About School Sport ACT
The ACT Schools Sports Council is chartered by the ACT education providers to organise school sport on their behalf. ACT schools are divided into four zones in the Secondary Sector and seven in the Primary Sector, catering for 60 000 students across the ACT. School Sport ACT firmly believes that school sport is an integral part of a child’s development and plays an important part in Australian culture.
School Sport not only contributes to the health and character of those who participate but also arms them with essential tools that will help them meet life’s challenges. School Sport ACT seeks to provide appropriate physical activity opportunities for all ACT school students at all levels and encourage participation in sporting activities as part of life long learning and participation. Sport should therefore be a logical extension of a school physical education program and an integral part of the school curriculum.
Codes of Behaviour
All SSACT events are conducted under the School Sport Codes of Behaviour.
For the players
- Be a good sport
- Play for enjoyment
- Work hard for your team as well as yourself
- Treat all team mates and opponents as you enjoy being treated yourself
- Play by the rules
- Co-operate with team and game officials
- Control your behaviour on and off the field
- Learn to value honest effort, skilled performances and improvement
For the parents
- Encourage participation by your children
- Provide a model of good sports behaviour for your child to copy
- Be courteous in your communication with players, officials, and sport administrators
- Encourage honest effort, skilled performance, and team loyalty
- Make any new parents feel welcome on all occasion's
- Do not interfere with the conduct of events
For the spectators
- Demonstrate appropriate social behaviour
- Remember children play for enjoyment. Don't let your behaviour detract from their enjoyment
- Let game officials conduct events without interference
- Support skilled performances and team play with generous applause
- Demonstrate respect for opposing players and their supporters