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91% of Canadian youth are not meeting the recommended guidelines for physical activity.
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Physical Education

Participating in sports can lead to the enhancement of work ethic, discipline, time management and organizational skills of students. It has also shown to boost self esteem, energy levels and concentration. Physical education can provide students with an excellent opportunity to participate in sports on a regular basis.  SIRC is pleased to support School Sport Week, October 12-19, 2007




Feature Articles

Student Fitness Needs

Feeling trapped within your daily teaching routine? Are the same curricular activities getting you down, or worse yet… your students? Perhaps you and your students are craving an injection of new and fun fitness activities designed for the secondary level. The development of health-related fitness has long been associated with primary curricular goals within physical education.

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Student Participation

As the Assistant Principal for Activities at Dunedin, I know that participation in extracurricular activities enhances a student's high school experience. In a recent study I conducted, I found that our high school student-athletes were more academically successful than our non-athletes. The biggest difference came when athletes were in season.

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Grading in Physical Education

Should we grade students on whether they dress for physical education? Should we grade students on the speed at which they can run the mile? Should we grade students on the number of times they are absent or can't/won't participate? Should we grade students on their ability to maintain their heart rate in the target heart rate zone during the majority of the class period? Should we grade students on x, y, z ... ?

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Teaching Strategies

What teaching strategies does Rockwood School District expect of physical education teachers in order to meet students' varied learning profiles, interests, and readiness levels? One of the key Board of Education goals in the Rockwood school district is that student achievement will be increased through differentiated learning opportunities for each student.

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Training Youth Athletes

Information is provided on today's focus on the development of sport talent in children. The physical and mental aspects required to achieve sporting success are explained and the basics of a sports conditioning plan are outlined.

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News from SIRC

CPRA National Research Forum 2007

SIRC attended the research forum and is pleased to share the following summary of some of the main items discussed.

Severe Weather Seminar a 'Striking' Success

Etienne Grégoire from the Meteorological Service of Canada at Environment Canada provided sport leaders and participants of the SIRC seminar with valuable information about severe weather.

2007 SIRC Research Award

SIRC is proud to announce the official launch of the 2007 SIRC Research Award. SIRC invites Canadian university students and faculty to submit their original sport related research for consideration of the 2007 SIRC Research Award.

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SIRC Seminar Series

Anti-Doping Seminar

Speaker: Casey Wade, ANADO & Paul Melia, CCES

Date: Novermber 6, 2007

Time: 9:00-11:00am

Location: SIRC, 180 Elgin St., Suite 1400, Ottawa

Registration Coming Soon!!

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