to local
sporting clubs including an initiative with Townsville Hockey that resulted in 78
kids signing up to try out the sport. The site engages all of the children in the
program and in special events throughout the year including AASC campaigns,
walkathons up Castle Mountain and an end of year concert for site staff and
parents. Marian Catholic School OSHC received a Super Site Award Trophy
and a $500 voucher for sporting equipment for their outstanding effort.
OSHCS staff from Marian Catholic School utilising the AASC Child Participation Chart;
Play for Life resources and ‘Engaging Inactive Children Strategy’.
Children from Marian Catholic
School OSHC participating in the
AASC program
Fourth Year in the Program and is STRONGER THAN EVER
The children, staff and parents at Caboolture Montessori School have been
getting into the community spirit of the Active After-school Communities
Program. The school located on the outskirts of Caboolture manages to attract
the majority of the children to participate in the program. First accepted into the
program in 2008 the school has developed their program so it now attracts over
30 children to each session and to keep up with demand the school has plans to
expand their program to three days a week in semester two this year. The
program is managed by the school‟s Principal, Ms Yvonne Rinaldi who made
the following comments about the program:
‘I would like to formally thank the Australian Government for offering this
program to our school and to all the children that now participate in healthy
activities, rather than sit at home in front of a television or computer screen.
Due to the training offered by this program one of our parents has now found
valuable work in the community and is also working part-time for our school
delivering the Active After-school Communities Program’
Kris Gunn, Community Coach with children
Cara Yuill and Hayley McFarlane.
The school involves the entire school community in the management of the
program with several parents helping out to prepare a healthy fruit platter for
afternoon tea. Other parents completing the Community Coach Training
Program (CCTP) to provide active supervision of the program and local
community based coaches employed to coach the children. One of the parents,
Kris Gunn completed the CCTP last year and now uses the school‟s Playing for
Life Kit and companion manuals to run a variety of fun, challenging and active
activities for the children. Kris loves coaching within the program and with his
background as a qualified chef; Kris is keen to share his skills and knowledge
about healthy eating with the kids to ensure they remain healthy and active for
life.
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