Break the Ice
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to participate actively and safely with others as they develop interpersonal skills related to cooperative games.
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to participate actively and safely with others as they develop interpersonal skills related to cooperative games.
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to demonstrate interpersonal skills as they relate to cooperative team-building games.
The Early Learning Resource assists kindergarten teachers, early-childhood educators and early-learning teams with the implementation of The Kindergarten Program, 2016. Through the Early Learning Resource, children are given the opportunity to develop physical literacy and health literacy skills...
Cannabis Education Resources has been developed to provide educators and administrators access to evidence-informed information on substance use (specifically cannabis) to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions to support their health and well-being. The...
Gender-Based Violence Prevention Education Resources has been developed to increase educators’ understanding of what is gender-based violence and harassment and to raise awareness of how they can be prevented through early education and honest classroom conversations. Gender-Based Violence...
Ideas for Action is a free activity-based resource supporting leaders of all ages in the planning and implementation of activities that promote and enhance the health and well-being of students, school staff, and the broader community. This resource provides easy-to-use activities on the topics of...
This resource has been developed to support secondary educators in planning and exploring new approaches to teaching healthy living through drama-based activities. This resource may be used by teachers when addressing the healthy living expectations from the Health and Physical Education Curriculum...
Learning About Concussions: Teacher Guide and Lesso n (for Grade 6 students) and Learning More About Concussions: Teacher Guide and Lesson (for Grade 9 students) include a teacher guide, lesson and an online student module. The teacher guide, lesson, and module are available for Ontario teachers in...
Wallet Wellness is a free financial literacy resource designed to provide children and youth with a strong understanding of financial basics in order to successfully navigate today’s complex financial world. This resource includes activity cards and an activity booklet for Grades 4-6 students...
2023-24 eLearning Updates Ophea’s interactive e-Learning modules are 1-2 hours in length and feature a variety of instructional methods. Certificates of completion are provided once modules are completed successfully. You can continue to enroll in any of the modules up until June 30th, 2024. ...
Creating Asthma Friendly Environments provides information and resources for organizations to develop asthma friendly and supportive environments for children and youth. Empowering children and youth in a supportive environment helps them develop life-long skills for controlling their asthma. Your...
Ophea’s H&PE Curriculum Resources: Grades 1-8 addressing the H&PE Curriculum, 2015 continue to be available. Throughout the school year, new lesson plans will be added to further support you in teaching the current curriculum. With the release of the 2019 Elementary H&PE curriculum, Ophea will...
Vaping Education Resources have been developed to provide educators with capacity building tools and conversation starter prompts to support students in developing the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions to support their health and well-being. The Vaping Educations Resources...
2023-24 eLearning Updates Ophea’s interactive e-Learning modules are 1-2 hours in length and feature a variety of instructional methods. Certificates of completion are provided once modules are completed successfully. You can continue to enroll in any of the modules up until June 30th, 2024. ...
The Rowan’s Law Day Toolkit for Schools has been developed to help schools and classrooms recognize Rowan’s Law Day and encourage students to speak up about concussions. The toolkit contains sample tools to support recognition of Rowan’s Law Day at your school and to spark conversation among...
Join us for an hour-long discussion as we explore the scope and sequence of learning about vaping within the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum for grades 4-8. We will be modelling learning strategies, based on lesson plans, and together, will apply a harm reduction approach and...
Each year more Canadian children are injured falling out of their beds than falling out of a tree yet there is no outcry to ban bedroom furniture. With few exceptions, our communities are safer than ever before but children are cocooned indoors, over-programmed and left with no time for free play...
Health promotion for educators has a positive impact on overall well-being. H&PE can play a key role in shaping our students’ views about healthy and active living, but it is equally important to practice self-care and stay up to date on our own health education. Self-care ensures that we have what...
Join us and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) for an hour-long Q&A session on vaping and its connections to the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum for grades 1-8. The session will focus on answering your questions about vaping, adopting a harm reduction approach, and...
This webinar is intended for elementary educators and will include a discussion on the differences between the 2015 and 2019 Health and Physical Education curriculum. Together, in partnership with School Mental Health Ontario, this webinar will unpack the changes to the strands and components...