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Review Report Future Development of School Sport and Phys cal Act v ty
Table 1: Survey Participants
12
Stakeholder group
Number selected to
participate in the survey Number who responded
State schools 73 71
State schools n Ind genous commun t es 29 25
Spec al schools 17 14
Reg onal School Sport Officers 12 11
State Sport ng Organ sat ons 106 18
School Sport Comm ttees 36 14
The survey quest oned stakeholders about var ous aspects of sport and phys cal
act v ty n schools, nclud ng levels of act v ty (school survey only), perce ved barr ers to
part c pat on, examples of good pract ce and school – commun ty cooperat on.
Schools were asked to nom nate a su table representat ve to answer survey quest ons
about sport and phys cal act v ty for the school as a whole. Survey respondents ncluded
health and/or phys cal educat on teachers, heads of department and pr nc pals.
Defin t ons used n the survey were:
Intra-school and
phys cal act v ty
Intra-school sport and phys cal act v ty relates to the sports
played w th n the school between nd v dual students or teams of
students, and the phys cal act v ty programs that may be n place
for those students not part c pat ng n a recogn sed sport. Phys cal
act v ty may nclude act v t es that develop gross motor sk lls, and
var ous games played as part of an organ sed phys cal act v ty or
phys cal educat on program.
Inter-school sport Inter-school sport relates to spec fic sports played by nd v dual
students or teams of students aga nst other schools.
School surveys
Randomly selected state pr mary, state secondary and spec al schools n metropol tan,
prov nc al and rural sports reg ons were asked to part c pate n the rev ew and complete
the sport and phys cal act v ty surveys over a two-week per od.
Findings
Surveys were completed for three d st nct school types: state schools (pr mary and
secondary), spec al schools, and state schools located n Ind genous commun t es.
Schools were asked to prov de data on the part c pat on rate of students by year level. The
year level structure d d not apply for spec al schools as the r classroom structure s more
al gned to the three levels of jun or school, m ddle school, and sen or school. Results from
spec al schools are reported separately.
Schools were asked about the r students’ nvolvement n sport and phys cal act v ty for a
two-week collect on per od of Monday 8 May to Fr day 16 May 2006. Sports and phys cal
act v ty ncluded the Health and Phys cal Educat on program, nter-school sport, ntraschool
sports and planned phys cal act v ty programs. Schools were asked for the number
of students who had part c pated n these act v t es for two hours or more per week, one to
two hours per week and less than one hour per week, for the nom nated two week per od.
A nom nated survey respondent prov ded data about the phys cal act v t es of all students
n the r school. Th s method was chosen to reduce the t me requ red for school staff to
complete the survey, but t s poss ble that these results may have been d fferent f every
teacher or student had been surveyed nd v dually.