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IntroductionAt the national level, the Adelaide Declaration on National Goals for Schooling in the Twenty-first Century emphasised the role of schools in developing fully the talents and capacities of all students. In particular, it asserted that all students should have the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle and for creative and satisfying use of leisure time. Representative school sport is a major vehicle available to schools to deliver this goal. Further, the National Goals calls for programs and activities which foster and develop enterprise skills. Metropolitan East School Sport's programs are the embodiment of this goal. QSE2010-A Future Strategy establishes that education will lead to the development of free, active and equal Australian citizens with Metropolitan East striving to assist schools in the achievement of this goal via the various sporting programs that are offered. We also support schools in their endeavours to add value to individuals and to the common good by giving the opportunity to all, irrespective of background or circumstance, to reach the highest levels of schooling and attainment. This is especially applicable to the sporting arena for which Metropolitan East School Sport is responsible. Metropolitan East School Sport encapsulates the network of groups which provide leadership and representative sport programs for students. In particular, it encompasses:
The Mission of Metropolitan East School SportTo provide educational opportunities to enable the realisation of individual sporting potential, good health and well-being.
The Rational for Representative School SportFor many years, the Board of Metropolitan East School Sport and its predecessors have had a history of providing opportunities for Metropolitan East students to develop attitudes, knowledge and skills and to demonstrate excellence in their chosen sports. The commitment shown by Metropolitan East teachers and their school communities has been based on a clear appreciation of the intrinsic value of representative sport as a learning experience to maximise individual potential. School sport, with its joint
focus on cooperation and competition, contributes to the social outcomes
of schooling in developing the skills and attitudes required for full
participation in the social life of the community. It helps to
develop in students an objective self-awareness of their own strengths
and potential as well as of their weaknesses and inabilities. It
contributes to the development of positive attitudes to Education Queensland and its predecessors have used the groups within Metropolitan East School Sport to provide well-planned and well-managed programs of representative school sport for all students in all communities throughout the area.
Key ClientsSchool sport played under the auspices of the Metropolitan East School Sport Board is defined as:
[This strategy does not address other school sport activities which are important to the students of individual schools. Such activities include intra-school and inter-school games and competitions and competitions arranged by individual schools for students between one school and another.] Clients of the Metropolitan East School Sport Board for these areas of school sport will be:
[While recognising here that all students are clients, it is also acknowledged that determinations of eligibility are made by the group at the appropriate level of Queensland School Sport with consideration given to the age, safety and welfare of the students.]
Our ValuesMetropolitan East School Sport is committed to upholding the values and codes of behaviour traditionally attributed to the highest ideals of sportsmanship. A set of core values underpins and permeates all learning opportunities provided through representative school sport. These values are to:
Our PrinciplesThe principles espoused reflect the values described above. They illustrate the manner in which service is provided to our clients. They are the signposts towards the fulfilment of our mission statement. Metropolitan East School Sport:
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