Introduction
Improving school attendance and student achievement is a central platform of the Australian Government’s Education Revolution. Attending school and getting a good education is the pathway to a good job, further study and a secure future.
The No School No Play initiative aims to build strong partnerships between sporting organisations, parents and communities of secondary school students.
The Government has provided $2 million to support eight national sporting organisations to use sport to promote the benefits of regular school attendance for all students. The funding will support local activities through to the end of 2012.
News
Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Indigenous Schoolboys camp kicked off in Alice Springs in conjunction with the Australian Governments No School No Play initiative.
Senator Jan McLucas joined young people from across the Cape York Program to launch Hockey Australia’s No School No Play Program on 21 May 2011.
Rugby League’s No School No Play project was officially launched by Minister for School Education Peter Garrett and Member for Sydney Tanya Plibersek at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence on 5 April 2011.
Netball Australia’s No School No Play “Dare to Dream” project was officially launched in Victoria on 1 April 2011.
Australian Rules football officially launched their No School No Play initiative called ‘School then Play Cup’ in Adelaide on 31 March 2011.
Cricket Australia’s No School No Play project was officially launched by the Minister for School Education, the Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, at Matraville Sports High School in Sydney on 1 December 2010.
Partners
The Australian Government has partnered with eight national sporting organisations to deliver No School No Play projects around the country.
Resources
DEEWR has developed a range of resources for project managers, participating schools and sporting clubs to support the No School No play initiative.
Fact sheets