Available for HELP with your Health and Physical Education Program

• Dave Pagniello Holy Child 416-393-5433

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• Enrica Della Mea St. Gabriel 416-393-5256

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• Adrian Olsthoorn St. Luke 416-393-5347

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• Colleen Reel Our Lady of Fatima 416-393-5252

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• Megan Ryan St. Bren-dan 416-393-5359

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• Nelli Domingues, Re-source Teacher HPE , voice mail 81739

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Health & Physical Activity...AMEN

The new Ministry HPE Curriculum document was re-leased as an interim document in late June. The docu-ment is interim until a revision to the healthy living component under Growth and Development is finalized and approved by the Ministry. Teachers are expected to implement the new document starting September 2010. As you may be aware, the TCDSB now has many specialty physical education teachers for the elemen-tary schools. These teachers are now covering the movement competence expectations as outlined in the new curriculum. We are currently providing work-shops for these specialty teachers in order to prepare them for their new responsibilities. The classroom teacher will still be expected to provide

daily physical activity (DPA) for their students when they do not have their spe-cialty teacher conducting a lesson in the gym. DPA is now a curriculum expecta-tion that is expected to be assessed by the teacher. The classroom teacher is also expected to provide one health lesson per week. Health and physical education are separated for the first time on the new report card. Students will now receive a formal grade for both health and also for physical education. Our department has participated in an agreement with the Ontario Physical Health Educators Association to provide support materials for all teachers in the elemen-tary panel. These documents are due to be released in late October. Currently teachers still have access to the previous OPHEA support documents in binder format, available in each grade, from the printing department of the TCDSB.

September 2010

Implementing the New HPE Curriculum for 2010

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Who are we? Pope John Paul II’s Health Action Team is a well developed group of leaders and athletes who have come together to promote a healthy lifestyle, demonstrate leadership and provide support to our school community and those in need. The team consists of three grade 9, 10 and 11 students from a variety of extra curricular groups as well as two teacher/coaches. What did we do? We developed a list of differ‐ent things we would like to do to support our community.  We decided upon two areas we wished to focus on:  providing healthy alternatives to our students in the form of snacks and aid to children who do not have the means to maintain healthy active lives. Through ‘Munchie Mondays’ and supporting Right to Play, our Health Action Team came together for the well being of the community. Munchie Mondays— As a group, we decided to target the junior students at our school and determine their level of healthy eating throughout the day.  The main reason for be‐ginning Munchie Mondays was because we wanted to ensure that PJP II students have healthy and energetic lifestyles.  Surveys that we created and distributed showed that 140 grade 9 students and 124 grade 10’s skip breakfast every day.  The surveys also found that 81 grade 9’s and 71 grade 10 students skip lunch on a regular basis.  In addition, we asked the students how missing meals affected their ability to focus in class.  An overwhelming percentage (over 90) noted that skipping meals had an impact on their days at school.  These results were shocking to us, and encouraged us to begin our campaign for a healthier school community as soon as possible. Each Monday (from January until June), our junior students received snacks.  (continued on the next page) 

Pope John Paul II Panthers Health Action Team

These ranged from apples to bananas, jello, rice krispy squares etc.  The materials were purchased (or in some cases personally baked) each Sunday and delivered during period two (long enough after the breakfast portion of the day and before lunch).  Teach‐ers were very supportive and students were excited to see what snack they would be receiving each week.  While funding did not allow for us to provide each of our six hun‐dred plus junior students a snack each week, we worked on a three to four week cycle.  Funding for this program came from our Health Action Plan as well as fundraising 

evenings at Boston Pizza and snack sales at both track and field meets and elementary basketball/volleyball tournaments held at our school. 

Right to Play

Aside from providing for our own students, we also wanted to reach out to communities in need.  We discovered the organization ‘Right to Play’ and chose them to focus on.  “Right To Play is an interna‐tional humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Working in both the hu‐manitarian and development con‐text, Right To Play trains local 

community leaders as Coaches to deliver its programs in countries af‐fected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.” (righttoplay.com)

Being very active students/teachers ourselves, we could not imagine a time where we would not have the means necessary to play.  This was an organization that was very close to our hearts.  As a team, we organized and ran an elementary school basketball tournament to raise money for ‘Right to Play’.  We raised close to $1000 to donate to this organization and con‐tribute to our snack program.  Aside from providing a fun day for elemen‐tary students and working for a great cause, we developed and enhanced our own skills in organization, leader‐ship, co‐operation and began a tradi‐

JPII Health Action Team (cont.)

St. Jean de Brebeuf is awarded a S’Cool Life Fund Grant

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“Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.”

Roger Bannister after becoming the first person to break the 4 minute mile in 1952

St. Jean de Brebeuf was awarded one of 231 grants from S’Cool Life Fund to support the purchase of playground equipment. As a result of this funding, students will have the opportunity to use Funhoops (freestanding hoops that develop hand-eye coordination and encour-age the creation of games by numeric value or colour) and benefit from asphalt painted games to support their PALS (Playground Ac-tivity Leaders in Schools) program.

Schools can access this grant program for the 2010/2011 school year from September 13th to December 31st, 2010. Visit www.scoollifefund.ca for more information on this particular grant. Your area PLN teacher also has numerous other grant opportunities in which your school can apply. Please connect with your area PLN teacher for more information.

‐tion that we hope to con‐tinue at PJPII. 

Health Action at PJPII

The Health Action Team at PJPII had a very successful first year.  We are very pleased with what we have accomplished this year.  We are eager/ excited to see what the next year has in store, as we expand the healthy active culture of our school. 

JPII Health Action Team spelling “HAT” with a heart at the end!