00:00Today we are announcing a major investment on behalf of the state government to make school camps free for Year
00:087 for every single kid. Every single kid. That's 12,600 kids in the public system in Year 7 will
00:18now all get school camps for free.
00:20Now why is this important? A few reasons. First thing is we know there are kids not going to school
00:26camp because mum and dad can't afford it. Now just think about that for a moment. Think about the kid
00:32who's at home missing out on going to school camp where all their friends are going simply because mum and
00:38dad aren't in position financially to be able to pay for a school camp.
00:40An active participation or active play guarantee into the curriculum. Making sure that kids spend a minimum of 150 minutes
00:49a week while they're at school physically active. This isn't at the expense of their basic education and reading and
00:57writing and maths. This is to enhance it because all of the international research and Australian research shows that when
01:05kids have been active their capacity to take in information academically dramatically improves.
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