Available for HELP with your Health and Physical Education Program • Dave Pagniello Holy Child 416-393-5433 • • Enrica Della Mea St. Gabriel 416-393-5256 • • Adrian Olsthoorn St. Luke 416-393-5347 • • Colleen Reel Our Lady of Fatima 416-393-5252 • • Megan Ryan St. Bren- dan 416-393-5359 • • Nelli Domingues, Re- source Teacher HPE , voice mail 81739 Please call for support!! 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 TCDSB 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