Grade 8’s, you will have a health presentation with school nurse, Amy Lee this Friday, January 19th. You do not need to get changed into gym strip for this. We will meet in the East Gym then move to the career centre for the presentation.
Big Idea:
- Healthy choices influence our physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
Curricular Competencies:
HEALTHY AND ACTIVE LIVING
- assess factors that influence healthy choices and their potential health effects
Mental well-being
- Create and assess strategies for managing physical, emotional, and social changes during puberty and adolescence
Content:
- how students’ bodies are growing and changing during puberty and adolescence
- how students’ thoughts and feelings might evolve or change during puberty and adolescence
- potential short-term and long-term consequences of health decisions including protection from sexually transmitted infections
- sources of health information