PROJECT ENERGIZE

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PROJECT ENERGIZE
Working with Your School in 2007
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Project Overview

• A Waikato District Health Board Initiative
• Aim To increase the amount and quality of
  physical activity and to improve the nutritional
  status of school age Waikato children.
• 2004-2006 Research Project with two components,
  Evaluation and Intervention
• Evaluation involved a range of physical measures
  of consenting 5 and 10 year olds a home
  questionnaire and school stock take baseline
  and end point.
• Intervention involved a facilitator working in
  programme schools to support them with physical
  activity and nutrition initiatives.

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Where to from here?

• Continued Project funding granted for 2007 with
  research results due mid year
• Control Schools offered opportunity to become a
  Project Energize Programme School in 2007
• Project Energize is formally linked to other
  through schools initiatives such as Fruit in
  Schools ( Cancer Control Strategy) and Active
  Schools ( SPARC)

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The Project is managed by Sport Waikato

• There are a number of Project Partners

• Te Kohao Health
• Nga Miro Health
• Te Korowai Hauora O Hauraki
• South Waikato Pacific Island Health Committee
• SPARC
• School Of Education (University of Waikato)
• Wintec
• Environment Waikato

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Whole School Approach
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Activity Objectives

• To encourage a minimum of 20 minutes quality
  daily physical activity
• To advocate for and encourage lunchtime physical
  activity at least twice a week
• To encourage and advocate for at least five
  minutes of homeplay every day
• To encourage a reduction in sedentary time
  especially screen time if over 2 hours day
• Identify and raise awareness of incidental
  activity opportunities at home and school
• To raise awareness of the importance of children
  learning fundamental movement skills
• To encourage and advocate for links to Active
  Schools

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Nutrition Objectives

• To encourage and promote water as the best drink
• To ensure water is available in class
• To encourage the consumption of milk and other
  high calcium foods every day
• To advocate for and encourage improvement in food
  brought from home
• To increase the awareness of the importance of
  breakfast and encourage a breakfast habit
• To work towards registration in the National
  Heart Foundation School Food Programme
• To work towards consistent nutrition messages in
  all aspects of school and community interaction
  eg. healthy fundraising options

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Fruit in Schools

• Fruit in Schools (FIS) is a government
  initiative that aims to promote the health and
  wellbeing of children in schools
• FIS uses a Whole School Community Approach
• FIS focuses on 4 priority areas
• Healthy Eating
• Physical Activity
• Sunsmart
• Smokefree

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• Your school has been selected to be a part of
  this nationwide programme and is one of only 29
  schools in the Waikato to be invited onboard
• The goals of Project Energize and FIS are
  closely aligned and in the Waikato FIS works
  within a Project Energize framework.
• What do we receive?
• FIS will provide fresh fruit to each child in
  your school each day for 3 years. The fruit is
  intended to be in addition to fruit children
  receive from home.
• What do we have to do?
• Schools involved agree to work collaboratively
  on the 4 focus areas outlined
• Schools agree to increase parent and community
  participation in FIS related activities

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Where do we start?

• School wide Needs Analysis
• In Physical Activity
• What are we doing well?
• What could we improve?
• In Nutrition
• What are we doing well?
• What could we improve?

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Project Energize Plan

• With areas of need identified schools may then
  select from a menu of possible initiatives,
  activities and programmes which meet these needs
• However we must consider
• Is the initiative we agree on going to change
  attitudes and behaviours around physical activity
  and nutrition?
• Does the initiative have long-term sustainable
  outcomes?
• From the identified needs and agreed initiatives
  a Project Energize School Plan will be devised.
• Each school owns their plan and sets their own
  timeframes.

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