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In this month’s newsletter we reflect on the Olympic Games and highlight 1Seven articles that can help focus students, parents and teachers alike on the benefits of sport.

Olympic Fever? What do you know about the Olympic Games?

The original Olympic Games were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until AD 393. Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown in 1833, with the first modern international Olympic Games taking place in 1859.

The Olympic Games, as we know it, is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years.

The program of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad will take place August 8-24, 2008, in Beijing, China. The Games will play host to the 28 summer sports currently on the Olympic program and approximately 10,500 athletes are expected to participate in the Games.

Will you be following the Olympic Games this month?

TEACHERS

Lesson: Week 1, Upper Primary Years 5 & 6 - Fitness Collage

Students will develop their understandings about the four basic components of physical fitness; cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility and muscular endurance. They will create a collage to classify sports within their predominant fitness component through a web or newspaper and magazine search. You might like to focus on all Olympic images…. [CLICK HERE]

Schools Crucial for Keeping Kids on the Move

Young Australians may be more physically active than is widely believed - but school physical education still plays a vital role in keeping kids on the move. [CLICK HERE]

PARENTS  Gymnastics Build Up Bones

Gymnastics is many peoples favourite Olympic sport. Did you know girls can reduce their risk of experiencing osteoporosis later in life by performing weight-bearing exercise such as gymnastics? [CLICK HERE]

Activity Personalities

Helping children to get physical might mean matching their personalities to activities. So how do we discover their 'activity personalities'?

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KIDS

Wet Workouts

Will you be watching our athletes splash about in the Olympic pool? Splashing about in a swimming pool is not only fun, it is very good for your body. But why is this? [CLICK HERE]

Team Up for Good Times

Thinking about getting more exercise? Why not take up a team sport! [CLICK HERE]

PROGRAM NEWS

1Seven Information in Different Languages

In keeping with this month’s international focus, we are pleased to announce that there are now 1Seven information sheets on the website in five languages – Arabic, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese and Chinese

To find out more visit this page and scroll down to find them on the right hand side.

Healthy School Awards

Don’t forget the Medibank Private 1Seven Health School Awards are now open. Entering is simple and fun, with great prizes available for the winning entries and participation certificates for every school that enters. To find out more visit the 1Seven website. [CLICK HERE]

Poster Giveaway

If you’d like some free 1Seven posters sent to you just let us know by sending us an email (1Seven@afl.com.au) with your postal details and how many posters you’d like. You can check out A1 size posters we’re giving awayhere.

Sports Kits Winners

We are pleased to announce that the following schools are the state/territory winners of the sports kit for the month of June. These sports kits will either be presented by a Game Development staff member and where possible with an elite player from one of the sports or be couriered direct to the school.

Congratulations to the following schools:

• Westerway P.S – Tasmania
• Durack P.S - Northern Territory
• Busselton P.S – Western Australia
• St Mary’s Memorial School – South Australia
• Kerrimiur P.S – Victoria
• St Jerome’s P.S – New South Wales
• St Anthony’s Parish P.S – Australian Capital Territory
• Norris Road S.S - Queensland

CONTACT

We hope that 1Seven will assist and stimulate discussion, thought and action in schools, communities and homes. We welcome your feedback and please feel free to email your thoughts, comments and suggestions to: 1Seven@afl.com.au

Kind regards,

1Seven program – AFL and Netball Australia

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TEACHERS

Lesson: Week 7, Lower Primary Years 1 & 2 – What Are You Eating?

Students will classify the contents of their lunchbox into three categories ‘Everyday Foods’, ‘Think About Foods’ and ‘Occasional Foods’. Students will discuss the importance of eating a balanced diet for good health. [CLICK HERE]

Snack Foods Supply Excess Fat

Aussie kids are consuming two to four times the recommended amounts of unhealthy snack foods, a new study has revealed. [CLICK HERE]

What is 'energy' and where do we get it? What happens if we get too much? [CLICK HERE]

Just like a car engine needs petrol, your body needs fuel. It needs food! [CLICK HERE]

With the number of overweight Aussie kids ballooning, it's increasingly vital to encourage young people to be physically active. It's also high time to review what our children are eating. [CLICK HERE]

Busy Kids Need Big Breakfasts

What a child eats for breakfast may affect how they perform at school throughout the day. If they have physical education classes, a bigger brekkie is certainly in order. [CLICK HERE]

Soon we will be launching the Medibank Private 1Seven Healthy School Awards. This will include a competition open to all schools registered with the program and invite both students and teachers to submit entries, based on various aspects of the program. Stay tuned for more details.  

This month all schools will receive a 2008 1Seven Welcome Pack, which will include materials such as the latest 1Seven brochure & poster. This pack has been addressed to the principal of the school.

We have been busy making some changes to the Curriculum Lessons available on the website (via the Teachers page) and most of these changes have now been made available on the site. The curriculum for Preps, Years 1+2 & Years 3+4 have all been updated, with the final Years 5+6 soon to be completed.

SPORTS KIT WINNERS

We are pleased to announce that the following schools are the state/territory winners of the sports kit for the month of April. These sports kits will either be presented by a Game Development staff member and where possible with an elite player from one of the sports or be couriered direct to the school.

Congratulations to the following schools:

• Longford P.S – Tasmania 
• Holy Family Catholic P.S – Northern Territory 
• North Fremantle P.S – Western Australia
• Gawler P.S – South Australia
• Iramoo P.S – Victoria 
• Oatlands P.S – New South Wales 
• Quaama P.S – New South Wales 
• Coomera S.S - Queensland

We hope that 1Seven will assist and stimulate discussion, thought and action in schools, communities and homes. We welcome your feedback and please feel free to email your thoughts, comments and suggestions to: 1Seven@afl.com.au

Kind regards,

1Seven program – AFL and Netball Australia