Active Children
"Increasing the activity levels of young people"
In December 2007, SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) announced newly adopted physical activity guidelines for children and young people (ages 5-18). The New Zealand Physical Activity Guidelines for children and young people (5 - 18 year olds) state that New Zealand children and young people should:
• throughout each day, do 60 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity
• be active in as many ways as possible; for example, through play, cultural activities, dance, sport and recreation, jobs, and going from place to place
• be active with friends and whanau, at home, school, and in your community
• spend less than 2-hours a day (out of school time) in front of television, computers and game consoles
Active Youth’s mission is about increasing the physical activity levels of young people through sport and recreation. The Active Youth team at Sport Southland is committed to providing information and opportunities for children aged 12 years and under and their communities.
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Our services to young people and their communities include:
| Active Movement
Active Movement is engaging in quality physical movement experience which develop and enhance the spiritual, emotional, social, cognitive and physiological growth of the pre school aged child. |
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Active SchoolsActive Schools aims to improve physical activity opportunities and experiences in our primary schools by providing schools with a quality teaching resource outlining co-curricula and cross-curricula physical activity opportunities for children throughout the school day and supporting collaborative school and community-wide physical activity planning. |
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Active Families |
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Skills Based Health & Physical Education ProgrammeThe Skills Based Health and Physical Education Programme is run by Sport Southland and funded by the Invercargill Licensing Trust. Children travel to Stadium Southland once a week where they are split up into ability based groups, and receive teaching & coaching by Sport Southland staff. The programme provides a focus on developing generic sporting skills, such as running, jumping, passing & catching as well as kicking, rather than sports specific skills. The skills learnt by the children are transferable across a variety of sports. |
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Holiday Programmes Providing sport and recreation opportunities to primary school aged children through their school holidays |
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KiwiSport Kiwisport is a government funding initiative to support sport for school-aged children |
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School Support Facilitating workshops, promoting events and providing in-depth support that will increase school communities’ participation and physical activity culture |
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Sport Oppourtunity Assisting schools to include young people with a disability into sport and active recreation |
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For More Information
For more information regarding our Active Youth programmes or for consultation please feel free to contact our Active Youth team at Sport Southland on (03) 211 2150.
