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Jay Williams, 2023/2024 Ophea Award for Outstanding Contribution Recipient (Posthumous)
Steve Friesen, Raise the Bar Founder & Health and Physical Education Teacher (retired)
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. For over two decades, educators and student leaders across...
What’s New? A Guide to the Updated PlaySport
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Thumper
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: actively and safely participate in a variety of health-related fitness tasks apply self-monitoring and critical thinking skills as they assess
Grade 6
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...
Re-Imagining Intramurals with Aurora Grove Public School
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...
How to Use Playsport
Educator Guide to Vaping Education
Purpose This Guide is designed to help educators deepen their knowledge and skills to address vaping as part of the elementary Health and Physical Education curriculum, 2019. Information in this guide focuses on the following: “why” it is important to have conversations about vaping with elementary...
PlaySport
PlaySport is an online activity-based resource designed to maximize the fun, inclusion, participation, and success of everyone when building their physical literacy. PlaySport helps children and youth develop an understanding of and competency with skills and strategies associated with physical...
Supporters
Working together is the most impactful way to build healthy, safe, and inclusive school communities across Ontario. Ophea is proud to collaborate with government, foundations, corporations, researchers, and community health organizations. Special thanks to those that have helped advance our work:
About the Disability-Centred Movement Activities
Welcome Back Choice Board
Choice Board Learning Goal To positively contribute to student well-being through prioritizing student safety through identifying activities to contribute to physically, emotionally and socially safe learning environments for all students. Accommodations & Modifications Accommodations &...
Understanding Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy in Health And Physical Education
What is Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy An inclusive Health & Physical Education (H&PE) program is vital to a student’s personal, social and academic development, to their future economic security, and to a realization of their full potential. Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy...
Secondary Activities
Physical Education Program Planning in Various Settings
“In an environment based on the principles of inclusive education, all students, parents, caregivers, and other members of the school community – regardless of ancestry, culture, ethnicity, sex, physical or intellectual ability, race, religion, creed, gender identity, gender expression, gender...
Connecting with Disability Sport Organizations
Community partnerships play an integral role when planning for and delivering curricular and non-curricular opportunities for students in Health and Physical Education. By collaborating with partners outside of the school, such as recreational and cultural organizations, educators can enhance and...
Using the Vaccination Talks Toolkit (Part II)
Why was VTT created? The Vaccination Talks Toolkit was created to support educators in having classroom discussions about vaccines as part of healthy living. The Toolkit aims to equip educators with actionable resources and tools that integrate health literacy, media literacy, and inquiry-based...
The Why Behind Intramurals
For over two decades, educators and student leaders across Ontario have used Raise the Bar resources for support in developing intramurals tailored to the unique needs of their school community; and it is our pleasure to share this Ophea platform with Steve Friesen, Raise the Bar Founder and...