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EA News Jan 2010-2.Indd EVEREVERACTIVEACTIVE! NEWS AND UPDATES REGARDING HEALTHY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IN ALBERTA Extra…Extra! Active Kids are Fit to Learn! The 2009 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth provides current information from research across Canada focusing on those settings and indicators that impact the activity levels of children and youth. Currently, Canadian children and youth have physically active. Evidence has shown improvements received a grade of ‘F’ for physical activity in cognitive or behaviour functions. Physical levels. However, the proportion of children and activity enhances memory and learning, promotes youth meeting the guidelines has increased from the generation of new nerve cells in the brain and 9% to 13%. This still means that a whopping protects the nervous system from inquiry and disease. 87% are not meeting the guidelines of 90 In addition, there is a possible link of improvements minutes of physical activity per day! in self-esteem, classroom behaviour and/or attention The report card debunks the idea that reducing span. time from physical education and physical To read more about the Report Card go to: activity to make time for academics results in a rise in achievement. On the contrary, www.activehealthykids.ca/ReportCard/ academic achievement of students may increase 2009ReportCardOverview.aspx by providing students more opportunities to be Upcoming Events inside this issue… January • The EAS Happily Ever Active Calendar Contest begins!!! VOLUME 2 • NUMBER 1 • JANUARY 2010 February • Heart Month » www.heartandstroke.ab.ca February 4-7 • Alberta Winter Games » www.awg2010.ca 2&3 » Health Promoting Schools February 10 • Alberta Winter Walk Day » www.shapeab.com/EventCalendar.asp Update February 12-28 • Vancouver Winter Olympics » www.vancouver2010.com 4 » Community Activities Feb/March • Alberta Teachers Association Upcoming Teachers Conventions » www.teachers 6 » Healthy Eating Centre ab.ca/PROFESSIONAL%20DEVELOPMENT/TEACHERS%20CONVENTIONS/Pages 7 » Mental Wellbeing Centre About%20Teachers%20Conventions.aspx 12&13 » HPEC March • Nutrition Month » www.dietitians.ca March 15 16 » EAS Profi led Success Story • Deadline for art entries into the EAS Calendar contest. March 12 -21 • Paralympic Olympic Games » www.gov.bc.ca/themes/2010olympics Ever Active Schools is the number one source for physical activity, physical education, and health and wellness program in-servicing in the province! For a complete listing of all the workshops offered, Have an idea for how Ever Active Schools can further support the creation of healthy active school communities? visit www.everactive.org or call 780-454-4745. We always welcome feedback as to what is working and how we can improve. The Ever Active Schools Program facilitates the development of healthy children Call (780) 454-4745 or email one of our staff with your suggestions. and youth by fostering social and physical environments that support healthy, active school communities. EAS is a project of the Health and Physical Education Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and is funded by Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT (ASRPWF), Alberta Health and Wellness and Alberta Education. The Health and Physical Education Council acknowledges the generous contribution of 3rd Floor, Percy Page Centre • 11759 Groat Road • Edmonton, Alberta T5M 3K6 • TEL 780.454.4745 • FAX 780.453.1756 • www.everactive.org Health Promoting Schools Update Notes from Director’s Desk Battle River By the time you read these words, Ever on a mission. They “caught health” and Project (BRP) Active Schools will have hosted its fi rst ever were determined to inspire their students to Health Promoting Schools conference. We do the same. You play a large role in the Update chose a bit of an ambitious name – Shaping lives of your students – might as well make the Future, but are confi dent that when it a positive one! How will you inspire – As the New Year unfolds there are many great school communities choose to promote YOUR STUDENTS? things happening in the Battle River Project. I health that is EXACTLY what they do – have had the wonderful opportunity to meet EMPOWER – Your School. Now that you with many of the administrators and champions shape the future! Together, we can change AND your students are on board it’s time to behaviour and attitudes today that will to discuss some of the initiatives currently shake up the whole community! Margaret within their schools; as well as, the changes impact generations to come – lofty goals Mead said, “A small group of thoughtful indeed! for the New Year. Some of those positive people could change the world. Indeed, it’s initiatives have been: Since it’s still January, let’s take a look at the only thing that ever has.” Work together the concept of shaping the future in the light to change your school community into a • Character Development Programs of New Year’s resolutions... Do you have place that values health and seeks to make a • Challenge Days any? Lose a pound or two, stop annoying difference. Is there time in this New Year to • Aligning food offered at school with the your mother-in-law, hit the gym, spend empower – YOUR SCHOOL? Nutrition Guidelines more time with the family, attend more Consider making healthy schools your New EAS workshops – all worthy goals indeed! • Grub Tubs (tubs where students can deposit Year’s resolution and begin Shaping the food they do not want for others to access) How about your school community, any Future of our children. Remember, Ghandi resolutions there? What if your personal said, “It is health that is real wealth and not • Offering non-traditional activities to be health resolutions could actually impact your pieces of gold and silver.” and, an unknown physically active school community? Let me explain... grade 4 student once said, “You can’t do • Teaching games and DPA activities I was able to attend the OPHEA Conference math if your dead – health is important!” In the last update, I shared some of the ideas in October 2009 and heard a phenomenal DOUG GLEDDIE from the Administrative Procedure. Since talk by Pinball Clemons. Be sure to ask that time, the procedure has been continually Shannon, our Project Coordinator, how reworked based on the feedback from many she enjoyed his keynote! Although he of the stakeholders. It is based on the idea covered a number of elements as he spoke, Educational that the Health Promoting Schools Approach he kept coming back to this: RENEW – recognizes that health and quality learning are You, INSPIRE – Team, and EMPOWER Opportunities interdependent. The approach addresses health – Community. The basic concept is to start in every aspect of the school environment. with self-renewal and spread outwards from there. We have since adapted (stolen) this Ever Active Schools workshops are tailored Those areas are: Mental Well-being, Physical progression and used it as a framework to for school, district or convention needs (e.g., Activity and Healthy Eating. examine mental health as part of a healthy grade level, intended audience, awareness of Mentally well individuals have the knowledge, school community. Again, let me explain! program of studies). Access these learning skills, attitudes and opportunities necessary RENEW – You. Ever been on a plane? In opportunities for professional development to realize their abilities, to cope with the normal the unlikely event of a loss of cabin pressure, days, conferences, staff meetings or school stresses of life, to work productively, and to a little yellow mask will drop down and council meetings.Costs are $250 for 90 contribute to their communities. provide oxygen... If you are travelling minutes, $350 for a half day, or $600 for the Physically active individuals have the with dependents, who do you put the mask full day plus GST and applicable travel and knowledge, skills, attitudes and opportunities on fi rst? You’re right – you! Simply put, accommodation expenses from Edmonton necessary to lead active lifestyles. you can’t help others if you don’t help or Calgary. Member schools receive a 25% yourself. Take care of your health; mentally, Individuals committed to healthy eating discount, Associate schools receive a 10% physically, intellectually, socially, and have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and emotionally. What will you do this year to discount, upon booking a workshop. Learning opportunities necessary to make appropriate renew – YOU? opportunities can also be designed to meet food and beverage choices. individual needs. Call 780-454-4745 or email INSPIRE – Your Students. Some of the If you would like more information about the [email protected] to request a workshop most vibrant and defi nite change I have seen Battle River Project please contact the Project in school communities began with a teacher today. Coordinator, Shannon Horricks: shorricks@ brsd.ab.ca 2 HASS Update HASS Inspired Action: Ever Active Schools would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone At Ecole Boreal in Fort McMurray, the grade 7 and who participated in the nine Healthy Active School Symposia (HASS) this fall. 8 students are leading Daily Physical Activities to As well, special thanks goes to our Alberta Health Services partners across the younger students every Monday and Thursday. the province for assisting us with the organization and presentation of each We also have a cooking class where students event. make only healthy recipes. They sell what they The focus of HASS 2009 was, “Walking the Talk”. The adults shared what is make, so they can fundraise for their school trip currently happening in their District/Board/Division, Community, School and to Quebec. Thank you again for all the ideas you Home to create a healthy, active school community. This allowed for rich gave to us! NADINE GURTNER dialogue among participants and a whole lot of sharing and exchanging of Fort McMurray Composite High School…“groups good ideas.
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