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Grade 6

Health and Physical Education

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TVO Learn is designed to meet each student where they are on their learning journey. Learning Activities are comprehensive and require guided instruction from an adult, while Resources for Learning, Apply the Learning prompts and Vocabulary lists work well to reinforce specific skills or to enable independent exploration of a subject. Use these helpful tips to get the most from TVO Learn.

Curriculum Overview

In grade 6 students develop communication skills, social skills, and behaviours needed to work effectively with others. At the same time, students will continue to develop their identity, increase their awareness of self, and further develop skills in identifying and managing emotions, managing stress, and embracing optimism and positive motivation.

By examining and understanding the factors that motivate or inhibit involvement in daily physical activity and considering ways of overcoming obstacles to participation, they expand their ability to take responsibility for their own fitness. They continue to build their understanding of the relationship between physical and mental health. Students will continue to develop stability and locomotor skills as they learn to perform various combinations of movements and to associate movement skills with more specific manipulation skills. Students learn how to assess risk, respond to dangerous situations in person and online, and protect themselves from a variety of social dangers, including bullying, abuse, violence, and a range of technology-related risks. Students continue to build on their understanding of consent and healthy relationships.

The expectations for health and physical education are organized into four distinct but related strands:

  • Social-Emotional Learning Skills
  • Active Living
  • Movement Competence: Skills, Concepts, and Strategies
  • Healthy Living

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Learning Activities

Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Organized by grade and topic (or strand), students should be guided through each Learning Activity by an adult. Before clicking on a topic to prepare for or begin this guided instruction, be sure to read these helpful tips about how to get the most out of TVO Learn.

Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Organized by grade and topic (or strand), students should be guided through each Learning Activity by an adult. Before clicking on a topic to prepare for or begin this guided instruction, be sure to read these helpful tips about how to get the most out of TVO Learn.

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Resources for Learning

Chosen by TVO educators, these resources support the curriculum outlined above. Review the below list of options along with the activities. Then, read, watch, listen or play to build understanding and knowledge.

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Complete the suggested activities using these resources and other TVO resources.

Apply the Learning

Choose from the following to consolidate learning across all curriculum strands.

 

  • Create a T-chart with activities that you enjoy and activities that you do not enjoy doing. Think about how it makes you feel when you do those activities. What are some strategies you may use to understand your own feelings, express your feelings and respond to the feelings.

  • Create encouragement or motivation posters to support a team, a student group or any other initiative at school.

  • How do things that motivate you to be active affect what you choose to do?

  • Put together a warm up exercise that you can do without any equipment

  • What are some examples that you can share that would be signs of fitness development over time?
  • Create a fitness goal for yourself. What will be your plan to help you achieve your goal?
  • How can you use a hula hoop as a prop when creating a dance sequence to music? How will you use the hula hoop in different ways?
  • Choose a game like beach ball volleyball or basketball. What movement skills and concepts do you use when you are playing that game?
  • Compare two of the following activities: t'ai chi, yoga, pilates, qigong, kendo, karate, fencing. What is similar about those two activities? What strategies might you use to improve your performance?
  • What are some ways we can make the classroom and school welcoming and accepting of everyone?
  • Create a poster on how to stay safe online and where you can get help if you have questions about online safety.
  • What strategies can you use to counter negative thoughts, so that you can manage your feelings and actions? Write an advice column to share the strategies.

Vocabulary

Review this list of vocabulary associated with the curriculum. Practice spelling, research definitions, and find these vocabulary words when engaging with the TVO resources or completing learning activities.

Students should understand and be able to apply these words in context.

aerobic routines

cardiorespiratory activities

concussion

endurance activities

energy level

fitness development

flexibility

level of engagement

muscular strength

tone muscles

counter tension (pulling)

defensive tactics

dynamic balance

fitness circuits

offensive tactics

orienteering

static balance

stationary throwing

striking and fielding games

addiction

depressants

emotional factors

hallucinogens

inclusion

legal restrictions

media influences

mental health

peer pressure

pornography

psychoactive drugs

psychologist

self awareness

self image

sexual orientation

sexually explicit material

social factors

social media

social workers

stereotypes

stimulants

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