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It points to more physically active children being smarter because exercise has positive biological, psychological and social benefits.
To find a club in your local area, visit dsr.wa.gov.au/clubs
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With careful planning and implementation, sport and physical activity programs can make a significant contribution to reducing the risk of youth committing crimes, making streets safer in our local neighbourhood and the wider community.
Researchers believe that participating in sport and recreation and groupbased physical activities is the glue that binds people together.13
For more information or to obtain copies of other publications contact: Advocacy Project Officer – Sport and Recreation (WA) Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries 246 Vincent Street, LEEDERVILLE WA 6007 PO BOX 329, LEEDERVILLE WA 6903
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How sport and recreation helps build social capital and strengthens communities
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Safer Streets Building positive selfesteem in at-risk youth:
How sport and recreation can help reduce anti-social behaviour and prevent crime
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To find a club in your local area, visit dsr.wa.gov.au/clubs
12 Skinner, Zakus, & Cowell, 2008. 13 CSRR: Sport and Mental Health. March 2015 14 Donaldson & Ronan, 2006; Huang & Humphreys, 2012 15 Asztalos et al., 2012; Vella et al., 2014 16 Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010.
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For more information or to obtain copies of other publications contact: Advocacy Project Officer – Sport and Recreation (WA) Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries 246 Vincent Street, LEEDERVILLE WA 6007 PO BOX 329, LEEDERVILLE WA 6903
[email protected] dlgsc.wa.gov.au 08 9492 9700
You can find out more about the latest research by reading our publication Brain boost: how sport and physical activity enhance children’s learning.
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Brain Boost How sport and physical activity helps your kids learn better
Activities such as running, swimming, kicking a footy or playing netball can all help your kids do better at school.
Safer Streets There’s a positive link between physical activity and academic achievement.
We know this because a lot of researchers in Australia and around the world have been investigating the links between sport, physical activity and academic achievement.
Physical activity leads to improvements in maths and reading. At Sport and Recreation (WA), we’ve done our homework, checked it twice and know their findings add up: being active in the playground and on the playing field helps kids perform better in the classroom.
The majority of research points to more physically active children being smarter, because exercise has biological, psychological and social benefits.
“The evidence indicates that regular physical activity is likely to provide children with the optimum physiological condition for maximising learning.”
“In my experience as an educator, there is no question that kids who are physically active are more open to learning.”
Active boys and girls are more likely to pass exams.
Physical activity is likely to provide children with the optimum physiological condition for maximising learning.
Opportunities exist for community organisations, with government support, to establish long-term viable programs that can deliver positive social outcomes.1 Through increased engagement in their local community, youth are less likely to resort to criminal behaviour.
Mind Matters On top of that, the research also finds that: Physical activity improves memory, behaviour, concentration and reasoning ability. Children reckon exercise is fun and they welcome the chance to do it at school. Kids who exercise improve their motor skills and their on-task behaviour in lessons. Particularly with girls, the more vigorous the physical activity, the more success they will achieve academically. Inactivity is bad for children. Physical activity enhances cognitive function, improving memory, behaviour, concentration and academic achievement.
How does exercise or being active do this?
Participation in organised sport and recreation can protect against mental illness and promote positive mental health. Researchers believe that participating in sport and recreation and group-based physical activities is the glue that binds people together.2
Connected Communities Promoting the social, physical and mental wellbeing benefits of being active in a community helps create social cohesion, especially amongst disadvantaged groups. People who belong to a team are generally happier3 and experience fewer psychological difficulties.4
Brain Boost
Dr Karen Martin Research Fellow, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia
Wider benefits of being active
Some of the main research findings are:
It can increase the brain’s resistance to injury. Exercise increases blood flow to the cortex of the brain which is associated with memory and problem solving.
Research confirms being active in the playground, on the court and on the field helps learning in the classroom. It can stimulate nerve growth and development in the brain.
It points to more physically active children being smarter because exercise has biological, psychological and social benefits.
Stephen Breen President, Western Australian Primary Principals’ Association In other words, if you help your children get regular exercise, their brains will be fitter and will work better at school. And when our kids are fitter and do better at school, the whole community wins.
1 Skinner, Zakus, & Cowell, 2008. 2 CSRR: Sport and Mental Health. March 2015 3 Donaldson & Ronan, 2006; Huang & Humphreys, 2012 4 Asztalos et al., 2012; Vella et al., 2014