Quick Summary: Health and Physical Education has been proven to not only be positive for children’s physical and emotional health, but also with their mental health and intellectual learning capacities. A study that has come out of the US has shown that physical activity in children can help them with the development of their memory,…
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Quick Summary: Victorian Labor leader Daniel Andrews has promised $10 million in funding to upgrade changing room facilities if Labor win the state election in November. Many older sporting facilities do not adequately cater for women, as they were designed without the idea that women will be using the facilities as well as men.…
DetailsIn the United Kingdom, the Government announced a new funding initiative that has helped to support health and physical education in primary schools. This is part of a policy to get more people playing sport and the funding is aimed at providing quality physical education in school and to increase the opportunities for young people…
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Quick summary: An estimated 6000 people came to watch this year’s Bingham Cup – the world cup of gay rugby. Matt Simpson from The Roar expresses why the Bingham Cup is so important for straight men to recognise and change casual homophobic behaviour in sport. He recounts the story of when one of his…
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Quick Summary: There is a continuing and growing issue around primary school and preschool aged children getting enough physical exercise. According to Australian guidelines, preschool children are recommended to have at least 3 hours of physical activities each day and primary aged children are recommended to have a least an hour of physical exercise per day.…
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This lecture looks ahead to the new 2014 Health and Physical Education curriculum framework, showing the challenges and opportunities that this will present for Health and Physical education teachers. Dawn Penny is a Professor of Physical Education and Pedagogy at Monash University . She addresses the following questions: How gaps in official textbooks best be exploited?…
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Quick Summary: There has been a rise is injuries from school rugby games due to the students gaining and maintaining more muscle than previously seen. There is a large gym culture that has emerged over the last couple of years, and while this is seen as a counter culture to obesity, bulking and excessive muscle gain…
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Quick Summary: The next stage of redevelopment to Geelong’s Simonds Stadium has been granted $5 million in funding by the Victorian Government. This follows stage 3 of redevelopment to the stadium, which had funding of $26.5 million and included the construction of the Players Stand and the Community Wellness and Education Centre, as well as the installation…
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Quick Summary: The first stage of approval has been given for an indoor sporting stadium in Mildura. The approval has been given for the planning stage of the stadium, which will cater for gymnastics, squash, volleyball, basketball and table tennis clubs. The projected capital cost are estimated to be about $21 million and the council have…
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This timelapse video shows what it takes to put together an American football stadium. University of Baylor in Texas have released a timelapse of construction of their newly constructed McLane Stadium. The stadium was designed by Populous, contains 45,000 seat and is located on the Brazos River. It is a great overview of what it…
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