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Managing Stress and Fostering Positive Mental Health
We are learning how to describe the emotional and social stresses related to puberty and apply strategies to cope with these changes. We are learning how to explain ways to help someone with their men
Guidelines for Staying Safe Outside of School
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.
Hallway “Manage” Messages
Ophea-Gram
Journaling
Geocaching: Where’s the Dope?
Music Mondays
Mindful Moments
Under Pressure
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
Responding to Scenarios
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
Assessing Dangerous Situations
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
The Dangers of Substance Use
We are learning about the warning signs of problematic substance use and related behaviours and make connections to the consequences that can occur. We are learning to think critically to assess
H&PE Elementary Resources
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...
What I Really Want to Share
I Didn’t Quite See It that Way Before
Jack.org
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...
Exploring and Applying Vaping Education within the Elementary H&PE Curriculum
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...
Engaging Students in Healthy Living through Drama
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...