Our Gr. 8 class researched recipes, went grocery shopping, and prepared a wonderful meal to share! #healthyeating Middlesex-London School Health

Have a Happy and Safe Halloween! Share some of these tips and tricks with students: Stay in a group on well lit streets. Finish trick or treating on one side of the street before crossing. Use reflective arm bands. Have a trusted adult inspect your haul #trickortreatsafety 🎃🦇

Are you looking for a way to talk about oral health with your FDK-grade 2 students? Download our new activity book for videos, handouts and discussion points tinyurl.com/58n82zbw Or borrow the Teaching Kit for some hands-on learning! 🦷

This month's mental health 💚🧠 topic is bullying & cyberbullying. Check out the Bullying & Cyberbullying section of our School Mental Health webpage for ways to prevent bullying and promote healthy relationships in the classroom and beyond: tinyurl.com/37yjjmyp

Let's work together to keep each other well this cold and flu season by staying home 🏠 when we're sick. 🤝 🤧 🤒#stopthespread #coldandflu #community

Your reminder is here! Don’t forget to register here before it’s too late: healthyschools.ca #HealthySchools Certification gives your school the tools to promote and enhance the health and well-being of all the school community! #HSCert

Lest we forget.

Parents and caregivers are invited to attend a virtual workshop on November 21 to learn about restorative interventions that assist students in addressing conflicts and bullying with their peers. For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/fwbcws19

Start the day off right with a morning movement routine! 🎶🕺🏽 Take the first few minutes of the school day to get your students moving and to kickstart their brains! #startthedayright #routines #movement #brainbreak#teachertips #classroomideas #healthyschool #ldscb #tvdsb

Small practices & classroom routines done regularly can help students develop healthy relationship skills over time. Ontario School Mental Health has many practices to bring healthy relationship skills to your classroom: smho-smso.ca/emhc/healthy-r… #SEL

Classroom movie time? 🎬 Avoid being surprised by inappropriate content. Use the search engine on commonsensemedia.org to get age-based media reviews and a sneak peek at movie content. 👀.

Teach about birth control methods or consolidate learning using the Birth Control Match-up cards from our Promoting Healthy Growth and Development Toolkit ♥ tinyurl.com/j9sp4acu

Make your class a safe space for all bodies. We come in all shapes and sizes. Celebrate your students for who they are, not what their body looks like. Check out these great classroom posters and learn more: nuton.ca/product/weight…

Lunch & recess are social spaces for students to connect with friends and enhance their wellbeing. During lunch we can provide time and space to foster positive relationships while eating 🍽 At recess we can encourage students to manage conflict and meet new people 👨🏽‍🦼🏃🏽‍♀️🧍🏽‍♂️

What a wonderful way to say farewell to Nurse Jen as she heads into retirement. Well done and thank you Lord Dorchester SS ❤️

Mindfulness means giving your full attention to the present moment. Try bringing Mindful Moments to your classroom. Check out smho-smso.ca and kidshelpphone.ca for some great resources to get you started. 🖍🎧🧘🏽‍♀️❄

Vaping doesn't help with stress and anxiety. Strategies to cope with stress: 📣Talking to someone 🍽 Eating a variety of foods 🎵👩🏾‍🍳👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼 Having fun 🩰👩‍🦽 Joyful movement & get outside 📖 Journal 💆‍♀️Practice Mindfulness 💤Get enough sleep 📵Put screens away notanexperiment.ca

Curious about how to support your students to develop a positive relationship with food? 👀 Check out this chart from the Teach Food First toolkit: healthyschoolsbc.ca/wp-content/upl… #TeachFoodFirst