Well-Being Activities

Well-being is an overall positive quality of life where an individual’s needs are met across many aspects, including physical, mental, social, economic, and environmental. Activities and resources are available to support early learners and students of all ages.

 

 

 

 

Early Learning and Child Care

Well-Being Week is a time to learn, engage, support and take action around the many factors that impact our health and quality of life. We can all play a role in improving health and well-being across the province. Well-Being Week is an opportunity for child care centres, family resource programs and family child care services to kick-off this long-term goal. The best time to start is now.

  • The Little Red Shed, an age-appropriate book with a message of inclusivity and individuality written by local authors Adam and Jennifer Young, has been distributed to all regulated child care services and family care centres in the province.
    • On Monday, September 18, Minister Howell will visit the child care centre at College of the North Atlantic’s Prince Philip Drive Campus to read the book to children. Details available here.
  • Memo provided to regulated child care service providers and Family Resource Centres

 

K-12

The below activities are available to teachers and school administrators to help showcase and support well-being in four focus areas: movement, inclusion and belonging, environment, and relationships.

Focus area: Movement

Focus area: Inclusion and Belonging

Focus area: Environment

  • Time in nature / Passer du temps dans la nature
  • Microbits exercise
    • A Microbit is a credit card sized programmable computer with onboard capabilities to control devices and output sounds and graphics on its’ tiny LED display. These devices have been resourced for projects and curriculum implementations in the Newfoundland and Labrador K-12 System for over five years.
    • During the session, students will follow along with Brilliant Labs team members; Zach, Brett and Melissa to code and personalize their own program which can be used to help regulate breathing when feeling anxious, tense, worried or more. Using a simple to follow animation sequence, controlled breathing can help lower blood pressure and heart rate and reduce level of stress and muscle tension.
    • This project is part of a series created to offer problem-solving and prototyping activities designed to explore technology as a solution to the challenges of good health and well-being, one of the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
    • Eligible teachers in the K-12 system have received an invite for their class to participate in a Microbits activity on Tuesday, September 19. Contact your Brilliant Labs’ itinerant for further details.

Focus area: Relationships

Additional Resources

Mental Health and Wellness (English – French where available)

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA)

Eating Well. Living Well. / Bien Manger. Bien Vivre


Post-secondary

Well-being is top of mind for all post-secondary institutions throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. View the below links or connect with your post-secondary institution to learn more about how they support well-being.

Public Post-secondary Institutions

Private Post-secondary Institutions

 

Community Resources

Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries (NLPL)

Through the support of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, NLPL has added supports focusing on strengthening adult and family literacy initiatives:

  • Rocket Language: An online language-learning platform with 137 active users and 258 all-time users. It offers 14 language courses.
  • Brainfuse: An online tutoring service with 280 users, providing homework help, skills building, and preparation assistance.
  • LinkedIn Learning: An online education tool offering courses in business, creative, and technology skills, allowing users to earn certificates. Free to use with your library card.

Access NLPL’s online language learning, tutoring, and skill-building resources at any of the 96 libraries across the province or go to www.nlpl.ca

Murphy Centre Literacy Program for foundational literacy

With funding from the Department of Education, the Murphy Center offers foundational literacy programming for adults in St. John’s, Gander, Corner Brook, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and remotely through online learning. The Literacy Program offers individual and group instruction in foundational literacy and numeracy, digital literacy, and life skills. All Literacy Programs are open to any adult over the age of 19. There is no cost to participate in the Literacy Program and in-take is continuous. For more information, visit www.murphycentre.ca or call (709) 730-1900.

Learning at the Museum (The Rooms)

Explore The Rooms’ “Learning at the Museum” workshops designed to enrich your cultural literacy. This practical adult learning program fosters confidence and inclusivity in our shared cultural spaces, particularly for adult learners who may face barriers to learning. So far, this program has served more than 150 participants in group and family workshops.

To find out more, visit The Rooms (www.therooms.ca) or go to www.abclifeliteracy.ca/all-programs/learning-at-the-museum/.