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Create a Meme Create a short and effective message by placing captions on pictures (often well-known images) to get your point across. Share your image around the school. Culture Jamming Take a subtle approach to spreading a message by leaving informational materials in places where people will see...
Intramural Activities & Safety Resources
Reconciliation at School: Understanding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Health & Physical Education
Healthy Active Living for Life through PlaySport
PlaySport supports the development of knowledge and skills that will benefit children and youth throughout their lives. PlaySport helps children and youth to thrive by enabling them to develop their physical literacy and the comprehension, capacity, confidence, and commitment needed to lead healthy...
Health and Physical Education
Healthy Schools Certification: How You Can Make a Difference in Your School
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...
Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) Approach
The Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach was developed by researchers at Loughborough University in England to tap into children’s inherent desire to play. Bunker and Thorpe (1982) developed TGfU around the concept of teaching kids games by playing games . Butler et al. (2008) identified...