Catch The Spirit

The 2015 Canada Winter Games have launched a free teaching resource for educators across the nation with the Canada Games Catch the Spirit program – presented by Lakewood Dental Group.

Designed for teachers by teachers, Catch the Spirit engages students from kindergarten to Grade 8 using five overarching themes: Unifying Canada; Healthy Living and Sport; Official Languages; Arts and Culture; and Goals and Leadership.

The 2015 Games was approached by Canada Games Council to update their existing national education program, Catch the Spirit.

Over the past year, a volunteer committee, consisting of teachers and administrators from School District 57 (Prince George) worked to update and develop a national curriculum that features five lessons per grade and includes supporting resources such as videos, music, web links and Blackline Masters (BLM).

Catch the Spirit is a dynamic, bilingual resource, which can be used by individual teachers or adopted school-wide and helps share the spirit of the Canada Games in classrooms across the country.

The Catch the Spirit curriculum is available to download for FREE at www.canadagames2015.ca/catchthespirit.

Nanguz A Holiday Hit

Every Games needs a Mascot and the 2015 Canada Winter Games found the one that captures the hearts of everyone.

Nanguz stuffies were a hit this holiday season, with hundreds sold at the YMCA of Northern BC from December 10 until December 24.

This was an exclusive opportunity to purchase the limited edition Nanguz stuffies before the 2015 Canada Winter Games, with a portion of the proceeds from the sales dedicated to the development of a 2015 Canada Winter Games Legacy Program at the YMCA.

Nanguz is back in his den on the Fraser River until 2015 Games time.

Nanguz stuffies will be available to purchase during the two weeks of the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

Thanks to the 2015 Canada Winter Games for the info.