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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.
Future Development of School Sport and Phys cal Act v ty Review Report The state schools that part c pated n th s sect on of the survey had a total enrolment of almost 30,000 students. The results nd cate that most state school students (84%) had one or more hours of planned sport or phys cal act v ty per week n the nom nated twoweek per od. Table 2: Student activity levels, survey of state schools Percentage of students in the selected schools Amount of planned physical activity or sport per week Less than 1 hour 1–2 hours 2 or more hours Pr mary: Years 1–3 21% 52% 27% Pr mary: Years 4–7 10% 32% 58% Secondary: Years 8–10 12% 29% 59% Secondary: Years 11–12 32% 28% 40% All students 16% 35% 49% Some 25 state schools n Ind genous commun t es part c pated n the survey. The results nd cate that n these schools, 82% of students had one or more hours of planned sport or phys cal act v ty per week n the nom nated two-week per od. Table 3: Student activity levels, survey of state schools in Indigenous Communities Percentage of students in the selected schools Amount of planned physical activity or sport per week Less than 1 hour 1–2 hours 2 or more hours Pr mary: Years 1–3 29% 49% 22% Pr mary: Years 4–7 12% 40% 48% Secondary: Years 8–10 13% 12% 75% Secondary: Years 11–12 28% 43% 29% All students 19% 39% 42% Spec al schools were asked about the r students’ nvolvement n sport and phys cal act v ty for the two-week collect on per od. The survey quest onna res were mod fied to meet the d fferent act v ty levels n spec al schools. In the spec al schools that part c pated n the survey, 76% of students had one or more hours of planned sport or phys cal act v ty per week n the nom nated two-week per od. Table 4: Student activity levels, survey of special schools Percentage of students in the selected schools Amount of planned physical activity or sport per week Less than 1 hour 1–2 hours 2 or more hours Jun or schools 23% 18% 59% Intermed ate schools 28% 14% 58% Sen or schools 23% 13% 64% All students 24% 16% 60% Types of sports Schools were asked about the types of inter-school sports and competitions they were nvolved n for the 2006 school year. • The 66 state schools that responded to th s sect on of the survey l sted a total of 38 d fferent types of nter-school sports and compet t ons. Of these, the nter-school sports played by the largest numbers of schools were athlet cs (48 schools), football – soccer (47 schools) and netball (44 schools). 13
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