As children become more independent and more responsible for their own safety, they learn the skills for assessing risk, responding to dangerous situations online, and protecting themselves from a variety of social dangers including bullying, abuse, violence, and other risks associated with...
As children become more independent and more responsible for their own safety, they learn the skills for assessing risk, responding to dangerous situations online, and protecting themselves from a variety of social dangers including bullying, abuse, violence, and other risks associated with...
The Play for All: Strategies for Inclusive Intramurals resource has been developed to provide educators with access to resources to enhance their capacity to implement inclusive, meaningful, safe, and fun intramural programming that meets the needs of every student in the school community.
As children become more independent and more responsible for their own safety, they learn the skills for assessing risk, responding to dangerous situations online, and protecting themselves from a variety of social dangers including bullying, abuse, violence, and other risks associated with...
Mark your calendars and start planning! The last Wednesday in September every year is Rowan’s Law Day (#RowansLawDay) – a day to engage students, staff, coaches, and parents/guardians in activities that increase awareness about concussions and to share Rowan Stringer’s story. The tips, tools, and...
These resources are provided to support concussion awareness and knowledge building for the school community. They are organized by the concussion component they focus on: awareness, identification, management, prevention, and training. As you review the resources, check your school board concussion...
What Are Intramurals? “Intramurals are when students are provided with various purposeful opportunities to engage in fun, inclusive, and meaningful physical activities with other students at their school and outside of instructional tim e.” (Ophea 2023) A quality intramural program provides a...
Quality intramurals are focused on ensuring every student has the opportunity to experience the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical benefits from participating in, contributing to, and/or leading intramural activities at school. The Guiding Principles to Intramurals provide a foundation to...
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...
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Insects Some biting insects, such as mosquitoes and ticks, can be infected and carry diseases. An infected Culex pipiens mosquito can transmit West Nile virus. An infected Blacklegged tick can transmit Lyme disease. Ticks attach themselves to a host by transporting from a blade of grass, a twig, or...
In September, Ophea hosted two webinars (one in English and one in French) to introduce Canada’s new food guide to educators; through identifying connections to the 2019 Health and Physical Education (H&PE) elementary curriculum and exploring teaching strategies for different grade levels. We would...
Winter Safety Considerations Outdoor winter activities present a different set of safety concerns from other seasonal activities that need to be addressed due to cold temperatures and conditions related to snow and ice. Cold temperatures Be aware of signs/symptoms of frostbite and hypothermia and...
This resource includes activity cards tailored for the different physical activity opportunities available throughout the school day and across the school year. The activities facilitate opportunities to foster development of social-emotional learning skills through small-sided, modified, and low...
A consent-based approach for teaching gender-based violence prevention is rooted in teaching students about healthy relationships. It is a proactive approach to reducing, eliminating, and preventing gender-based violence. When students understand what consent is and learn to view situations through...
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...
Get your heart pumping with Ophea's 50 Fitness Activity GIFs . These GIFs are great for Daily Physical Activity (DPA), physical education, or personal fitness challenges in the face to face, virtual, and hybrid teaching and learning environments! The GIFs are based on Ophea's 50 Fitness Activity...
This section is to help those supervising arts, crafts, and clubs (that are non-physical activity based) better understand asthma triggers and strategies to support safe and successful participation. Triggers There are several substances or sources of exposures that may occur during activities that...
Outdoor Sports and Recreation Activities Walking/cycling/running/hiking Soccer Football Baseball/softball Lacrosse Ultimate Frisbee Rock climbing Golf Skiing/snowboarding Tennis Triggers to Consider Outdoor allergies: pollen (trees, grasses, flowers, weeds) and moulds Air pollution Humidity Hot or...
