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Move Your Mood Hallway Circuit
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...
My Body on the Inside
Play for All
The Play for All resource has been developed to provide educators with access to resources to enhance their capacity to implement inclusive, meaningful, safe, and fun intramural programming that meets the needs of every student in the school community.
HANDS UP
HANDS UP for Health and Physical Literacy is a free three part video series for teaching children and youth the importance of physical and health literacy in a way that’s fun and engaging. Introduction to Physical & Health Literacy is intended for children ages 4-9 and introduces the concepts of...
Healthy Bodies
My Body on the Outside
H&PE Online Learning
Ophea’s H&PE Online Learning Resources have been developed to provide educational and development-focused curriculum-linked resources to support educators, parents/caregivers and all students to keep progressing in their learning. Ophea’s H&PE Online Learning Resources include: Ophea Open Class...
Ideas for Action
Ideas for Action is a free activity-based resource supporting leaders of all ages in the planning and implementation of activities that promote and enhance the health and well-being of students, school staff, and the broader community. This resource provides easy-to-use activities on the topics of...
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...
Re-Imagining Intramurals with Aurora Grove Public School
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...
Ask a Dietitian: Supporting Educator Nutrition and Well-being
Health promotion for educators has a positive impact on overall well-being. H&PE can play a key role in shaping our students’ views about healthy and active living, but it is equally important to practice self-care and stay up to date on our own health education. Self-care ensures that we have what...
Benefits and Dangers of Technology
We are learning about the benefits and dangers of technology and using coping strategies and self awareness skills to identify ways to protect our physical and mental health while using technology.
Youth Perspectives on Identifying and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in the Classroom
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...
Fitness Component Stations (Part 2)
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: participate actively and safely in a variety of fitness activities identify the components of fitness and apply self-monitoring as they assess the
Help, Help, Help!
We are learning to use critical thinking skills to make connections between mental health problems and problematic substance use and how cannabis use can affect our brain development. We are learning
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
Healthy Bodies
We are learning how a preoccupation with body image or athletic performance can contribute to harmful or problematic substance use and use self awareness and decision-making skills to make informed