Your chance to liven
up the Port
Do you have a great idea to enliven and activate
Port Adelaide? If so, Renewal SA and the City of
Port Adelaide Enfield would like to hear from you.
Let us know what you could do with as little as $200
or as much as $2000 to add life, colour, interest and
engagement to the Port.
Funds are available for creative activities, mini events,
public exhibitions, public performances, temporary
public artworks and/or installations that will enliven
and activate the Port Adelaide area between 1 January
and 30 June 2015.
The offer is open to anyone with a good idea and the
ability to make it happen. It is a simple Expression of
Interest process with a quick turnaround. For further
information and project guidelines contact Jane Marr,
Council’s Arts & Cultural Development Officer on
8405 6848 or
Art in Our Port
Our Port is offering an exciting range of free art workshops
over the next few months, conducted by artists who live
within the Port Adelaide Enfield area. They include:
• 8 Feb: Paint like Picasso with Tanya Harrison
• 15 Feb: Felting with Helen Crawford
• 22 Feb: Children’s art with Penny Mortimer
• 1 March: Textile printing with Michelle Jahn
• 8 March: Natural henna body art with Georgina Bueti
• 15 March: Drawing with Christine Pyman
• 22 March: Book-making with Danica Headland
• 29 March: Abstract painting with Kaz Pedersen
Workshops will be held on Sundays from 2-4pm at
27 North Parade, Port Adelaide. If you are interested in
future workshops, please register your interest to go on
our mailing list. Numbers are limited, so bookings are
essential. Please call Jane Marr on 8405 6848 or email
Why organised sport
is not enough
Active Healthy Kids Australia’s 2014 Report Card
detailing sporting activity and physical activity
levels of Australian children has reinforced
Australia’s reputation as a sporting nation, with
64-85% of children participating in organised sport.
Sport is great for children and provides a range
of benefits beyond physical fitness. Sport teaches
children a range of life skills such as decision
making, teamwork, self-discipline, negotiation and
working within rules. But how active are children
whilst playing sports?
Sport generally involves 1-2 training sessions a
week plus a competitive game. This results in
3-6 hours a week of scheduled time for physical
activity. However, during training children may
spend most of their time waiting for a turn or
learning new skills and listening to instructions. In
fact, it has been shown that less than 50% of time
spent in organised sport is actually spent engaging
in moderate to vigorous physical activity!
The 2014 report card also reveals that less than 20%
of children under 17 years old meet the national
recommendations for a minimum of 60 minutes
of physical activity per day. Sport is great, but
this statistic indicates that it may not be enough
to ensure that children are getting the amount
of daily physical activity they need for optimum
health and wellbeing.
This means children must engage in other physical
activities outside of structured sport, such as
walking or cycling to school and playing outdoors.
This is why OPAL’s Life Looks Brighter Outside
program is so important, as it recognises the
importance of spending family leisure time being
active outdoors at local parks and playgrounds.
There are many beautiful parks and playgrounds
across the Council area and they are great places
to go for a family outing. Take a kite, frisbee, bike,
soccer ball or just go for a game of chasey or a
climb on the playground equipment.
Visit the OPAL Port Adelaide Enfield webpage
at
and click on the
Life Looks Brighter Outside section for more
information on the benefits of outdoor play, ideas
to get active outdoors and links to other great web
based resources including Council’s search engine
to locate a park near you.
Life Looks Brighter Oustside
