AHS - October 2015 ‘Healthy Children’ and ‘Healthy Teens’ newsletter

The topics for the October 2015 newsletters include oral health and physical literacy.  Below are a few resources that teachers may find useful on these topics.

Oral Health

Oral Health Education Teacher Resources - This website offers school newsletter tips, K-3 lesson plans on oral health, as well as interactive student resources. The Making Choices grade 5 lesson plans with “Teeth for a Lifetime” Power Point presentation targets reducing risk and promoting wellness. Students will develop personal skills to improve oral health by making well-informed, healthy choices and developing behaviours that contribute to the wellbeing of themselves and others. www.albertahealthservices.ca/4751.asp

Physical Literacy

Activity for Life Lesson Plans – These lesson plans and accompanying instructional and assessment videos, provide activities, tips, and cues to deliver physical literacy instructions to children. www.activeforlife.com/lesson-plans-and-resources/

PHE Canada is a national professional organization for physical and health educators and advocates for and advances quality physical and health education programs by providing resources, programs and advocacy tools.www.phecanada.ca

If teachers would like more information on these health topics  or other health topics download the AHS Provincial Teacher Resources List (http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/SchoolsTeachers/if-sch-csh-provincial-teacher-resource-list.pdf).  The Provincial Teacher Resource List offers a variety of resources on different health topics that can be accessed across Alberta. There  are two different categories of resources on this list, ‘Classroom Resources’ and ‘Supplementary Information’. The Classroom Resources can be used by the teacher in the classroom immediately and are applicable to teaching. Supplementary Information provides resources for teachers about a specific health topic.