Western Australian Kids Say 150,000 Is A Great Number!

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Wednesday 9 April 2008




WA kids say 150,000 is a great number!



Today Member for Parliament Melissa Parke joined hundreds of kids from

Fremantle to celebrate a huge milestone for the Australian Sports Commission’s

Active After-school Communities (AASC) program – 150,000 children around

Australia are now playing sport, games and activities after school in a safe, fun

and structured environment.


Ms Parke said she was happy to be able to help celebrate the event and

congratulated all involved in this Australian Government Initiative. 


Primary schools and Out of School Hours Care centres in the Fremantle region

are part of a highly successful national program and they’re doing their bit to live

a healthier life,’ Ms Parke said. 


The unique program now boasts 150,000 children nationally having fun,

improving their motor skills, making new friends, saying no to sedentary activities

after school and developing a lifelong love of being physically active.


North Fremantle Primary School is one primary school enjoying the benefits of

the AASC program. Principal, Matt O’Mara says, ‘the Active After-school

Communities program has added terrific value to our student’s education after

school.  One third of the school’s students are involved in the program and enjoy

the variety of sports they undertake after school.  Our students have covered

multi-skill, soccer and circus skills in their time involved in the program. Of

particular interest are the students new to sport who find the program offers

them a way of being thoroughly immersed in a sporting activity’.


Over 15,000 children participate in the AASC program in Western Australia and

locally based regional coordinators have trained over 2,400 local people to

become community coaches in the program. 


For more information about the AASC program visit ausport.gov.au/aasc


Media contacts: 

Jo Davies




State Manager




0437 700 306






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