Physical Education and Health
Browse the sections below for access to our Teacher and Student Resources (ELEMENTARY) and to
various opportunities for Professional Development.
LEARN Educational Resources
Teaching Resources
Welcome to the new dedicated Physical Education and Health page for Elementary. Scan below to find learning strategies, document collections and more. Here you will find Learning and Evaluation Situations (LES) for teachers, and various other curated resources and videos
LEARNING SITUATIONS
Below you will find various Learning and Evaluations Situations previously available on board sites and through MEQ training sessions. Some are also translations of French LESs available via the RECIT de développement de la personne Éducation Physique et Santé
Many of the LES previously on board sites and from your consultants and MEQ are now available on LEARN. These LES were written by Anglophone resource people, with the support and expertise of the MEQ.
Learning Situations
Forts, Fun and Fairplay: Building Teamwork and Communication Skills in the Winter Outdoors
Cycle 2 Elementary mini-LES: Teacher’s Guide. Shared by English Montreal School Board
Forts, Fun and Fairplay: Building Teamwork and Communication Skills in the Winter Outdoors – Team Activity Challenges
Cycle 2 Elementary Activity Write-Ups. Shared by English Montreal School Board
Interactive Learning Situations & Activities
A series of interactive Powerpoint-styled Google slides you and your students can use in class, at home, and of course in a gymnasium setting. These documents can be consulted on tablets or computers, and of course projects on a whiteboard or screen. Access useful information and examples in just 2 clicks (warm-up, demonstrations, cultural references, chronometers, etc.). Most images on the first pages are links to other document pages within or other online resources. You can easily return to the home page by clicking on the home button at the bottom of each page.
GAMES DATABASES FOR PEH
STANDARDS-BASED GAMES
LEARN’S ORIGINAL “GAMES DATABASE”
Below you can browse the 66+ games previously uploaded to our old “Games Database”. These games, descriptions and diagrams have now been converted into Google Documents you can copy and edit.
Click ‘Load more‘ to see the full collection.
PEH WEBSITES
PEH Quebec on Pinterest
The DEEN subcommittee consultants for Physical Education have set up a series of boards on Pinterest to share their suggestions for best sites. Follow us, and we will find and add your ideas too! pinterest.ca/pehquebec
VOLLEYBALL QUEBEC (Minivolley!)
English LES are now available on the Volleyball Quebec web site.
There is a Volleyball Quebec Youtube video channel which has started publishing English videos.
Volleyball Quebec has been very accomodating with additional resources. Make requests on Twitter @VolleyballQC
The Physical Educator
An online professional development resource for physical educators. Their mission is to help you become the best physical education teacher you can be.
Physical and Health Education Canada
Canada’s premier professional organization for physical and health educators for over 80 years. Various resources and tools as well as their PHE Journal.
P.E. Central
Lessons, Assessment, Best Practices, Prof. Dev. including Online PD Courses, Onsite Workshops, etc. and of course the Hall of Shame!
Darebee
One stop shop for fitness resources, fitness station ideas, etc.
PE Games
Warm-Ups, Full Length, Classroom, Weekly Challenges, Fitness Circuits, etc.
ThePhysicalEducator.com standards-based games
Some great content for your physical education program:
Invasion Games, Target Games, Net and Wall Games, Striking and Field Games, Chasing and Fleeing Games, Fundamental Movement Skills Games, Cooperation Games, and Health and Fitness Games!
Association of Physical Educators of Quebec (APEQ)
All about the APEQ conference and contacts for membership. Games!
PHYSEDagogy
Strengthening the physical education and health profession through meaningful and relevant professional learning opportunities in modern pedagogy.
OPEN – Online Physical Education Network
Curriculum Resources, PD, Equipment Packs.
SPARK
A research-based organization that disseminates evidence-based Physical Education, After School, Early Childhood, and Coordinated School Health programs to teachers and recreation leaders.
Go to sample Lesson Plans
Huddleconnect
A collection of free Phys. Ed. webinars giving by leading Physical Education experts from Thompson Publishing.
VIDEO COLLECTIONS
CIRA Ontario Resources
CIRA Ontario is a registered charity whose mission is to encourage, promote and develop active living, healthy lifestyles and personal growth through intramural and recreational programs within the education and recreation communities.
Check out the ‘game videos‘ page. More are on the way!
Physical Education: Training Videos (BBC)
This website is home to thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject.
Choose Elementary or Secondary age groups and look for the Physical Education content headings
Wrestling Demos
A series of wrestling moves demonstrated in High School Phys Ed classes. (Includes: flip, headlock, reverse, roll, sprawl, wrist lock, step out counter, etc..) Go to the video folder
Youtube sites to check out!
Physical and Health Education Canada
Growing Young Movers (GYM)
The PhysicalEducator
Physedagogy
James Mandigo
FlagHouse Activity Channel
MEQ DOCUMENTS & SITES
Note that all documents referred to below are actually links directed to locations on the Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec (MEQ) site itself, specifically from the MEQ Programs of Study
Student Resources
Professional Development Resources
Exercising Technology: Microcontrollers in Physical Education
This blog post features the perspective of an opportunity to leverage the micro:bit’s popularity with students and to include it in physical education classes.
Learning Landscapes – Vol 10 No 2 (2017): Fostering Health and Well-Being in Education
The submissions in this issue share research, ideas, stories and programs that include individuals as young as six years-old through to seniors in long-term care.
Professional Learning
Workshops
ScratchED MeetupRÉCIT
CANCELLED-Beyond the Banana Piano: Invention Literacy with Makey MakeyRÉCIT
Hotel Bonaventure, Rue De la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, QC, Canada
Open Creative Space Day: StorytellingRÉCIT
4190 rue Garand, Suite 201, Laval, Québec, H7L 5Z6
ScratchED MeetupRÉCIT
Open Creative Space Day: Unplugged & Basics of RoboticsRÉCITSTEAM
4190 rue Garand, Suite 201, Laval, Québec, H7L 5Z6
ScratchED MeetupRÉCIT
Open Creative Space Day: Outdoor EducationOutdoor EducationRÉCIT
4190 rue Garand, Suite 201, Laval, Québec, H7L 5Z6
ScratchED MeetupRÉCIT
Curated Resources
Curated Teaching and Learning Resources
New for Cycle 2 Elementary: Forts, Fun and Fairplay: Building Teamwork and Communication Skills in the Winter Outdoors
Shared recently from English Montreal School Board, the objective of this LES is to develop elements of competency 2 while teaching outdoors in the winter. The activities are designed to be done in the schoolyard and do not require winter sport equipment like skies, snowshoes, etc
Teacher's Guide
Activity Write-Ups
Interactive Learning Situations & Activities
A series of interactive Powerpoint-styled Google slides you and your students can use in class, at home, and in a gymnasium setting.
These documents can be consulted on tablets or computers, and projected on a whiteboard or screen.
Access useful information and examples in just 2 clicks (warm-up, demonstrations, cultural references, chronometers, etc.). Most images on the first pages are links to other document pages within or other online resources. You can easily return to the home page by clicking on the home button at the bottom of each page.
Mini-volley
Agrogym
FUTSAL
Learning to skip rope
Learning Communities & Professional Associations
Various associations and groups allow PEH teachers to communicate and share, and to develop as professional learners. Here is a list of few key groups: Find out what is going on in Physical Education and Health in Quebec. Follow some key folks and let us know about great resource and important events.
2023-2024 CONFERENCES: Physical Education - Healthy Schools - Physical Activity Promotion
PEH Contacts and Social Media
Find out what is going on in Physical Education and Health in Quebec. Follow some key folks and let us know about great resource and important events.
For questions about this section of the LEARN site you can contact me at cbullett@learnquebec.ca
Facebook and other groups
- Fédération des éducateurs et éducatrices physiques enseignants du Québec – Association
- ÉPS : Je partage, tu partages, on s’entraide! Facebook group (French)
- Les TIC en EPS Facebook group (French)
- Association of Physical Educators of Quebec (APEQ) Facebook group (English)
Some Twitter folks worth following
Additional Resources in Fitness Education
Fitness Education
This Fitness Education resource website was created through a PDIG grant in 2019. The team was made up of teachers Don Kerr (ETSB), Julie Ramundo (EMSB) and John Cameron (LBPSB), and consultants Katherine Baker (EMSB) and Veronique Robidas (ETSB). The final report is available via the LCEEQ reports page here, and specifically here.
Contact
Craig Bullett
LEARN - Pedagogical Consultant Phys Ed Dossier
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