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Creating a Safe and Inclusive Learning Environment
Always Changing and Growing Up: How might we support learning in the classroom and beyond?
Growth and Development
Growth and development is a key component of overall health and well-being that affects everyone. Due to diverse family structures, cultural and religious values, sexual orientations, and gender identities, there’s no doubt it’s a topic that needs to be approached with sensitivity and adequate...
Getting Started
There are some excellent pre-existing materials out there – take a look at the sources of information and organizations listed in Support in Your Community for inspiration. Become familiar with what these organizations offer and incorporate the existing materials into your campaign. These are great...
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...
No, Thank You Awards
Influences on Our Self-Concept During Adolescence
We are learning to apply our self-awareness skills to understand the impacts of viewing sexually explicit media, including pornography.
Supporting Human Development & Sexual Health Webinar Blog
In February, Ophea hosted a webinar with a specific focus on Supporting Human Development & Sexual Health, one of the health topics in Strand D: Healthy Living within the 2019 Ontario Elementary Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum. With the intention of enhancing teacher confidence, the...
Germs and Vaccinations
Freeze for Five Tag
Human Development and Sexual Health in the Elementary H&PE Curriculum
This webinar is intended for elementary educators. This webinar will explore Strand D: Healthy Living in the 2019 Elementary Health and Physical Education curriculum. Educational strategies will be discussed and there will be an opportunity for participants to share their strategies and ask...
Human Development and Sexual Health
Teaching about human development and sexual health helps students better understanding themselves as they mature and are faced with many important personal decisions. Good sexual health education requires more than simply teaching young people about the anatomy and physiology of reproduction i...
Balancing
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to actively participate and explore transfer of weight while performing a variety of static balances, using different body parts at different...
Upfront
Ideas for Action is meant to be a starting point — a resource to get you, other students, your teachers, and your whole school community started in planning activities in your schools. This site provides key information about existing programs and resources, tips for getting started, things to...
Smoothie Day
Curriculum Mapping - Healthy Living Example
This example begins by examining the specific expectations from Grade 11 (C3.4) and Grade 12 (C2.5). These expectations were chosen because of their commonalities and the ability to develop the necessary skills for students to progress through the curriculum. Note: the expectations selected are to...
Key Terms and Notes
A variety of key terms are used when promoting healthy relationships. Here are a few definitions that you should be familiar with as you get started. Administration : The principal and vice principal of a school. Ally : An individual or organization with values similar to yours, who will work with...
Identifying Nutrients
We are learning to identify key nutrients provided by foods and beverages and describe their importance for growth, mental and physical health, learning, and physical performance.