Grade 7 Overall Expectations:
Identification and Management of Emotions: apply skills that help them identify and manage emotions as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to improve their ability to express their own feelings and understand and respond to the feelings of others;
- Live It: Optimism (Book)
- Doable The Girls’ Guide To Accomplishing Just About Anything (Book)
- Seven Character Strengths of Highly Effective Students Book Series (Hoopla eBook)
- Small as an Elephant (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Who Do You Want To Be? (YouTube)
- The Power of Optimism (YouTube)
- Empathy Can Change the World (YouTube)
- Paper Tweets Build SEL Skills (Website)
- Thirteen Powerful SEL Activities (Website)
Stress Management and Coping : apply skills that help them to recognize sources of stress and to cope with challenges, including help-seeking behaviours, as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support the development of personal resilience;
- The Science of Breakable Things (Book)
- The Stress Survival Guide For Teens (Hoopla eBook)
- Stress Management Strategies: Ways to Unwind (YouTube)
- How Stress Affects Your Body (YouTube)
- Ten Cool Meditations for Pre-Teens and Teens (Website)
Positive Motivation and Perseverance: apply skills that help them develop habits of mind that support positive motivation and perseverance as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to promote a sense of optimism and hope;
- Being A Leader Organizing And Inspiring A Group (Book)
- Think Confident, Be Confident For Teens (Hoopla eBook)
- The Confidence Project: How Girls’ Self-Esteem Drops When they Turn 13 (YouTube)
- Never Would I Ever (YouTube)
Healthy Relationships: apply skills that help them build relationships, develop empathy, and communicate with others as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support healthy relationships, a sense of belonging, and respect for diversity;
- Relationship Skills 101 For Teens (Hoopla eBook)
- Active Listening: How To Communicate Effectively (YouTube)
- Teens Talk about Diversity (YouTube)
- Healthy Relationships vs. Unhealthy Relationships (Website)
Self-Awareness and Sense of Identity: apply skills that help them develop self-awareness and self-confidence as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support the development of a sense of identity and a sense of belonging;
- Just As You Are (Hoopla eBook)
- Put Your Best Face Forward Lesson (Website)
- Critical and Creative Thinking: apply skills that help them think critically and creatively as #StandForCanada Youth Challenge: Grade 7/8 students at Leahurst College (Website)they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support making connections, analysing, evaluating, problem solving, and decision making.