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Around the country we have workshops kicking off in term 2.
Click on the 'register' button to download registration form, or speak to your coach to lock in your spot.

AREA	DATE & TIME	LOCATION ADDRESS
BENDIGO	Tue 6th May 2008 9.30am - 3.00pm Registration Ends Soon!	St. Francis of the Fields Primary School 46 Bulgher Street, Strathfieldsaye 3551
MELBOURNE	Wed 7th May 2008 9.30am - 3.00pm Registration Ends Soon!	Albert Park, Pit Lane Sports Centre Aughtie Drive, Melways 57 J6
GIPPSLAND	Thu 8th May 2008 9.30am - 3.00pm Registration Ends Soon!	Traralgon Sports Stadium Catterick crt. RSVP 01/05/08
WANGARATTA	Thu 8th May 2008 9.30am - 3.00pm Registration Ends Soon!	Galen College Sports Stadium Phillipson Street, Wangaratta 3677
ADELAIDE	Wed 21st May 2008 9.30am - 2.30pm	Glenelg Life Saving Club
CANBERRA	Wed 21st May 2008 9.30am - 3.30pm	University of Canberra Sports and Recreation Centre, Building 4 Allawoona Street, Bruce ACT
RIVERLAND	Thu 29th May 2008 4.30pm - 6.30pm	Barmera Primary School Rumbold Dve, Barmera, SA 5345
WANGARATTA	Wed 21st August 2008 9.30am - 3.00pm	Galen College Sports Stadium Phillipson Street, Wangaratta 3677
BENDIGO	Tue 26th August 2008 9.30 am - 3.00 pm	St. Francis of the Fields Primary School 46 Bulgher Street, Strathfieldsaye 3551
	To register for any of these workshops, please download and complete the enrolment form (pdf 97KB).

Complete Health is achieved through awareness. Awareness is fully recognising who we are now, while in the process of becoming who we want to be.

Health is not just a matter of the physical body. It is a holistic integration of our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies.

Each of these expressions has an energy body – none is separate; all are connected since everything is energy.

Ron Garner
Ron Garner is the author of 'Conscious Health' a book that demystifies many aspects relating to health and suggests practices that can contribute to a longer, healthier, more energetic life.

PARKOUR COMES TO THE WIDER WORLD

Raymond Belle was born in Vietnam but his father died in the first Indochina war and he was separated from his mother and taken in by the French Army. He received a military education and training both in Vietnam and later back in France up until 1958. Belle, although trained to kill, went on to serve in Paris's military firefighters who were called to the most difficult and dangerous rescue missions including a role in the first ever helicopter-borne operations giving him the reputation of inspiring the next generation.

This generation would include his son David Belle and his childhood friend, Sebastien Foucan (another Parkour pioneer). Influenced by his father's physical exploits, David pursued a childhood of martial arts, gymnastics and obstacle course training resulting in a move to a commune in Lisses where the real development began.

Belle and another friend defined their movements officially as Parkour.. They created the word Parkour from 'parcours du combatant', which was the classic obstacle course method of military training which Herbert developed. The took the word 'parcours', replaced the 'c' with a 'k' to suggest aggressiveness, and removed the silent 's' to support the parkour philosophy of efficiency. Those that practice Parkour became known as 'traceurs' derived from the French verb Tracer (to draw, to trace, but also 'to go fast').

Said Foucan, 'You just have to look, you just have to think, like children. This is the vision of Parkour'.

In 1997, Belle, Foucan and others developed a group called Yamakasi, a west African word meaning, strong spirit, strong body, strong man, endurance. Unfortunately after this amazing period Belle and Foucan parted ways over money and disagreements over definitions of 'lart du deplacement.

Parkour, however began to gain momentum as dedicated practitioners improved their skills and widened their repertoire of moves. Building to building jumps and drops of over one story began to surface in the media, leading to a slanted view of what Parkour actually is. At this time Parkour began to be widely practiced outside of France, moves were defined and a philosophy born.

In the next issue... Free running versus Parkour, Parkour hits popular culture, non-competitive Parkour, how to Parkour near you.

Note: The Dynamic Movement Control section of the manual contains many movements and activities that prepare individuals for Parkour.

There's a bloke we all love here at Bluearth (especially come pay day). He manages to perform his role as Finance manager in a truly professional manner yet is always up for a chat with his infectious energy.

This month the man who crunches the numbers gets crunched by us. Meet Gunny!!

Mystery surrounds the origins of this ancient game. Many have tried to discover its secrets and uncover the inventor(s) of 'Barry'. Ancient manuscripts suggest it may have been developed in an area now known as north eastern Victoria although many refute these claims. What we do know, however is that although incredibly simple, it's challenges are unending and those that are successful at Barry exhibit patience, teamwork, skill and persistence. Requiring little equipment and suitable for many ages and abilities it is well worth a run.

BARRY: HOW TO PLAY

Objective:
Team work, agility, ball handling, decision making.

Equipment:
2 Gator Skins, Colour Bands, Cones.

Formation:
Basketball court or oval. Set up goals at each end of the area.

Ideal Number of Students:
Whole class. Split the group into two teams.

Description:
Create goals (a square of cones) as far apart as the playing field will allow. Each team will receive a gator skin ball. Teams start at either end of the playing field and must carry, throw or pass their ball to the opposing team's goal without it touching the ground. Score by rolling ball into other teams square.

If the ball is dropped it must go back to the end line before beginning again. If a player is tagged in possession of the ball they must return to the end line to re enter the game. Continuous play, move as quickly as possible, catch the other team off guard, score go back to start and try and score again. No player is allowed in either square.

MOTHERS DAY CLASSIC FUN RUN/WALK

Across Australia on May 11 many of us will be giving flowers and chocolates and basically saying 'I love you mum'. Many say that mum should have the day off as well...

Last year on Mothers day 50,000 people walked or ran 4 or 8km raising some $800,000 for Breast Cancer research at venues around the country.

There are events in all major capital cities and lots of regional centres as well. So before the chockies how a bought a bit of a jog?

Check out: www.mothersdayclassic.org

We'd be interested to hear if any of our teachers are doing this!

A number of great Australian sporting heroes have agreed to champion the mission of the Bluearth Foundation in promoting physical activity in primary schools.

Each month we will introduce you to one of the champions and tell you a little bit about them.

Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls,
Meet our first Bluearth Champion: Shane Gould



Amazingly, at one time Shane held every freestyle world record! These days she is still following her passions of swimming and now also photography. Recently she as been active in the masters surf life saving championships in Perth and is often spotted in body surfing off Cronulla, N.S.W.

Learn more about Shane at www.shanegould.com.au

Million Paws Walk

Each year more than 138,000 animals are sheltered by the RSPCA nationally.

Why not show your support and get some great exercise with you and your pooch at one of their events around the country!

With 70 locations around Australia, all states and territories are catered for so check out: www.millionpawswalk.com

We would love to know if any of you are supporting this.
(cats not recommended)

FEEDBACK

Here at Bluearth we often receive stories from schools around how our program is living and significant experiences that students or staff may have had. We invite you to send these stories through and we'll publish one each month. Pictures welcome as well.

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