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Health and Physical Education

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TVO Learn is designed to meet each student where they are on their learning journey. Learning Activities are comprehensive and require guided instruction from an adult, while Resources for Learning, Apply the Learning prompts and Vocabulary lists work well to reinforce specific skills or to enable independent exploration of a subject. Use these helpful tips to get the most from TVO Learn.

Curriculum Overview

The health and physical education program for Grades 1 focuses on the foundational knowledge and skills that students will need in order to support mental health and well-being, develop physical and health literacy, and acquire the commitment and capacity to lead healthy, active lives. Through participating in health and physical education in the classroom and gymnasium, out of doors, in schoolyards and school gardens, and in the community, students learn to make healthy active living a part of everyday life.

 

The expectations for health and physical education are organized into four distinct but related strands:

  • Social-Emotional Learning Skills
  • Active Living
  • Movement Competence: Skills, Concepts, and Strategies
  • Healthy Living

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Learning Activities

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Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Organized by grade and topic (or strand), students should be guided through each Learning Activity by an adult. Before clicking on a topic to prepare for or begin this guided instruction, be sure to read these helpful tips about how to get the most out of TVO Learn.

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Resources for Learning

Chosen by TVO educators, these resources support the curriculum outlined above. Review the below list of options along with the activities. Then, read, watch, listen or play to build understanding and knowledge.

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Apply the Learning

Choose from the following to consolidate learning across all curriculum strands.

 

  • Create a list of the different ways you can show respect to others when being active in school or at home.

  • How might you design a playground that would encourage you to be physically active? What might you include in your design?

  • Imagine three or four animals. If you were to move like each animal you have thought about, how might their movements be different than one another. How might your arms and legs move differently?

  • How do you know when your body is working hard during physical activity?

  • Create a drawing that illustrates what you might need to wear in different types of weather in order to participate safely in outdoor activities.

  • How many different body parts could you use to move a ball forward? Create an illustration, collage, or move your body to show the different ways.

  • What are some ways that you can show safe behaviours in the classroom or at home? Who are the trusted adults you could go to if you needed help?

  • What are some things that you do that make you feel good and that can also help you take care of your mental health?

  • Canada’s Food Guide makes recommendations that can help you develop healthy eating habits. What are some of the healthy habits recommended in the Food Guide?
  • What are some behaviours that can be harmful to your health? What are some things you can do that are healthier or that protect your health and the health of other people?
  • When we take care of our body , we are also taking care of our brain’s health, because our brain is a part
    of our body! When our brain is healthy, this helps our mental health. What sorts of
    things can you do to take care of your brain?”

Vocabulary

Review this list of vocabulary associated with the curriculum. Practice spelling, research definitions, and find these vocabulary words when engaging with the TVO resources or completing learning activities.

Students should understand and be able to apply these words in context.

  • Active Living
  • Movement Competence
  • Healthy Living

active

active living

belonging

behaviour

boundaries

concussion

cool down

exertion

perseverance

respect

safety

warm up

body parts

locomotor movement

movement

perseverance

resilience

self awareness

static imbalances

allergies

Canada's Food Guide

consent

emotion

feeling

five senses

genitalia

healthy behaviours

healthy habits

hygiene

mental health

nutrients

personal boundaries

relationships

self confidence

stress

vegetables, fruits, whole grains, proteins

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