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Activity 3: Taking Care of Mental and Physical Health, Vaccinations, and Personal Decision Making
Activity 2: Factors in Decision Making about Vaccination
Activity 3: Exploring Diverse Perspectives
Jacob Wttewaall, Youth and Inclusive Education and Sports Advocate
Ophea’s Sector Spotlight aims to illuminate the bright spots within the education sector through recognizing the critical work being done by community members and value-aligned organizations, and its impact on student and staff well-being. This initiative also aims to strengthen connections between...
Stop, Start, Consider!: Student-Centred Practices in Health and Physical Education
Stop, Start, Consider! is a free downloadable poster series developed to support educators, school staff, and other members of the school community in creating identity-affirming, safer Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning environments for every student. When students experience feelings of...
About Stop, Start, Consider!
Ophea’s Stop, Start, Consider! resource is a free downloadable poster series that has been developed to support educators in identifying and shifting away from practices that have the potential to cause harm to marginalized students by providing alternative strategies and encouraging meaningful...
Doing Gender-Inclusive Physical Education & Sport
Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning environments as they are typically structured can be sites of discrimination, harassment or other harm for students because of their gender identity and gender expression. For example, in relying upon a simple binary (e.g., separate boys and girls teams...
How do the Ontario Physical Activity Safety Standards in Education Support Schools?
As we continue to move through the school year, we’re sharing our platform with the Ontario School Boards' Insurance Exchange (OSBIE) to provide you with some risk management tips related to activity management and injury prevention for physical education, intramurals, and interschool sports...
Disability-Centred Movement Activities
Schools are essential settings to promote the healthy development of every student. Physical activity opportunities throughout the school day can engage students with disabilities in experiences that promote healthy active living, along with building a sense of belonging in the school setting. The...
Strategies for Planning and Implementing UDL
The following strategies can help educators embed a UDL approach in their physical education programming and physical activity environment: Take the time to learn about students, their abilities, and the identities they hold. Then, act on this knowledge to provide meaningful and relevant learning...
Disability-Centred Movement Activities Safety Requirements
The safety information included in this section and within the activities is intended for use in conjunction with your own organization/board’s safety standards. Before using the activity cards, consult with your provincial, territorial, regional and/or organization’s safety guidelines or your...
About the Disability-Centred Movement Activities
These activities have been developed using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approaches. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) The aim of UDL is to provide access to the learning in H&PE for every student. Understanding students’ strengths and needs, as...
Primary/Junior Disability-Centred Movement Activities
Batters All Around Game Category : Striking & Fielding Games In this activity, the batters are striking a ball into the field, while attempting to score points, while the fielders make it challenging for the batters to score points. Get Your Move On Game Category : Zone Games In this activity...
Junior/Intermediate Disability-Centred Movement Activities
Knock ’em Down Game Category : Target Games In this activity, participants play alone and explore a variety of ways to send different objects from a starting line to knock down pins. Rally Ball Game Category : Net & Wall Games In this activity, participants are working in groups together to send and...
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Knock ’em Down
Resource Database
The Play for All Resource Database is designed to assist in the planning and facilitation of a safe and inclusive intramural program. The resources in this database may be used with student leaders and other school staff who assist in the organization and monitoring of intramural activities...
Support Tools
The intramural Support Tools have been developed to support the planning and implementation of an intramural program. Use these customizable tools as is, or add/revise questions and components to meet the school’s needs. These tools can be printed or completed online to support intramural planning...
Student Voice & Choice
Importance of Student Engagement Student engagement is a critical component of a quality intramural program. When students are actively involved in shaping and delivering the program, their needs and interests are better understood and addressed. This approach increases participation and ensures...