Beyond the Walls
(Available in English and French)
Author: Ophea
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Activities for outdoor spaces, Intramural activity plans, Videos to support outdoor activity planning in different seasons
Type: Website, Resource, Videos, Activity Cards
Description: Ophea’s Beyond the Walls: Activities for the Outdoors resources have been developed to support elementary and secondary educators in using outdoor spaces safely and effectively for physical activity with students across the school day. This resource provides opportunities for students to observe, explore, and appreciate nature as they reflect on the benefits of being physically active outdoors all year long.
CIRA Games Videos & Resources
(Available in English)
Author: CIRA Ontario
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Videos of activities in action, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), Activity plans and resources
Type: Website, Videos
Description: This website includes videos of a selection of CIRA Ontario’s games and a list of available publications and resource with samples available for download. These resources provide a range of ideas for different age groups and demonstrate what the games look like in physical education/intramural/recreation environments. Additional goals to encourage and support professional growth and student leadership development are also achieved.
Ontario Physical Activity Safety Standards for Education (OPASSE) – Intramurals
(Available in English and French)
Author: Ophea
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Physical safety in intramurals
Type: Website
Description: The Ontario Physical Activity Safety Standards in Education represent the minimum (minimum does not refer to minimal safety standards but to the minimum requirements for safety standards that must be followed in school-based physical activities) standard for risk management practice for school boards in Ontario for curricular, intramural and interschool activities.
Outdoor Education Toolkit for Grades 1-8 and Outdoor Education Toolkit for Grades 9-12
(Available in English and French)
Author: Ophea
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Outdoor Education Safety and Risk Management, Outdoor Education Program Planning and Lesson Plans, Creating a Culture of Safety-Mindedness and Understanding Risk, Exploring Comfort Zones, Physical Safety and Emotional Safety
Type: Website, Resource
Description: These toolkits were developed to enrich and promote a culture of safety-mindedness (awareness of risks, knowing how to respond, proactively addressing safety issues) and to help educators increase students’ awareness, confidence, comfort and preparedness to engage safely in enjoyable outdoor activities. The Outdoor Education Toolkits are a great starting point for new and experienced educators and provide checklists, tips, conversation starters, lesson plans, and safety strategies that can help to encourage more activities in the outdoors.
Quality Intramurals - Program Guidelines
(Available in English and French)
Author: PHE Canada
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Intramural planning and design, Activity variations and modifications, Additional resources
Type: Website, Resource
Description: This resource helps to support school communities in developing and delivering quality intramural programs.
Safer Spaces and Social Identity Formation
(Available in English and French)
Author: The Students Commission of Canada (SCC)
Audience (Grade): Students, Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Emotional safety and belonging, Creating positive safer spaces, Social Identity Formation
Type: Website
Description: This model describes creating positive safer spaces that respect individual differences, on-line and off-line. The program supports young people to explore diversity and define positive social identities for themselves by practicing vulnerability and creating connection.
