Junior Activities

This section includes a series of activity cards for the Junior division for WinterSpring, and Fall.

The activities are divided by four categories: Curricular - Physical Education, DPA, Intramurals, and Recess.

Fall

Curricular - Physical Education Activity Cards

Bear/Salmon/Mosquito

Participants practice various movement skills and apply tactical solutions to increase their chance of success while engaging in physical activity in a fall environment.

Squirrel Scramble

Participants practice various movement skills and apply tactical solutions to increase their chance of success while engaging in physical activity in a fall environment.

DPA Activity Cards

Save the Cornucopia

Participants engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity in a fall environment to enhance their fitness and overall health and wellness.

Pumpkin Race

Participants engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity in a fall environment to enhance their fitness and overall health and wellness.

Intramural Activity Cards

Fall Hoarders

Participants engage in a fun activity in a fall environment to build healthy relationships and social connections with others and for additional opportunities to be active throughout the school day.

Recess Activity Cards

All My Friends

Participants share their favourite activities, foods, and games that they enjoy during the fall season in an active format. 

Trees and Leaves

Participants race their partners to perform a variety of locomotor skills, then return to their spot in order to earn a point for their half of the ‘tree’.


Winter

Curricular - Physical Education Activity Cards

Winter Flip

Participants send objects to targets while adapting to winter conditions and reflect on how weather and outdoor clothing affect their movement and game strategy. Participants consider how they dress for winter activity, adjust play to winter conditions, and play this game with friends and family to stay active in winter.

Can’t Touch This

Participants send and receive objects, adjust game strategy to adapt to winter conditions, and reflect on how weather and outdoor clothing affect their movement and game strategy. Participants consider how they dress for winter activity and how they can play this game with friends and family to stay active in winter.

DPA Activity Cards

“Frozen” Tag

Participants engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity in a winter environment to enhance their fitness and overall health and wellness. Participants reflect on ways to be active in winter and engage others in activity to build a habit of engaging in outdoor activity throughout the year.

Secret Snow Partners

Participants engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity in a winter environment to enhance their fitness and overall health and wellness. Participants reflect on ways to be active in winter and engage others in activity to build a habit of engaging in outdoor activity throughout the year.

Intramural Activity Cards

Winterball

Participants engage in a fun activity in a winter environment to build healthy relationships and social connections with others and for additional opportunities to be active throughout the school day.

Recess Activity Cards

Corner Switch

Participants engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity in a winter environment to enhance their physical and mental health and wellness.

Hibernation Tag

Students learn a winter game to play at recess to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity and enhance their physical and mental health and wellness in a winter environment. 


Spring

Curricular - Physical Education Activity Cards

Our Fragile Planet

Participants practice sending and receiving skills and team tactics and strategies while engaging in a territory game in a spring outdoor environment. 

Spring Clean Up

Participants practice aim and accuracy while sending an object toward a target in an engaging spring outdoor activity. 

DPA Activity Cards

Snake Search

Participants find hidden objects, then work cooperatively to build the longest snake they can while trying to beat the timer! 

Honeybee Flower Race

Participants race one another to move pollen from the flowers to their beehive as quickly as possible in a spring outdoor environment. 

Intramural Activity Cards

Spring Sit Spots

This grounding activity provides participants with the opportunity to slow down, breathe deeply, and focus on finding some quiet time during the day to reduce stress, relax, and refocus.

Recess Activity Cards

Shadow Tag

Participants play a tag game at recess on a sunny day to engage in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and enhance their physical and mental health and wellness in a spring environment. 

Honeybee Safe Tag

Participants play a tag game at recess to engage in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and enhance their physical and mental health and wellness in a spring environment.