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Australian Football has played an important role in shaping Australian culture since the game was founded in 1858. Australian Football is our country’s only indigenous football code with games now played in every state and territory. Participation in our game provides children with the opportunity to engage in a healthy and active lifestyle, while developing life skills through participation in a team environment.

Traditionally, the school system has provided children with the opportunity to experience Australian Football through physical education programs, competitions and schoolyard play. The Australian Football League is committed to ensuring an Australian Football presence in the broader curriculum is maintained through the provision of educational resources and materials to engage children in active learning across all key learning areas. In addition our code has an extensive development network committed to delivering reliable and professional support to teachers wishing to implement football programs.

The AFL – Our National Game curriculum resource has been developed to provide teachers with a package of activities designed to meet the core learning outcomes across all key learning areas with a football theme. We trust that teachers will find the activities beneficial in assisting to engage children in both the classroom and physical education settings.

The Australian Football League would like to acknowledge the work of the Western Australian Football Development Trust and, in particular, Shane Yardley in formulating the activities contained in this resource.

Andrew Demetriou
Chief Executive Officer,
Australian Football League

Introduction

These learning activities have been compiled to assist teachers in conducting a cross-curricular program with an AFL theme. They have been designed to help teachers monitor students’ performance in several Key Learning Areas.

Lesson activities are also designed to be used at different stages of learning. These provide a guideline only; many of the activities can be used across several stages of development. The resource has been produced in Word format to enable teachers to modify activities to meet their needs.

The following points may help teachers to monitor students:

• An outcomes approach identifies what students can do and provides them with learning experiences that enable them to progress.
• The learning experiences described are appropriate for the Student Outcome Statement Levels indicated, but students may be able to display achievement at other levels.
• The Learning Area progress maps are useful tools when choosing activities that are appropriate to the students’ level of achievement.
• Teachers can modify their expectations when taking into consideration the stages of development of their students.

Key Learning Areas - Curriculum Outcomes

To view a list of Learning Activities and Curriculum Outcomes for the selected Key Learning Area, please select your state.

• ACT
• NSW
• NT
• QLD
• SA
• Tas
• Vic
• WA