PROPS Peers Running Organized Play Stations

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PROPSPeers Running Organized Play Stations

• Active Playgrounds for Today and Tomorrow

HALTON REGIONHEALTH DEPARTMENT Your source or
community health
Heart Health Cancer Prevention
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• Together with the Halton community,
• the Health Department works
• to achieve the best possible health for all.

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Agenda

• Short presentation on PROPS
• Demonstration Robert Little School
• Leadership presentation
• Implementation strategies
• Refreshments
• Learn and practice games
• Wrap-up, evaluation and prizes

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Vision

• Ideally, all Halton school playgrounds will be a
  place where children will voluntarily participate
  in physical activity and have fun.

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What Is PROPS?

• Peer led program to encourage safe active play on
  the playground
• A quick reference guide to engage students in an
  active way during recess, lunch, before or after
  school.
• Uses traditional games requiring little or no
  equipment

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Why Was PROPS Developed?

• In response to teachers requests for a quick
  reference guide to games and activities.
• To reduce bullying on the playground

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Who Developed PROPS?

• Developed by Durham District School Board, Durham
  Catholic District School Board, Peterborough
  Victoria Northumberland Clarington Catholic
  District School Board, Kawartha Pine Ridge
  District School Board, Durham Region Health
  Department, Durham Lives! (Heart Health Program)

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Who Supports PROPS In Halton?

• Halton District School Board
• Halton Catholic District School Board
• Community and Social Services Your public
  Health Nurses
• Health Department Heart Health and Cancer
  Prevention Team
• Choices 4 Health Haltons Heart Health Network

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Goals of PROPS

• Increase Physical Activity
• Foster and develop leadership skills
• Decrease incidents of bullying

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Physical Activity

• Over 50 of children and youth aged 5-17 are not
  active enough for optimal growth and development.
  
• Source CFLRI, Physical Activity Monitor, 2000

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Obesity

• From 1981 to 1996 the prevalence of overweight
  among boys 7-13 increased from 15 to 35 and
  among girls, from 15 to 29.
• Source Tremblay Willms. Secular trends in the
  Body Mass Index of Children. Canadian Medical
  Association Journal, 2000

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Bullying

• The most common place for bullying is on the
  playground
• On average, a bullying incident occurs every 7
  minutes
• Students report that the playground is the most
  likely location for bullying
• Source Whitney and Smith, 1993Olweus, 1991
  Peplar et al, 1994

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Benefits of PROPS

• Increase physical activity
• Improved Academic Performance
• Healthy growth and development
• Decrease in unacceptable behaviours

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How to Start a PROPS Program?

• Develop a school team
• Decide on the scope of the program in your school
• Select student leaders
• Provide leadership training for leaders
• Select playground activities
• Kick off the event

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Developing a School Team

• School Administration plays a key role
• Teacher enthusiasm is contagious
• Teach Rules/Games during the nutrition break
• Ask school council members for assistance
  supervision/fundraising

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Kick off or Launch Ideas

• Introduce the program and the leaders at an
  assembly
• Introduce games by
• Having a play day with stations for different
  games
• Playing the games during phys-ed class
• Having a new game at each assembly

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Safety Considerations

• Refer to Halton Physical Education Safety
  Guidelines
• First Aid kit
• Safe facilities, supervision
• Equipment

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Sustaining the Program

• Keep leader and participant interest high by
• Weekly leader meetings
• Learn new games
• Lots of equipment
• Announcements
• Let the leaders/participants play the games that
  interest them.
• Challenges and rewards

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PROPS Evaluation

• Leaders Program and individuals
• Supervisor
• School Administrator
• Keep your pre- and post evaluations for future
  reference.

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Testimonial

• You can tell the days on which we run PROPS and
  those we dont as soon as you walk out on the
  playground. The tone and activity levels of the
  students is so different. Props has
  significantly affected the climate of our recess
  play time in a positive way.

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Break Out Session
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Station 2
North Doors
Skipping Two Stations Number 5 and 10
Station 1
Station 3
Station 4
Station 7
Station 6
Chairs Theatre Style

Table, Screen LCD projector
station 9
Station 8
South Doors
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Thank You!