"For most students, a water fountain can give refreshment. But for those with life-threatening food allergies, it could be a site of cross-contamination." ~ Meagan Gillmore After posting my "5 Sweet Classroom Rewards that Aren't Food" blog post I was contacted by Meagan Gillmore a writer for Teach Magazine to be interviewed for an article … Continue reading Managing an Allergy-Free Classroom
Category: Health and Physical Education
This category will take you to posts which support educators in helping their students develop physical and health literacy through the implmentation of the Ontario health and physical education curriculum.
5 Sweet Classroom Rewards that Aren’t Food
This post was originally shared on Ophea's blog. View the original post here. 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 … Continue reading 5 Sweet Classroom Rewards that Aren’t Food
Physical & emotional safety is a precondition for learning in H&PE
Students learn best in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe. In health and physical education, we often think of the need to keep our students physically safe. We have them checking to ensure their shoes are laced, hair is tied, and jewellery is removed. There is physically an inherent risk, and we want … Continue reading Physical & emotional safety is a precondition for learning in H&PE
Catching Heather Chronicles 