"Let us pray well and never grow weary." Catherine McAuley

IN THE COMMUNITY

MILDURA RURAL CITY COUNCIL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

Attached is the program for the upcoming school holidays.  All activities will be delivered online via Zoom.   Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for quizzes and competitions throughout the holidays.  Please call Rachel Brook – Youth Programs on 5018 8280 if you have any queries.

 

School Holiday Activities Week One:

Advertising September School Holiday Program Week One.pdf

 

School Holiday Activities Week Two:

Advertising September School Holiday Program Week Two.pdf

 

FOSTER CARE WEEK SEPTEMBER 13 TO 19 

Celebrating the Value of Carers 

Foster Care Week raises awareness of Foster Carers in the community and is an opportunity to celebrate our appreciation for the invaluable contribution they make to the lives of children and young people in need.  During this time of Covid-19 restrictions it is even more important to recognise the value of a Foster Carer’s role to nurture children and young people’s physical, mental and educational wellbeing.  It is also a time to reflect on our own ability to assist with the increasing demand for foster carers.  If you would like to know more about the process of becoming a foster carer please contact MASP on 

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FC Landscape.pdf

10,000 STEPS CHALLENGE

10,000 Steps Challenge – Get Up and Go Sunraysia!

Registrations open: Monday 17 August – Friday 25 September 2020

Challenge duration: Monday 5 October - Sunday 1 November 2020 (first four weeks of Term 4)

 

Back by popular demand for just over four weeks, you will be challenging other teams from across the region in the ‘Education Sector’ to get healthy and active.  It’s FREE, it’s fun and the whole school community can get involved. 

 

How to register your team - 

  1. Each participant must have an active 10000 Steps account. Use an old account or register a new one on the official www.10000steps.org.au webpage.
  2. Create a team in your early childhood service, school, workplace, community group or with friends and family and choose a fun team name.  Teams can have a maximum of 20 team members.
  3. Team captains to complete NEW online registration form.  Early childhood services, schools and higher education providers choose the ‘Education Tournament’.  Note.  All other workplaces, choose the workplace/organisation tournament. Community groups, teams, friends and family teams choose the community tournament.  If your team is all over 55 years old, you are welcome to choose the masters tournament.  For individuals who would like a personal challenge, please choose the individual tournament.
  4. Once you’ve completed the online registration form, await confirmation e-mail from the SCHS Health Promotion team to let you know that your team  has been set up and is ready to go!  Once your team is registered, choose how you will track your steps throughout the challenge.
  5. For the duration of the challenge, record your steps daily via your account www.10000steps.org.au  or at the end of each week, no later than 12.00pm Monday each week.  Ladder updates will be e-mailed out weekly!

TIP: Download the 10,000 Steps app via the Apple and Google Play stores. Pedometers will be available to loan! 

 

Please contact us for more details: 

Health Promotion team, e: hp@schs.com.au ph: (03) 50217622 

 

Skipping Ropes and Pedometer Loan - Available for loan in sets of 10, these are in limited numbers so first in best dressed. Get in contact with me to organise these.

 

Try these ideas to accumulate steps for yourself and keep your students active as well: 

  • Laps around school oval to start the day or at lunch time.
  • Lunch time games and competitions such as staff vs students games; skipping, basketball, soccer etc.
  • Watch/participate in online exercise sessions or perform set tasks and convert your steps eg; 30 mins of moderate activity = 3000 steps.
  • Individualise your step goal and try to achieve an extra 3000 steps per day; see more information below!

Ten thousand steps – is just above the recommended level of daily physical activity for a healthy adult aged 18-64  years.  Of course, some people accumulate a lot fewer steps per day – for example, older people, those with a chronic disease, and office workers.  And others do a lot more: children, runners, and some blue-collar workers.  So the 10,000 goal is not suitable for everyone.  Setting a lower individual step goal is fine as long as you try to add about 3,000 to 4,000 steps to your day.  This means you will have done your 30 minutes of activity each day.

 

In Australia, the average adult accumulates about 7,400 steps a day.  So an additional 3,000 to 4,000 steps through dedicated walking will get you to the 10,000 steps target.

Challenge yourself this October to step a little more!

 

For more information on this year’s Challenge visit the SCHSwebsite: http://www.schs.com.au/10000steps