Wellness
GCO 1: Students will make responsible and informed choices to promote and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- SCO 1.1 recognize the importance of healthy eating and regular physical activity for a healthy lifestyle
- SCO 1.3 describe how visible and invisible differences make each person unique and valuable
- SCO 1.5 distinguish between helpful and harmful substances and their effects on health
- SCO 1.6 describe behaviors and procedures that contribute to personal safety
MediaSmarts Resources
- Adversmarts: Understanding Food Advertising Online
- Can You Spot the Ad?
- Co-Co’s Adversmarts
- Comparing Real Families to TV Families
- Eating under the Rainbow
- Finding Balance in Our Digital Lives
- Girls and Boys on Television
- Healthy Food Web
- Internet Time Capsule
- Introducing TV Families
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Once Upon a Time - Lesson
- Packaging Tricks - Lesson
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Representing Ourselves Online
- So Many Choices!
- TV Stereotypes
- Villains, Heroes and Heroines
- What do Halloween costumes say? - Lesson
Mental Fitness
GCO 2: Students will develop positive mental health.
- SCO 2.1 recognize the importance of talking about emotions;
- SCO 2.2 demonstrate self-calming strategies to regulate emotional reactions
- SCO 2.3 examine emotional responses and their influence on behaviour
MediaSmarts Resources
Relationships
GCO 3 Students will apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to establish and maintain healthy relationships.
- SCO 3.1 demonstrate acceptance and appreciation for diversity
- SCO 3.2 identify strategies to build and enhance friendships
- SCO 3.3 explain bullying and ways to prevent and intervene when it occurs
- SCO 3.4 explore strategies to resolve conflict
MediaSmarts Resources
- Rules of the Game
- Girls and Boys on Television
- Introducing TV Families
- Once Upon a Time - Lesson
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Representing Ourselves Online
- TV Stereotypes
- Villains, Heroes and Heroines
- What do Halloween costumes say? - Lesson
Career Development
GCO 4 Students will develop knowledge of self and explore the world of work.
- SCO 4.1 explore the interests, skills, and strengths necessary to build a positive self-concept