Health Promoting Schools NT
The Department of Education and Training (DET) recognises the strong links that exist between health and education to assist students to take full advantage of their opportunity to learn at school. In line with the views of the World Health Organisation, a Health Promoting School Framework has been developed for Australia.
A Health Promoting School (HPS) is a school where a way of thinking and working is adopted by the whole school, in order to make it the best possible place to learn, work and play.
The three components of National Health Promoting Schools Framework are:
Health Promoting Schools NT assists Northern Territory Schools to apply the principles set out in the National Framework through Professional Learning opportunities and Policy development in the following areas:
- Health (Nutrition and Sexuality Education) (pdf 100Kb)
- Physical Activities (pdf 98Kb)
- Drug Education (pdf 25Kb)
- Physical Education Coordination Unit (pdf 24Kb)
- Health Promoting Schools Professional Learning information (pdf 96Kb)