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Geelong East Primary embraces Objective Fitness Data and continues to Provide for the most needy students.

                      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

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Coogee Primary Builds Best Practice Charter of Values and Behaviours

Under the new leadership of Principal Greg Sullivan, Coogee Primary School wanted to emulate its century old logo of a ‘lighthouse’,where the new school culture would be a beacon for educational aspirations and outcomes for all students, families and staff. To achieve this goal CEO of Sports Challenge Australia (SCA), Dr Garry Tester, was enlisted

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Cosmo Newberry Remote School benefits from Gruyere Goldmine in 2019

Sports Challenge Australia (SCA) once again thrives on a challenge to deliver both physical and mental health programs to the most isolated communities in Australia.Cosmo Newberry Remote School lies some 1,306 Km East of Perth and about 100 Km from the town of Laverton. Bec Alston, the Community Superintendent of Gruyere Gold Mine, contacted SCA’s

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Woodroffe Primary School, Darwin leads the way in P.D.

With the pressure ever mounting on teaching staff to deliver academic outcomes through an ever changing curriculum onslaught from both State and Federal Governance’s, teacher are burning out.Woodroffe Primary School Principal Miranda Watt is very aware that Wellness is becoming an important part of Professional Development (PD) and there is a desperate need for personal

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North Vista Primary School, Singapore, Goes For Gold!

Under the wonderful leadership of North Vista Primary School’s Principal, Mrs Dhillon Singh, the school has embarked upon having ‘world first’ fitness and skill measures starting with all P3 students. Using Dr. Garry Tester’s ‘world first’ measures of physical health, developed at the University of Western Australia, the school has successfully partnered with Sports Challenge

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Read The Huffington Post’s Latest Story “Private Primary Schools Are ‘Fitter’ And ‘Better At Physical Skills’ Than Public Schools”

Hand-eye coordination, footing, dribbling, catching and throwing: Primary schools students in Private and Catholic School are the front-runners in physical activity around Australia. Adjunct Professor Garry Tester, the CEO of Sports Challenge Australia has confirmed this result through his 30 year longitudinal study, which has the largest database in the world! Click to read The

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Sports Challenge Fitness and Skill Level Research Presented in The West Australian Newspaper

On Saturday 17th January the West Australian Newspaper ran an article about the great work we have been doing here at Sports Challenge. The article presented the research and data we have collected over the past 30 years and really hit home about our focus here at Sports Challenge on positive physical and mental health.

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