Friday, October 2, 2015
How Educators Can Foster Safe Physical & Emotional Environments in H&PE
We all learn best when we feel safe and included. The 2015 Ontario Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum for elementary and secondary students takes this to heart. In fact, one of the curriculum’s...
Friday, August 28, 2015
How the Revised Secondary H&PE Curriculum Connects the Dots for Holistic Student Health
For the last five years, Ontario’s educators have been using a 16-year-old Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum—a document older than many of the students themselves. After a long wait, a...
Monday, June 1, 2015
How Student Choice in H&PE can lead to a Lifelong Love of Physical Activity
As adults, we have different preferences when it comes to getting active—some like a relaxing stroll while others go for a long run... some prefer the music and movement of a dance class while others crave the fast-...
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
With the release of Ontario's revised elementary and secondary Health and Physical Education (H&PE) Curriculum, there's never been a better time for Ontario educators, grades 1–12, to take a new, more comprehensive approach to the subject. But, rest assured, while the revised curriculum may...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
For five years, Ontario’s students have been using a curriculum that’s older than many students themselves. Released in the late ‘90s, the 16 year-old curriculum is the most out of date in all of Canada – and it has had a very real impact on our kids. But on February 23, with the release of the...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
How Active Transportation is Strengthening Communities & Helping York Region Students Lead Healthy, Active Lives
When it comes to using forms of active transportation—such as walking or biking to school—the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card[i] has once again given Canadian children a...
Friday, June 29, 2012
Feeling cooped up? Need a change of scenery? We all do from time to time; so why stay in when you can take it outside? Using outdoor facilities is an excellent way to include a wider range of activities in your physical activity programming and introduce students or campers to places they can go...
