How do I plan, participate in, and advocate for School Based Physical Activity?
-Ensure that PE classes for my students are well-planned so each student is moving for much of the class.
-Take body breaks.
-Take my class outside often for intercurricular learning.
-Help to plan and run intramural activities.
-Share ideas for active learning with other teachers.

How do I support lifelong learning in health and physical education?
-Expose students to opportunities to participate in a variety of well planned activities, including bringing in other skilled people to teach and lead activities.
-Ask questions about students’ goals for their lives, find out what they already enjoy and what they enjoy about it, get students to suggest and lead activities and connect with people in the community to encourage healthy activity and living.

What is DPA and how is it different from PE?
DPA is daily physical activity. DPA extends past the PE class to involve activity both in and out of school, and beyond the gym and field at school. For some students, this includes extracurricular and interscholastic activities. It could also include playground time and activity breaks in the non-PE classroom time. In some provinces, adequate DPA time is mandated during the school day.

This was a very enjoyable class!  It really demonstrated how getting out of the gym and classroom can be inspiring and energizing.  The new environment and fresh air

Katy, Brianna, Jackie, and Lexi prepared activities that challenged our minds as well as our bodies.

The discussion with Katy got me thinking about how I will structure gym time.  The reading prompted me to think about the amount of structure that would facilitate learning, and how that would depend on the group of students, and would change over the course of the year.  The idea of gradual release of the responsibility for learning from the teacher to the student is a concept I plan to think about, practice, and learn more about

I learned many interesting things about the UBC campus, and will take some time to walk around the neighbourhood of my practicum school and talk to the staff, parents, and students about the area.

Thanks for the great and inspiring class!

This was a really fun class!  I noticed that the music instantly made the energy level go up in the group.  The games were fun and I loved that everyone was active most of the time.  It was great to talk about what was good about the game and what could be improved.

The discussion on assessments was thought-provoking and Emily did a good job of keeping us on track.  Vivian was wonderful leading the dance.  She made it so much fun!