The Countdown to Summer is On!

Our team at the Champions for Life Foundation believes that teachers have one of the most important jobs, but you also have one of the most difficult jobs. This year, teachers around the world faced unprecedented challenges transitioning from in-person teaching to online classrooms, and eventually to “social distancing” classrooms and modified learning experiences.

Thanks for all that you do

We want to say “thank you” from the bottom of our hearts to every physical education teacher, in every school, who continued to engage your students during these challenging times. In the physical education and physical literacy worlds, our work would not be possible without your dedication, hard work, passion, and humour, and we are proud to be part of this amazing community! Thank you for all that you do.

Another great BIG thank you to all the respondents who completed our spring survey about your 2020-21 Physical Literacy Toolbox experience. Based on your feedback, we earned an average rating of 9 out of 10 on the question “How likely are you to recommend our Physical Literacy Toolbox to a colleague?” We’re thrilled to hear that our resources have been helpful to so many of you. You also indicated that the content you valued the most, ranked in order, were our physical literacy:

1. Games;
2. Videos;
3. Cue sheets; and,
4. Skill-based challenges.

Congratulations to Sylvie Turcotte and William Davidson for winning a $50 Amazon gift card. Your names were drawn at random among all our respondents.

We’ve already begun preparing changes to our Physical Literacy Toolbox and will be adding more helpful content for the 2021-22 school year. Thanks to your recent feedback, we are focused on developing new physical literacy tools and resources that will better support PE teachers with their curriculum. 

Some of the new developments include:

1. Two or three mini-units that include 4-6 weeks of lesson plans;
2. Adaptable resources for children with special needs;
3. New tools to facilitate physical literacy assessment;
4. More games with specific details on the fundamental movement skills practiced and targeted age groups;
5. Discussion groups and forums for PE teachers to share and connect within the platform;
6. Access to both the English AND French content on the platform; and,
7. A quick access link to the toolbox from our website (see ‘Toolbox’ in our top-menu bar). 

NOTE: If you can't find your username and password to the Toolbox, send us an email, and we'll be happy to resend your login credentials.

Since its launch last October, we’re thrilled that our Physical Literacy Toolbox community grew to 403 subscribers in over 258 school locations across Québec. We’ve begun accepting new applicants for the 2021-22 school year and have already received requests from another 52 subscribers to access our Champions for Life extra-curricular and PE programs. 

Thanks to the continued support of our generous partners and donors, we’re expanding the sponsorship of our services to another 150 schools located in low socioeconomic or underserved neighbourhoods next year. If you know any colleagues who you think would appreciate (or benefit) from access to our physical literacy programs and resources, please refer them to click the button below to apply.

Thanks again for all you do to help your students be more active! Wishing you a restful Summer Holiday.

#StaySafe #StayActive

The Champions for Life Team