CATCA 2021

Healthy Play is about learning to play and playing to learn! We give staff and students simple and FUN techniques to create a more connected and caring school community by empowering students to resolve conflict, practice empathy skills and promote inclusive environments.

Built around the Healthy Play philosophy, this hands-on training not only provides staff with the Healthy Play concepts, but also ways to implement these concepts through amazing physical literacy-based games and activities that can be played in the classroom, gym/open spaces and independently on the playground.

Healthy Play is great for new teachers, Generalists who are required to teach PE (and find that PE isn’t their strong suit), and PE Specialists who are looking for something different!

If we haven't intrigued you yet - a five-year longitudinal study was recently completed that evaluated Healthy Play implementation in 29 different schools in Arizona. The research found that when teachers utilized Healthy Play concepts 3 - 5 times each week, they reported a 70% reduction in acts of aggression, bullying, teasing, and non-cooperative behaviour!

Learn more about how Healthy Play can impact your school community!

Join Alberta Health Services for a presentation on understanding how stress can impact our mental health.   In this session we will address what happens in the brain when we experience stress.   Additionally, we will be looking at how we move through grief and loss as a result of a pandemic and practice how to reset in high stress moments.

Join provincial leaders in supporting active, healthy school communities - the Be Fit for Life Network and Ever Active Schools - for a fast-paced session with a ton of physical activities you can use with your classes right away. This session will feature cross-curricular connections through activity and movement all supported by FREE resources.

Now more than ever, quality Health and Physical Education programs are essential tools for supporting student learning and well-being in all schools - in person and online. In this session, the Health and Physical Education specialist council and Ever Active Schools will share current success stories from leading educators around the province, and teach how to use free and low cost resources, such as our complete K-12 Phys Ed Lesson Plan resource, to support all teachers involved in delivering these key curricular outcomes.

Join Ever Active Schools and speakers from K-12, Sport and Post-Secondary settings for an honest conversation about the realities and challenges of teaching Health and Physical Education in 2021. We want to hear from you - what is working? What kinds of supports do you need? What success stories can we share with each other? 

Moving the body is good not only for physical health, but mental, spiritual and emotional health as well. Come experience creative, expressive movement that’s safe, easy to do and offers many benefits. Learn The Brain Dance (a technique to help students improve performance, focus and co-ordination), the principles of Nia and more in this fun session with Tina Thrussell, the Feel Good Lady. Great tools for your personal well-being, as well as for improving student performance. Note: This session includes dance-based movement, so dress comfortably (in layers) and bring a water bottle.

Now, more than ever, we need movement to help our students with physical and mental health, focus and self-regulation. BOKS (Build Our Kids’ Success) is a non-profit organization focused on getting kids more active. We offer free bilingual programming designed to get kids moving and establish a lifelong commitment to health and fitness. In this interactive workshop we will focus on physical activity at a distance and activities for remote learners. We will explore creative DPA activities (BOKS Bursts), resources for Recess and our latest At Home activities to support your school community. There is something for everyone in this workshop! Additional topics will include: BOKS Bootcamp (grades 7-12), Mindfulness Minutes, and BOKS Lessons on Demand (videos included). We will share real life examples of diverse ways BOKS kids have kept moving throughout this pandemic. Leave this session with a back pocket full of new ideas and learn how to access all our resources that takes the prep out of the equation for you!