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Active School Travel
Australian children are becoming more inactive with each generation. Forty years ago, up to 75% of children walked or rode to school and only 25% were driven or used other means of transport. Now those figures are reversed and the streets around schools are congested. Children are also less active before and after school preferring to play simulated computer games instead of those involving physical activity.
An unfortunate outcome is increasing levels of obesity and diabetes in young children and teenagers. Health professionals recommend a minimum of 30 minutes exercise a day for children. This amount will combat most diseases and improve children's health. Replacing a few car trips a week with physically active ones will contribute to the minimum requirement.
An easy way to improve the health of children (and parents too!) is to get active getting to and from school. Just travel by foot, bicycle, scooter, roller blades or public transport. Public Transport is included as you can walk, ride, roller blade or scoot to and from bus stops, train stations or ferry terminals.
Extracurricular activities
The library is a focal point for enrichment activities within the school. Some of the programs available at the library are:
Bardon Young Writers' Workshop Inspiring a love of literature is a key priority at Rainworth. The Bardon Young Writers' Workshop has been co-ordinated since 1996 by the Rainworth teacher-librarian and staff from Bardon State School. Each year, selected Year 6 and 7 students from nine participating schools are challenged, inspired and extended by visiting authors, poets, scriptwriters, editors, journalists, illustrators and publishers.
Chess A chess program is held at lunchtimes in the library. A former Russian national chess champion coaches the children.
Murder Under the Microscope The Murder under the Microscope interactive "eco-game" is played by school children across Australia.
Each year, students are presented with an environmental crime committed in a catchment area somewhere in Australia. Students must deduce the victim, villain, issue and crime site from clues provided by television broadcasts and on the Internet.
