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[ Feature Article ] We invite you to read this document and join us in advocating for the 25 recommendations and championing the actions that will guide us towards achieving meaningful and sustainable solutions within our school communities.

[ Feature Article ] This article explores how the phrase “To Learn, To Love, To Move” can reframe physical education (PE) as inclusive, joyful, and meaningful. Rooted in physical literacy and child development, it captures cognitive, emotional, and behavioral learning. The slogan offers a unifying identity for PE, resonating with students, educators, and policymakers. Practical implications for curriculum, staff development, and collaboration are discussed, positioning the phrase as both a guiding philosophy and a catalyst for cultural change in PE.

[ Feature Article ] In schools, across all grade levels, cross-curricular connections result in countless benefits for student learning. Cross-curricular connections are purposefully planned lessons that fuse two or more subjects, providing students with meaningful learning experiences while ‘connecting the dots’ between subjects. In this blog, I share a brief introduction and a few teaching considerations pertaining to cross-curricular connections, along with two examples—one for K-6 and one for Grade 7 and above. Alongside some supporting materials, I conclude with a list of ‘Three To-Dos’ for educational stakeholders to consider when thinking about the innumerable amount of benefits that can arise from cross-curricular connections in the learning environment.

[ Research ] This paper explores a posthumanist approach to physical education (PE) to address declining well-being in both human and non-human worlds. It acknowledges the challenges of operating within a humanistic framework that often prioritizes human-centric goals and colonial perspectives. The proposed vision emphasizes reconnecting with our animality through self-directed and rough-and-tumble play, fostering creativity, social bonds, and a recognition of human-animal similarities.

[ Feature Article ] Bowling pins, thin pins, and numbered pins are fantastic tools for target games—but you do not need anything fancy to get started. Empty water or soda bottles make a fun, budget-friendly alternative. Throughout this post, I will refer to them all as “pins,” but remember that bottles work just as well. For added flair and scoring variety, try filling bottles with water and a splash of food coloring.

[ Feature Article ] After leaving teaching in 2017, I took on several long-term occasional (LTO) placements. More often than not, I was assigned a timetable that had several Grade 9 classes. During my years as a teacher...