AFL School Curriculum Resources

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• AFL School Curriculum Resources
• 1st Asia Pacific Sport in Education Conference
• Monday 21st January 2008
• Mark Riddiford
• AFL Schools Coordinator
• Mark.riddiford_at_afl.com.au

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Innovative AFL themed curriculum resources across
all key learning areas
This Our National Game resource provides
curriculum learning activities designed for
early, middle and adolescent years. Activities
are provided for the Key Learning Areas of
English, Mathematics, Health and Physical
Education, LOTE, The Arts, SOSE, Science and
Technology. Warm-Up Games, Skill Games, Skill
Drills and Team Drills are also provided for out
door activities and coaches of school teams.
Cost Free Format CDROM Web site
http//afl.com.au/schools
The Its More Than a Game Curriculum Resource
(formerly AFL Heritage) contains 27 teaching
units of work linked to activities covering each
of the eight Key Learning Areas. Each activity
includes sub-activities, teacher notes and
student worksheets. To complement the activities
the resource also contains video clips, history,
AFL Club information, uniforms, grounds, player
images, club songs, mascots and the rules. This
resource will be available in early 2008. Cost
Free Format CDROM Web site http//afl.com.au/sch
ools
The Medibank Private 1Seven program is a
partnership between Medibank, the AFL and Netball
Australia to promote and deliver key physical
activity and nutrition messages. Web based
program with content for students, teachers and
parents/carers. Curriculum lesson plans for
teachers, interactive games, tools and
calculators are also featured on the
website. Cost Free Format website Web site
www.1Seven.com.au
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Innovative AFL themed curriculum resources across
all key learning areas
The AFL You Can Kick Goals initiative promotes
and teaches about important community and
cultural values in Australian society. This
resource consists of 3 distinct teaching and
learning manuals and student handbooks written
specifically to meet the needs of Australian
teachers and students in middle, upper primary
and lower secondary. The resource focuses on five
broad value themes fair play, respect yourself
others, teamwork, harmony and leadership. This
resource will be available in mid 2008. Cost
TBA Format CDROM/folder Web site
http//afl.com.au/schools
AFL Sport Education is an innovative curriculum
model exhibiting parallels with community sport
that can be used in middle primary to early
secondary with great success. Students develop a
better understanding and appreciation of the
roles that are performed in community football
environments. Through a season of sport students
can develop into better players and also learn
other roles such as umpiring, team management,
coaching, leading a team captain, sports
journalist or publicity officer etc. Cost
Free Format CDROM Web site http//afl.com.au/sch
ools
The Senior Secondary curriculum resource
comprises units of work using Australian Football
as the vehicle to engage students and support the
achievement of senior secondary outcomes in
Australian schools. Units of work themed on
Australian Football for the Key Learning Areas of
Physical Education, English, Maths, Media and
Business studies. It also includes teacher notes,
student worksheets, photographs and video. Cost
Free Format CDROM Web site http//afl.com.au/sch
ools