DPA Resources

1.  SCDSB Instructional Videos

Just press play!  Check out these easy to follow SCDSB DPA videos.

2.  Activity ideas

A variety of games and activities to use in your classroom

• Grades 1 - 3

• Grades 4 - 6
• Grades 7 - 8

4.  Go Noodle! and Free the Numbum

Set up a free account at www.gonoodle.com for hundreds of fun and interactive DPA videos and brain break videos.

Set up a free SCDSB account at http://www.freethenumbum.com/ use these DPA videos. Great for all grade levels, even junior and intermediate! Many describe the experience as a video game style adventure.

5.  Possible Tech Tools

• Sworkit - Students can design their own workout.  Great for small spaces.  Project this in your classroom or students can use with partners on an iPad
• Move It - Add this extension to your Chrome browser.  Here’s how: instructional video
• PE Shake - An app with 100 different  warm- up activities and game ideas that are easy to set up with minimal equipment.  Each time you shake your device a new, random game pops up!

6. Twitter

Check out #DPAaDay by @debshackell for DPA ideas and #scdsbHAL for all ideas related to Healthy Active Living.  Contribute your ideas using the #DPAaDay or #scdsbHAL hashtag too!

7. Ontario Healthy Schools

This site provides DPA videos as well as other supports for your DPA.

8. OPHEA - DPA Appendix

Go to teachingtools.ophea.net and log-in.  PLEASE NOTE: Starting January 1st, 2016 you need to create your own, free OPHEA log-in.  
Once you are logged in, click on lesson plans for your grade. There will be a list of appendices down the left hand side of the page.  You can find DPA ideas (by divison), listed there:

9. DPA Fresh Ideas

Go to Check out these videos starring SCDSB students. They demonstrate games to try in your classroom for DPA.