Health & Physical Education Ontario Curriculum
- Physical Activity - the MWLE experience is designed to help students learn how to participate in a wide variety of activities, while developing the personal movement proficiency necessary to enjoy life fully.
- Active Living - the MWLE focuses on active participation, physical fitness, and safety. It addresses the knowledge and skills related to lifelong participation in a variety of sport and recreation activities.
- Living Skills - the MWLE helps students develop a positive "sense of self", as well as effective decision making, conflict resolution, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Choices Into Action: Guidance and Career Education Program Policy for Ontario Elementary and Secondary Schools
"Students must learn and develop skills at school that will help them become more independent and responsible individuals."
- The MWLE is designed to develop leadership & cooperative skills in order to be successful in the twenty-first century.
- Students must be able to apply what they learn in school to other areas of their lives.
- Students must learn to work cooperatively and productively with a wide range of people, to set and pursue goals, to evaluate their achievement of their goals, and to assume their roles as responsible citizens.
- Students must be provided with many opportunities to practice new skills in a structured and supportive setting.