PROPOSAL



THE PROPOSAL.**
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Rushworth P-12 College is located in Rushworth within the Kyabram district area and was “ formed through the amalgamation of Rushworth Secondary College and Rushworth Primary School in 1996 and consolidated onto a single site in 1997”([|www.rushworthp-12.vic.edu.au]). The students of Rushworth come from surrounding areas such as:Colbinabbin, Harston, Murchison, Nagambie and Stanhope, and of couse Rushworth which has a population of just over 1000 people.

Rushworth P-12 College runs many community based programs that involve their students. These programs include “T he Year 9 Community Involvement Program (engaging the CFA brigades of Colbinabbin, Murchison and Rushworth), the Year 5-12 Public Speaking and Debating Program and the P-12 Sporting Program” ([|www.rushworthp-12.vic.edu.au]) .These programs help keep the community engaged in the school and visa versa.

The school is a healthy promoting school. This has provided us with the opportunity to utilise the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden and various types of sporting equipment.

As the College is involved in many programs, it plays an extremely important role in the community. The establishment of these programs has allowed for strong growth and the building of strong partnerships within and around the Rushworth area.


 * Rationale**

Rushworth P-12 College is a well equipped school in regards to health promotion. The College has a wide range of sporting equipment, an outdoor pizza oven/kitchen and a garden which we plan to make use of. Our aim is to help Year 10 students make informed choices in relation to several areas of health. To assist in the improvement of healthy eating and good nutrition we are going to make pizzas using healthy toppings. Year 10 students will most likely have already developed certain eating and physical activity habits, and our goal is not to change these, but to educate the students in making ‘healthy’ choices. The day will begin with an icebreaker and warm up activity.This will ensure that everyone is involved and help students get to know the student teachers from Latrobe University. The healthy activity day will also be used to promote fun and different ways to exercise.This will hopefully introduce some new activities to all students. Often students in Australia are only exposed to traditional sports such as AFL football. netball, basketball and tennis. A key aim of our health promotion day is to provide students with the opportunity to experience non traditional sports and be given a chance to participate in them. The Healthy Activity day will also focus on the prevention of drug and alcohol use. This will be done subtly through physical activity games and will build on and extend students prior knowledge,  Team Leader: Stacey Lawlor**
 * The Team

I am the team leader of the blue team. I am currently in the last year of my Pe/Health degree at Latrobe Bendigo. We have been working hard to create a fun health promotion day. My role has allowed me to work with all team members to enable the day to come together. I have conducted meetings and overseen activities to make sure that we all achieve our common goal.

Communications Manager:

Strategic Planning:

Event Planning:


 * Evaluation Manager: Brad Collins**

I am the evaluation manager for the blue team. I am currently completing my second year of the PE/Health deegree at Latrobe Bendigo. My role was basically to work out how the day was going to be evaluated to give us some valuable feedback on how the day went and how we performed as a group. I am also responsible for analysing this feedback gathered during the day and writing the evaluation report.

Policy: Monique Lewis

I am currently completing my second year degree of Physical and Health Education at La Trobe University in Bendigo. My role in the group was to find any relevant policies from the school or Government and to make sure the group adhered to these on the day. The policies provide a basis for us to reach our goal of health promotion. The policies are health related and include the 'student wellbeing policy', 'healthy foods policy' and the 'health promoting schools policy'.

Environment and Ethos:

Curriculum:

Partnerships: My name is Kendall O'Sullivan and I am a second year Physical and Health education student, at La Trobe University. My role is the partnerships. This role involves getting the surrounding community and school behind this awareness day. I was able to get donations of food from Bakers Delight Strath Village, Bendigo and IGA Bendigo. The Bendigo Advertiser (newspaper) was able to provide some promotional products for this day.


 * Policy**

The student wellbeing policy takes into account the physical and emotional wellbeing of the students. Our aim is to ensure that our activities and resources provide educational oportunities for students to build on their values and beliefs and to work with partnerships to aid the development of wellbeing. To implement the policy we will encourage students through various activities to seek active lifestyles, choose healthy options and understand how to deal with different issues in life. The following link will take you to the schools 'Student Wellbeing Policy'.
 * __Student Wellbeing__**

The Healthy Foods policy ensures that students have opportunities to live a healthy lifestyle and to make healthy choices that are essential for growth and maintenance in growing bodies. Our aim is to provide food and drink using partnerships in the local community that model the benefits of healthy choices. To view the schools 'Healthy Foods Policy' click on the link.
 * __Healthy Foods__**

**__Health Promoting Schools__** Health promoting schools is a policy designed to take action in order to create an environment that will have the best outcome for the health and wellbeing of students, staff and the wider school community. To view the 'Health Promoting Schools policy' click on the link. To adhere to these guidelines we aim to create meaningful teaching and learning for all the students across the curriculum. To do this, creative and interesting physical activities will be used to engage the children and provide a framework for healthy life skills and active lifestyles. We also aim to build strong relationships with the community and its services and to develop positive teams and relationships within the children through collaborative descision making processes. Assessment and reporting willl be completed at the completion of the day to ensure the guidelines were successfull.

**Risk Assessment** **Risk Register/Assessment.** **School: Rushworth P-12**  **Supervising teachers/staff.**  **Program/Excursion: School based project****Year Level: Ten**  **Dates: 15****th** **October 2009**  **Location(s): Rushworth school grounds**



**Risk Description** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">**Existing Controls** ||||||

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">**Rating** ||

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">**Treatment Priority**1 || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">**Treatment** || //Something occurs … caused by … leading to …// || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Describe any existing policy, procedure, practice or device that acts to minimise a particular risk || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Effectiveness of existing controls || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Risk Consequences || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Risk Likelihood || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">If control effectiveness is poor or unknown provide further treatment || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">For those risks requiring treatment in addition to the existing controls. List: || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Likely || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Low || The child will be taken to the first aid supervisor who will address the wound soon after the injury has occurred. The child will then be monitored. || || Protective sporting equipment could be used on a safe playing ground as well as playing to the rules to minimise the occurance of the risk || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Unknown || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Major || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Rare || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">High || Immobilise the child and the correct authorities will be called immediately after the injury has occurred. They will address the childs injury professionally. || || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Unlikely || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">High || Child will be taken immediately to the first aid monitor or the first aid monitor will be called over to the child. They will know the correct procedure to follow. The child will then be monitored accordingly. || || The school has an evacuation plan in place. || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Satisfactory || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Major || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Rare || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">High ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Describe the risk event, cause/s and consequence/s. For example,
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">What will be done?
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Who is accountable?
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">When will it happen? ||
 * Sporting Injury occurs when a child falls over leading to a graze, cut or abrasion. || Protective equipment and a safe playing ground could minimise the severity of the risk. || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Unknown || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Minor
 * Sporting injury occurs from a hit or a fall resulting in a break, fracture or displacement.
 * Medical problems occur if a child has an allergy or disability resulting in abnormal functioning of the body. || Staff are aware of the alergy or disability and have steps to follow if a complication occurs. || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Unknown || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; text-align: left;">Major
 * Fire occurs caused by various factors leading to a possible life threatening situation.

Students and staff will be evacuated occordingly following the plan in place immediately when notified of the fire. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**Strategic Planning Table**


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**Objectives** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**Strategies** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**Performance indicators** || <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**Partnerships** ||
 * To improve healthy eating choices made by students using school facilities. || By making eating healthy food, fun and tasty using nutritional ingredients on pizzas. || If students are happy and capable of creating a healthy pizza. Also with use of student and teacher feedback forms provided by evaluations manager. || We willll need the use of Rushworth's Pizza oven over the lunchtime period. ||
 * Improve the way the students comunnicate and interact with each other. This will improve the atmosphere at the school, and make it more freindly and inviting. || Using fun activites to show how good communication can affect the results of these certain activities. While hopefully engaging different students and encouraging them to mix with all of their peers. || If students are able to apply their knowledge from the activities to specfic scenarios we have set for them.Also with use of student and teacher feedback forms provided by evaluations manager. || Hopefully with the use of possible guest speakers and how the staff and students already get along at the school, we can promote a team enviroment. ||
 * Improve & promote physical activity in students by using non-traditional sports. || By using fun interactive games once again, that all studentss can participate in, get them moving and increase their knowledge of exercise and. Discussion of mental and physical benefits of exercise. || If all students are having fun and participating, that should give us the general idea that they are engaged, enjoying themselves and hopefully changing their exercise habits. Also with use of student and teacher feedback forms provided by evaluations manager. || We'll need the use of Rushworths extensive sports equipment and oval, or schoolgrounds. ||

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**Health Promotion Day Activities**




 * ** Time ** || ** What ** || ** Where ** || ** Who ** ||
 * 9-10.40 || 5 Mins- Evaluation

Break students into groups. 5 groups of 12. Students to be given colour bands to identify group.

5-10 Mins- Communication Activity

60 mins- Speed ball Netball/soccer/football Group that is not participating to be allocated roles. -Time keeper -Scorer -News reporter -BOG || Oval-Oval to be sectioned off using cones (cemetery oval) || Brad

Joel to break students into groups

Brad and Olivia

Tom and Nick to type up rules and send to each group member so that our expectations are consistent.

Joel to allocate roles to students || Whilst other three groups are to create a video. Video focused on promoting healthy eating/nutrition || -Pizza oven -Classroom close to pizza oven || Pizza Making-Kendall, Stacey and Joel
 * 10.40-11.15 || ** RECESS ** || || ||
 * 11.15-12.55 || -2 groups to make pizzas

Brad and Olivia to organise cameras from the uni || 3 activities
 * 12.55-1.40 || ** LUNCH ** || || ||
 * 1.45-3.25 || 60 Mins- Circuit

5th activity- trivia

5 Mins- Evaluation || Netball court || -Mona and Kendall -2 people to help out at each activity Joel and Stacey to organise trivia game

Brad ||

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> For activity rules and instructions please see activity links: Activity 1 : Extreme Relay Activity 2: UNO Fitness Stations Activity 3: Skipping ( Long Ropes)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**WET WEATHER PLAN**


 * Fun, Interactive game in an available classroom related to health/health promotion
 * Indoor lacrosse game- would need gym
 * Indoor Circuit - boxing etc.
 * Indoor crab soccer

Budget for Pizzas, Fruit and Juice. **


 * Note*** Donations have not been considered in this budget. Will not know the amount that can be donated until a closer date.**

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Cheese (bag) || 1kg 500g || $10.00 $7.00 || Pizza Bases DONATED ( Bakers Delight) || ||
 * Tomato Sauce || $3.45 x 5 || $ 17.25 ||
 * Pineapple (tinned) || $1.60 x 3 || $ 4.80 ||
 * Ham || $ 9.90kg x 2 || $19.80 ||
 * Capsicum || .50c x 10 || $ 5.00 ||
 * Mushrooms
 * Salami || 700g || $ 15.00 ||
 * Olives || 500g || $ 7.00 ||

TOTAL= $ 85.85 ||

Apples- Royal Gala || 1.5kg bag || $3.98 || Bananas || .81c x 4 || $3.24 || Watermelon (seedless) || 1.7kg || $5.07 || Oranges Navel || 3kg || $5.98 || Pineapple || (whole) || $3.56 || Rock Melon || (whole) || $2.99

TOTAL= $24.82 ||

Orange Juice Apple Juice Tropical/Breakfast Juice Black-current Juice Plactic Cups || 4ltrs $4.99 x 2 2ltrs $2.99 x 2 2ltrs $2.99 x 2 2ltrs $2.99 x 2 20 x 3 || $ 9.98 $ 5.98 $5.98 $5.98 $5.00 TOTAL = $ 32.92 ||
 * (just juice)


 * WITHOUT DONATIONS || TOTAL = $ 143.59 ||


 * <span style="color: #ff00af; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Partnerships role **: This role involved getting local business to donate and participate in this healthy activity day in the Rushwoth school. The supporting businesses for this day included; Bakers Delight Strath Village ( donating pizza bases and all bread that was used throughout all of the schools), IGA Strath Village (gave us the opportunity for some donations of fruit and vegetables) and The Bendigo Advertiser Newspaper which is distributed throughout the Rushworth region ( for donating promotional products eg. stress balls, pens and stickers). It was difficult to get parents involved in this day as students at this age do not like to have their parents around when they are at school. Teachers will be involved during the day by participating in activities and learning the games that we teach the students, so that they can continue these non traditional games once we have left.

Evaluation of Students prior and post knowledge**<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
 * Evaluation


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At the start of the day I will lead a group discussion asking questions of the children that allow us to gain an idea of their exercise patterns, nutrition choices and environmental awareness. I will engage the children in this activity by getting them to stand up and move around and have input in questions asked, while other members of the group will record information.

-** What do you think being healthy means? - Put your hand up if you exercise twice a week. Ask a couple of students what they do as exercise. - Put your hand up if you play sport on a weekend? Ask some of the students what sports they play and where they play it. - How many servings of fruit and vegetbales a day do you think is healthy? - Put your hand up if you have 2-3 servings a day, 4-5 and 5-9. Ask a couple of students what sorts of food they eat. - Tell them how many servings are actually recommended - What sort of things can we do as people to help the environment become healthier? Ask several students and have a class discussion
 * Questions:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At the end of the day I will distribute evaluation sheets to the students and ask them to quickly fill them out.

-** A list of the activities participated in during the day, have a scale of 1-5 get them to rate each activity on the basis of enjoyment 1 being bad 5 being good. - Did you learn anything from this day? Yes or no. If yes what did you learn? - Enjoyment of the overall day scale of 1-5 - Do you think you will change anything personally as a result of this day? Yes or no. If yes what?
 * Questions:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> At the start of the day I will also distribute evaluation sheets for the teachers so that we can get some good feedback from a teacher’s point of view on our day. This will also help us in being able to evaluate and reflect on strategic planning, reporting on whether our goals were met.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Evaluation of the group from the teacher’s perspective **

- All questions will have a rating next to them where the teacher may tick from excellent to poor. - the effectiveness of the group - effectiveness and whether the day was worthwhile - relevance of the day - Activities provided - Content provided - Some comments for teaching points or any further comments. 1
 * Questions:**