Thursday, May 26, 2016
In September 2015 Ophea’s Healthy Schools Certification was launched. We are thrilled to have 182 schools across Ontario committed to making their school community a healthier place. From January – June, we’ll be sharing the experiences of select registered Healthy Schools across Ontario, bringing...
Friday, May 20, 2016
Taking a Stand: Working together to prevent sexual violence and harassment in schools
Guest Written by: Clara Vaz, White Ribbon Campaign
What we see and learn as children stays with us as adults. Sexism, gender inequality, homophobia, violence against girls and women are all tied to how we are...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Did you know that asthma affects approximately 1 in 5 children in Ontario and is the leading cause of hospital admissions, emergency room visits and school absenteeism for children?[1] It’s important to create an asthma friendly school to support students with asthma participate fully in school...
Friday, May 6, 2016
Q&A featuring Paul André Cyr, EAO, Teacher at St. Marguerite d'Youville
1. Why do you feel inquiry is such a powerful approach to engage students in learning?
Inquiry is empowering. It allows students to gain greater control of their learning, and to become more critical of their progress....
Friday, April 29, 2016
Dance is a fun and engaging way to get students active. It plays an important part of a balanced Physical Education curriculum because it lets students experience cultures from around the world, work in groups with others to achieve different types of ‘challenges’ (e.g. creating a dance), learn...
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
In September 2015 Ophea’s Healthy Schools Certification was launched. We are thrilled to have 182 schools across Ontario committed to making their school community a healthier place. From January – June, we’ll be sharing the experiences of select registered Healthy Schools across Ontario, bringing...
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Ophea has just launched a new resource for secondary teachers!
Approaches to Teaching Healthy Living: A Guide for Secondary Educators is an online resource developed to support secondary educators in teaching the Healthy Living strand of the 2015 Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
In September 2015 Ophea’s Healthy Schools Certification was launched. We are thrilled to have 182 schools across Ontario committed to making their school community a healthier place. From January – June, we’ll be sharing the experiences of select registered Healthy Schools across Ontario, bringing...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Rewards can be an effective way to encourage positive student behaviour in the classroom and around the school. When enforcing or revisiting desired behaviours, small rewards can often help students establish the activity and encourage maintenance of the new behaviour, with self-motivation...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
All About H&PE gives you the tool you need to strengthen your understanding and knowledge of the five Fundamental Principles that underpin the H&PE curriculum. The resource now includes 5 online learning videos and posters that support professional learning and bring the curriculum to life...
