We Help Make Physical Activity a Priority in Schools
The Champions for Life Foundation empowers schools, students, and their families to work together by providing quality physical literacy and physical activity experiences. Our initiatives make a measurable impact
on the lives of hundreds of thousands of students in some of Canada's most vulnerable and under-resourced communities.
The Champions for Life Foundation aims to create a movement that ensures every child in primary school in Canada is physically literate. By increasing physical literacy and incorporating active learning environments in our schools, we can foster long-term healthy habits and enhance academic performance in students.
David Arsenault
Founder
Our cause
Why Developing Physical Literacy Matters
Developing physical literacy and engaging in regular physical activity is crucial for children's health, academic success, and emotional well-being. Unfortunately, many children today are not getting enough movement, leading to a nationwide crisis of inactivity. It's time for parents, teachers, administrators, and the community to come together to make a change.
Why is Physical Literacy Important for Schools?
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (2015) schools are the only place that many children participate in regular physical activity, especially those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. This is not surprising considering most children spend a large portion of their time in school. As a result, schools play an important role in providing an environment for children to develop their physical literacy and in turn, improve their motivation to be physically active.
The development of physical literacy increases the physical activity levels of children, which can produce many of the benefits outlined below:
How We Support Schools
Are you searching for fun activities that get your students to move more often throughout the day?
Our turnkey programs and physical literacy solutions integrate easily within a school’s schedule and/or curriculum.
Are you seeking a quality program which supports in-school learning?
We help schools deliver meaningful movement activities in the classroom that benefit children when they need activity the most (especially if they are sitting all day!).
Do you need inspiration and ideas for your PE curriculum and formative assessment?
PE Teachers can explore our vast library of physical literacy activities, games and resources that will inspire new and creative ways to teach and build your own custom-made lesson plans.
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School leaders & educators
Programs and Resources for Educators
School leaders and educators have unique responsibilities to school boards, school communities, and their families. This also means that you are uniquely positioned to create conditions where physical activity is a regular part of your student’s education. With our comprehensive programming and online resources, we'll support you in developing physical literacy environments that meet your K-6 students’ specific needs.
When You Join Champions for Life, You Can:
Access physical literacy training and activity-based curriculum to help infuse movement in a meaningful way to bring about lasting change in the lives of your students.
Offer turnkey physical literacy programs and resources that provide you with everything you need to execute and communicate with parents.
Build a culture of active movement in your school through physical literacy programming. Meaningful movement activities help develop the brain and improve self-regulation, concentration and memory.
Physical & health education teachers
Resources for Physical Education Teachers
Change starts with you. We provide physical education teachers with access to an extensive collection of resources that facilitate the delivery of physical literacy activities into your curriculum in a structured and measurable way.
When You Join Champions for Life, You Can:
Make a measurable impact
A Complete System With Measurable Results
All Champions for Life physical literacy programs, tools, and resources are structured, evidence-based, progressive, and simple to use. We make it easy to bring physical literacy to life and make a lasting impact in children’s lives.
Training and access to our Physical Literacy Toolbox.
Turnkey tools, resources and support to facilitate teaching & programming.
Age-appropriate and gamified programs to stimulate engagement.
Assessment, measurement and badging to track and inspire progress.
Access our turnkey physical literacy solutions
Together, Let's Empower Your Students to Move Well and Build the Skills to Be More Active!
Become a Champions for Life School today and harness the power of meaningful movement in your community. Help your students in their early years of development build their fundamental movement skills, so they have the tools to play and be active for a lifetime.
Complete this form to request our Champions for Life programs for the upcoming school year. Schools located in vulnerable or under-resourced communities can qualify for free annual sponsorship.*
*Our programs are made possible by the generous support from our donors, partners, and sponsors. We will share with them the total number of students our programs and resources reach.
