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We are learning to evaluate personal eating habits and food choices on the basis of the recommendations in Canada’s Food Guide; We are learning to identify strategies for promoting healthy...
We are learning to evaluate personal eating habits and food choices on the basis of the recommendations in Canada’s Food Guide; We are learning to identify strategies for promoting healthy...
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...
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...
Food for Thought – Improving Food Literacy is a free online resource that integrates food literacy and media literacy into discussions about healthy eating which provides students with the skills they need to make healthier food choices in a variety of settings, taking into account the factors...
We are learning to identify strategies for promoting healthy eating habits and food choices within the school, home, and community.
The Outdoor Education Toolkit for Grades 1 to 8 and the Outdoor Education Toolkit for Grades 9 to 12 were developed to enrich and promote a culture of safety-mindedness, increase teacher awareness, confidence, and preparedness to teach outdoor education safety and risk management, and increase...
We are learning to use a decision-making process to apply good safety practices by developing safety guidelines for a variety of places and situations outside the classroom.
We are learning to apply decision-making, assertiveness, and refusal skills to deal with pressures pertaining to alcohol use or other behaviours that can later lead to addiction and we are learning to
The Vaccination Talks Toolkit is a free online resource that integrates health literacy, digital media literacy and inquiry into discussions about vaccines as part of healthy living. This resource is intended to support children and youth in developing their health literacy related to vaccinations...
We are learning to set a goal for developing healthier eating habits using Canada’s Food Guide and we are learning ways of promoting healthier eating habits in different settings and situations.
Increasing opportunities for physical activity The classroom environment offers a wide range of opportunities for students to be physically active. Implementing meaningful opportunities for students to be physically active can influence a student’s overall school experience, their physical literacy...
On November 29, 2023, Ophea hosted a webinar in partnership with the Ontario Coalition for Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) ’s Draw the Line Campaign (#DTL16Days). Moderated by Ophea’s Curriculum Consultant Andrea Haefele (she/her), Youth Perspectives on Identifying and Responding to Gender-Based...
We are learning to use our critical thinking skills to describe how first- and second-hand smoke and vaping affects smokers and the people around them and we are learning to use our self-awareness
In previous webinars, we learned about Canada’s Food Guide and the connections to the Health & Physical Education(H&PE) curricula to help students develop the knowledge and skills to make the healthiest eating choices they can. Now we are going to hear from educators who are using these strategies...
We are learning to apply our social-emotional learning skills and our knowledge of potentially dangerous situations, the impact of violent behaviours, and problematic substance use and addictive
We are learning to identify personal eating habits and set a goal for developing healthier eating habits using Canada’s Food Guide.
We are learning to use critical thinking skills to identify situations that could lead to injury or death and describe behaviours that can help reduce risk including using coping skills to respond to