Author name: mentors

Under the leadership of Bull Creek, Principal Sharon Marchenko, a school priority in 2023/24 has been to improve the physical health of all students in 2 key areas: Diet and Nutrition and Fitness, with the support from Healthway WA. To this end, Sharon contacted Dr Garry Tester CEO of Sports Challenge Australia to establish some

The great American Poet Maya Angelou famous words of “People will forget what you said, People will forget what you did. But People will never forget how you made them feel” was exemplified in the recently completed Sports Challenge Australia (SCA) program in Singapore. Here was a group of Secondary 1 (aged 12 years) and Secondary 3

  In the remote Western Australian Iron Ore town of Port Hedland, South Hedland Primary School, under the leadership of Principal Lee Pereira and Deputies Danielle Simcoe and Adeline Monaghan, are kicking goals on all fronts. The Sports Challenge Australia’s (SCA) team led by, CEO Dr Garry Tester, Coordinator Lachy Denney, Senior Mentor Duena Gale

  A lighthouse beam for mariners has always been an inspiration light of safety and hope to navigate tricky and dangerous waters to reach a destination.   This is exactly the metaphor that highlights the outstanding success of Kelmscott’s Charter of Values and desired Behaviours. This was developed by the CEO of Sports Challenge Australia

        The Cocos Keeling Islands are a remote territory off Western Australia in the Indian Ocean some 2750 Kms North West of Perth and 900km from Christmas Island. Its 2 coral atolls comprise 27 tiny islands with the main Malay population on West and Home Island.         So when

                      The focus group program at Geelong East Primary School proudly supported by the Geelong Community Foundation was a huge success. At first, the identified students were sceptical towards us, their emotions were closed and apprehensive. However, as the days went on, these students began

  As the great American Poet Maya Angelou said “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” is the new mantra for Medina Primary located near Kwinana south of Perth.   Under the leadership of passionate Principal Karen

    The benefits of good objective fitness data has been exemplified at Kelmscott Primary School in 2022 with an overall improvement across the whole school of an excellent 9%. With a new school Charter of Values and Behaviours introduced at the start of 2021, with an objective of fitter and healthier children, Mike Donohue

  As we end the 2021 School year across Australia, one School in Western Australia has been a lighthouse of exceptional Fitness levels across over 500 students aged 6 years to 12 years. Melville Primary School led by an outstanding Physical Education Specialist in Glenn McIntosh who has established benchmarks across all 7 Fitness Tests

    Again in 2021, Penrhos Junior School under the stewardship of PE specialists Samantha Corbett and Joanne Elphick have maintained their number one ranking in PE Skills for schools tested throughout Western Australia. The Sports Challenge testing team led by Programs Coordinator Josh Chivell completed, over one week, a 10-item battery of Ball Skills,

    Reading the Cheshire Cat’s words to Alice (Lewis Carroll): “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.”   These are words which motivated new Kelmscott Principal Jason Bushe-Jones to reach out to Sports Challenge CEO Dr Garry Tester to help set a new cultural direction for the