Heart Healthy Schools Resources

Recipe to prepare chili with ingredients for a family size portion or a class sized portion for a school food program.

The School Health Grant for Youth provides Canadian youth, ages 16 to 19 and enrolled enrolled in secondary or post-secondary school, the opportunity to apply to grant funding ($1000). The goal of the grant is to develop youth-driven and youth-inspired initiatives that encourage and promote healthy living in their school. Project initiatives must align with 1 or more of the following PHAC priorities:
Reducing substance-related harms
Healthy eating and nutrition
Physical activity
Positive mental health and well-being

Sodium is a part of salt, but it’s also in many other foods and ingredients. Sodium is important for fluid balance, muscle movement, and nerve signals. We get enough, and often too much, from our food.

Students can complete the "Gratitude Topic: Vegetables & Fruits" worksheet that helps them
consider a fruit or vegetable they are grateful for and what it reminds them of.

These activities can be used with children to help them:

learn food skills
develop healthy eating patterns
understand Canada’s food guide

Heart & Stroke recommends federal, provincial, and/ or territorial governments take multi-pronged action to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks by people living in Canada and in turn help reduce the prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases.

Eligible projects receive up to $10,000 in funding to cover the cost of purchasing and planting edible trees and shrubs, site preparation, tree maintenance, planting materials and developing education materials.

The goal of the grant is to develop youth-driven and youth-inspired initiatives that encourage and promote healthy living in their school.

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Muffin recipe with ingredients for a family size portion or a class sized portion for a school food program.

Recipe to prepare watermelon pizza with ingredients for a family size portion or a class sized portion for a school food program.

A Learning Garden at your school can help students explore and experience the science behind food production. Apply for a learning garden grant!

Funding for food and equipment for school programs through President's Choice Children's Charity.

The CFA grant program can provide up to $5000 to support community-led solutions to help improve healthy eating in NB by creating greater food security at the community level. Typical actions that are funded through this program include community gardens, community kitchens, bulk buying clubs, farmer’s markets and food related education programs.

The Environmental Trust Fund provides assistance for action-oriented projects with tangible, measurable results, aimed at protecting, preserving and enhancing the Province's natural environment. (i.e. school garden)

The Foundation supports a wide range of environmental initiatives, with a primary focus on environmental education and green space programs.

Eligible projects include schoolyard greening, park revitalization, community gardens, park programming and citizen science initiatives.

Learning for a Sustainable Future provides funding for students and teachers to engage their school and community in climate Action Projects. This includes any action that is student-led and contributes to the sustainability of your school or community—the only limit is your students’ imagination!

Each fall, students and educators can apply for a grant to kick-start school projects that help nature thrive.

A word association game for students to identify what meaning they attach to certain foods that may reveal things about their preferences, personalities, traditions and past experiences.

BrightBites helps you boost school nutrition by earning fun, easy badges!

Food related games and activities to teach children to recognize different foods and encourage them to experiment with new foods, tastes, flavours and textures.

Lesson plans and age appropriate activities for teaching about Canada’s Food Guide in a “food first” way while considering equity and cultural inclusion. “Teach food first” focuses on using a food exploration approach to nutrition education that has been linked with long-term, positive eating attitudes and behaviors.

Great Minds Think Outside is a bilingual hands-on, curriculum-linked, outdoor professional development program that gives educators the skills and resources they need to teach their students outside-whatever the subject matter!

We share ideas, resources, and information with child educators to help facilitate learning outside the classroom.

If you are looking for physical activity ideas for children at school or at home, then this kids exercise list (NO EQUIPMENT NEEDED) for the classroom or home should come in handy.

When working with kids, it’s important to engage them with fun and challenging fitness activities. These fitness games for kids, developed by ACE CERTIFIED Personal Trainer Anna Renderer, can help them learn how to improve their functional movement patterns, cardiovascular efficiency and balance, all while having a good time.

GoNoodle helps teachers and parents get kids moving with short interactive activities. Desk-side movement helps kids achieve more by keeping them engaged and motivated throughout the day. GoNoodle is designed with K-5 classrooms in mind.

Let’s get more kids walking and wheeling to school. Join the movement to improve children’s mobility and health.

This manual is intended as a resource for schools, school districts, and
municipalities interested in supporting and encouraging cycling trips by school
community members, including students, families, and school staff.

A toolkit inspiring lifelong healthy habits for youth.

Tips for teachers on how to effectively engage students in active learning and printable sheets of easy-to-use and adaptable activity/energizer cards for different grade levels and learning settings (in-person vs. virtual).

Canada’s Food Guide is an eating plan created by Health Canada to help Canadians make healthy food choices.