Fundamental Movement Skills

Fundamental Movement Skills

Counties Manukau Sports has developed a fundamental movement skills programme that is is being offered to pre-schools. The programme has been piloted in 2010 with teachers and children in pilot schools and early childhood centres across Counties Manukau.

Fundamental movement skills are the building blocks for successful participation in games and sports. Examples of these skills can often be seen in the different games our students play in the playground, (hopscotch, elastics, tiggy) as well as the organised games as part of PE and sport.

Research shows that fundamental movement skills are the key to addressing issues of participation levels in physical activity. If students are proficient in fundamental movement skills they are more likely to participate in games and sports and establish long-life commitment to health and physical activity. They also develop self esteem which flows through into their academic school work.

Counties Manukau Sports believe this programme will benefit our children to grow into healthy confident and positive young adults.

Fundamental Movement Skills Teams Up with Healthy Heart Award

Counties Manukau Sport can finally announce an exciting new collaboration with the Heart Foundation. The junction combines the Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) Programme alongside the Healthy Heart Award, targeting our Early Childhood Centres (ECEs) with high Pacific enrolment in the Counties Manukau and Tamaki district.

This new venture will work to engage and educate teachers and educators involved with our Pacific ECEs to develop, implement, and manage the Fundamental Movement Skills Programme with the children as well as support these ECEs to register for and achieve the Heart Foundations Healthy Heart Award.

Counties Manukau Sport have two new Pacific FMS Health Promotion Advisors; Marissa Holland and Satali Auvae who will be working with our Pacific ECE’s to provide professional development training in FMS and the facilitation of the Healthy Heart Award.

For more information on Heart Foundations Healthy Heart Award:
http://www.heartfoundation.org.nz/programmes-resources/schools-and-eces/healthy-heart-award

For more information please e-mail michelew@cmsport.co.nz