Objectives

• Trial different ways of delivering quality sport experiences for students in remote areas.
• Provide opportunities to improve the skills and knowledge of senior students, community members and teachers to engage in and deliver sport experiences.
• Support educational outcomes for students, including school attendance, through sport experiences.
• Help us understand the barriers schools in remote areas experience when using Sporting Schools primary and secondary school grants.

Grant Guidelines, Parameters and Spending Fact Sheet

How to use the grant

Take advantage of your environment

Embrace your surroundings by offering non-traditional sports and physical activities tailored to student interests and the local environment. From skateboarding and fishing to horse riding, schools can deliver engaging experiences that resonate with students and utilise local resources effectively.

Embrace your surroundings by offering non-traditional sports and physical activities tailored to student interests and the local environment. From skateboarding and fishing to horse riding, schools can deliver engaging experiences that resonate with students and utilise local resources effectively.

Combine with other schools to run multi-sport gala days

Schools can pool their grants together, to organise multi-sport gala days, centralising sports sessions in a larger town and serving multiple schools. This approach reduces costs, enhances efficiency, and boosts community engagement. The events can feature a variety of sports delivered over a half or a full day, providing students with exposure to a range of activities, coaching, and interschool competition throughout the semester.

Schools can pool their grants together, to organise multi-sport gala days, centralising sports sessions in a larger town and serving multiple schools.

No deliverer, no worries!

The grant can be used for self-delivered sports programs with over 30 sports available. Sports can send the school an equipment pack and offer basic training, along with guidance on safe usage. This gives schools confidence to lead 'free play' sports activities and games with minimal training. This gives students the opportunity to try different sports and the school even gets to keep the equipment for future use.

The grant can be used for self-delivered sports programs with over 30 sports available.

Intensive delivery and upskilling of communities

In very remote areas like islands and outback locations, schools can utilise their grants to cover travel and accommodation costs for deliverers. These deliverers can run intensive programs over several days, residing within the local community. Alongside delivering sport sessions, they have the opportunity to offer professional development to older students and community members, to ensure legacy remains in the school.

In very remote areas like islands and outback locations, schools can utilise their grants to cover travel and accommodation costs for deliverers.