Health, Wellness and Physical Education

Frontier School Division provides students with planned and balanced physical education programming as well as health and wellness programming to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes for physically active and healthy lifestyles.

The Division mandates Nursery to Grade 8 students receive a minimum of 30 minutes of daily physical education.

Province of Manitoba Physical Education Curriculum

The following provincial curriculum is followed in Frontier School Division:

• Kindergarten-Grade 4 Physical Education/Physical Health—A Foundation for Implementation
• Grades 5-8 Physical Education/Physical Health—A Foundation for Implementation
• Grade 9-12 Physical Education/Physical Health—A Foundation for Implementation
• Grade 4-Grade 10: Fitness Assessment Document
• Grade 4-Grade 10: Safety Guidelines for Physical Activity in Manitoba Schools
• Grade 4-Grade 10: YouthSafe Outdoors Manual

These documents are available on-line at: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/parents/

School Programs - Physical Education and Health Education

• Healthy Foods Policy
• Healthy Rewards Program
• Physical Activity Program
• Frontier Games
• CAMP (Circus and Magic Performing Arts)
• Kids on the Move
• Health Week (May)
• NOT Program (Not on Tobacco) Smoking
• Reduction Program
• Diabetes Awareness (Diabetes Medicine Bags)
• DARE (Drug Awareness) RCMP
• Physical Education/Physical Health Classes
• Outdoor Education/Leadership
• Intramurals
• MHSAA (Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association) Grades 9-12
• Manitoba Regional Games
• North American Indigenous Games
• Canoe Trip, Level 1 Course

Contacts and Resources

• Manitoba Physical Education Teachers Association (www.mpeta.ca)
• Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (www.cahperd.ca)
• Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (www.edu.gov.mb.ca)
• Manitoba High School Athletic Association (www.mhsaa.ca)
• Sport Manitoba (www.sportmb.ca)
• Kids Health (www.kidshealth.org)
• Health Canada (www.healthcanada.ca/paguide)

Professional Development Opportunities

• Frontier Teachers Physical Education Professional Development Workshop (October)
• Canoe Trip—Level 1
• SAG (Special Area Group) workshops (November)
• Northern Physical Educators SAG Workshop (April)
• Manitoba Physical Education Teachers Association (provides province-wide physical activity workshops—ongoing)
• Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (province-wide curriculum workshops—ongoing)

Downloads for this program can be found in the Resources section.

For further information please contact:

Ms. Heather Lowe
Health, Wellness & Physical Education Coordinator
Frontier School Division
30 Speers Road
Winnipeg MB R2J 1L9
(204) 775-9741
Fax: (204) 775-9940
Email: hlowe@frontiersd.mb.ca