Active Schools
Active Schools provides students with the opportunity to learn through curriculum-based activities. The Newfoundland and Labrador English School District’s Active Schools program has classroom teachers incorporating 20 minutes of curriculum-linked activity in the classroom each day.
For more information about Active Schools please contact:
Corey Samson
Provincial Active Schools Coordinator
Newfoundland and Labrador English School District
(709) 257-2498
coreysamson@nlesd.ca
Active For Life Older Adult Program
Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador, in partnership with Memorial University’s School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, developed a physical activity program designed to reduce the risk of falls in older adults.
Physical activity is important for older adults to maintain health and quality of life. Regular physical activity offsets some of the negative changes that typically occur with aging, such as chronic diseases, muscle weakness and mobility issues. Active for Life focuses on physical activity as a way to maintain health and improve quality of life by increasing mobility, developing muscle strength, improving balance, and reducing falls risk among older adults as well as developing friendships. This program consists of a warm-up, strengthening exercises, balance exercises, obstacle course that will test many different skills and abilities and a cool down.
For more information about Active For Life Older Adult Program please contact:
Megan Cummings
Recreation Specialist
Recreation NL
(709) 729-0980
mcummings@recreationnl.com
Active For Life Older Adult Program
Community Healthy Living Fund
The Community Healthy Living Fund financially supports communities and organization’s for projects, programs and initiatives that increases physical activity and the rate of vegetable and fruit consumption within Newfoundland and Labrador.
For more information about the Community Healthy Living Fund please contact:
Linda Roberts
Community Recreation Consultant
Healthy Living, Sport and Recreation Division
Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development
(709) 729-5270
lindaroberts@gov.nl.ca
Community Healthy Living Fund
Healthy School Planner
The Healthy School Planner is a free tool schools across Canada can use to assess the health of their school and build a plan for improvements. The Healthy School Planner helps schools evaluate current conditions, validate untapped resources within the community, organize increased support for change, lead the decision-making process to determine action steps, visualize outcomes through shared success stories, and evaluate progress over time.
Using the tool is easier and faster than ever. You can choose the number of modules you want to complete, and stop and save at each point along the way.
After completion, schools will receive tailored feedback and a list of resources that will help them take action in areas selected for improvement. From there, schools can decide on priorities for action and develop improvement initiatives based on current capacity.
For more information on the Healthy School Planner please contact the School Health Promotion Liaison Consultant for your region.
NCCP Fundamental Movement Skills Workshop
The Fundamental Movement Skills of throwing, catching, jumping, striking, running, kicking, agility, and balance and coordination, form the basis for future sport skill development and for the life-long enjoyment of physical activity. Learn how to observe and improve the fundamental movement skills.
For more information on the NCCP Fundamental Movement Skills Workshop please contact:
Doug Halliday
CS4L Project Leader
Sport NL
(709) 576-4979
dhalliday@sportnl.ca
NCCP Fundamental Movement Skills Workshop
KidSport NL
KidSport™ is a children’s charitable program, was initially established in 1993 by Sport BC. The conception of KidSportTM was due to recognition that barriers including the rising costs for sport registration fees and equipment were negatively affecting children’s participation in sport, especially kids from challenging backgrounds. KidSportTM believes in the fundamental values and benefits that sport provides.
KidSportTM Canada was formed in 2005 and assists the Provincial/Territorial Chapters in raising funds as well as helping the organization build valuable public awareness.
For more information about Kidsport NL please contact:
Alicia Curran
Marketing and Events Coordinator
Sport NL
(709) 579-5977
acurran@sportnl.ca
KidSport NL
Recreation and Sport for Persons with a Disability Initiative
The Recreation and Sport for Persons with a Disability Initiative provides support for persons with a disability to fully participate in recreation and sport activities by building capacity, removing barriers and developing actions through working with key representatives from the recreation, sport, education and disability sectors.
For more information about the Recreation and Sport for Persons with a Disability Initiative please contact:
Megan Cummings
Recreation Specialist
Recreation NL
(709) 729-0980
mcummings@recreationnl.com
Recreation and Sport for Persons with a Disability Initiative
Recreation NL’s Find Your Fit Campaign
Find Your Fit! is a province wide physical activity campaign designed to get individuals motivated and moving towards healthy, active living. The Campaign provides physical activity challenges, information, tools and resources to help Newfoundlanders and Labradorians increase their physical activity levels.
For more information about the Find Your Fit! Campaign please contact:
physicalactivity@recreationnl.com
Recreation NL’s Find Your Fit Campaign
Participation Nation
Participation Nation is delivered by School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador. Through Participation Nation, students are exposed to a variety of traditional and non-traditional activities where the focus is on having fun and not keeping score. Participation Nation encourages students who would normally only take part in the required physical education curriculum to be more physically active and feel good about their participation. Participation Nation includes a variety of programs targeted at students from K-12.
For more information about Participation Nation please contact:
Karen Richard
Executive Director
School Sports NL
krichard@schoolsportsnl.ca
(709) 729-2795
Participation Nation