The Incredibles (PG)
Pre-movie games & activities. We will be handing out fruits/veggies.
Starting at dusk - Movie
Prizes for all that come dressed as their favourite super hero. Arrive early and enjoy participating in super hero skill training activities before the movie.
More Details to follow
Join us on Sunday August 19th for a special one day festival in the Sheppard's Bush at Windfall Ecology Centre! There will be rock climbing, face painting, geocaching, nature play, a whole host of new sports to try such as zumba, dance, karate, baseball, football, gymnastics and much much more. There will also be a wide range of health and wellness vendors to check out and lots of freebies. Refreshments will be available on the day with lots of healthy options. It is a jam packed schedule so make sure to check our website for our full timetable at www.windfallcentre.ca/festival. Expect to have a lot of sweaty fun, good food and many laughs.
Attend a FREE hands-on workshop and dinner for local child care operators and staff sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora. Navigate the screentime recommendations, and learn how to create an engaging and supportive environment for children to explore the world of play. Learn about the benefits of risky play, the new movement that is taking Canada by storm. Register to hold your spot here!
We are starting up a new school garden at Regency Acres in conjunction with York Region Food Network.
A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kids
A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kids
Are you up for the challenge? Join us for a FREE Nature Play Pop up on Sunday May 6th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Windfall Ecology Centre in Sheppard's Bush, Aurora. There will be bubbles, mud painting, loose parts play including cardboard boxes and tires, dressing up and a whole world on nature play fun! Sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora #PowerOffandPlay #HKCCAurora#HealthyKidsON #AllWeather
Screen free fun splashing in the local pool. Come on down and have some fun!
Whizz away from your screens on the ice. #PowerOffandPlay
A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kids
A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kids
A wellness night run by the parent council with advice and an activity provided by HKCC
A fun night of Hip Hop and R&B dance to reward staying healthy
A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kids
This is Highview's first fitness night. Kids will try their hands at Zumba and get a tasty snack to eat.
A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kids. It will be a fundraiser for the Grade 8 trip away and promote health and wellbeing for the entire school.
A conference dedicated to promoting active play and reducing screentime and sedentery behavior.
Are you up for the challenge? Join us for a FREE Nature Play Pop up on Sunday March 18th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Windfall Ecology Centre in Sheppard's Bush, Aurora. There will be a huge canvas with mud painting, loose parts play including cardboard boxes and tires, dressing up and a whole world on nature play fun! Sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora #PowerOffandPlay #HKCCAurora#HealthyKidsON #AllWeather
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A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kid
A school wide wellness day Healthy Kids will be participating in. Healthy Kids will be providing materials and organising activities. We can't wait!
A fun Hip Hop Dance night followed by dinner
Get your devices powered off and your skates on Aurora, its time for a free skate!
A wellness night run by the school with materials and activities provided by Healthy Kids
Screen free fun splashing in the local pool. Come on down and have some fun!
A free cooking workshop for kids aged 7-12. Kids will be in the kitchen with Chef Maxine Knight, experimenting with healthy after-school snacks. Parents/guardians can enjoy a facilitated conversation about healthy family food.
A wellness night featuring Zumba, Taekwondo, Arts and Crafts, Police Officer Ron, Activate Aurora and more.
A free cooking workshop for kids aged 7-12. Kids will be in the kitchen with Chef Maxine Knight, experimenting with healthy after-school snacks. Parents/guardians can enjoy a facilitated conversation about healthy family food.
Join us along with your child for a colourful, interactive workshop that will inspire your family to eat rainbows of fabulous fruits and veggies! This workshop is facilitated by Rainbow Plate and sponsored by Healthy Kids.
Attend a FREE talk and dinner for parents of pre-schoolers and toddlers sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora. Learn about their nutritional and tips to explore the colourful world of healthy eating together. Register online to secure your free ticket.
Families and students of Aurora Heights will gather to strike a (yoga) pose and learn some karate moves all while learning about healthy eating and how to manage stress.
Heathly Kids and Hartman Public School's Healthy School Committee team up to host their very first Family Wellness Night. Students and their families will lace up and get moving together while learning about student mental health and the healthy eating.
If you missed this great FREE class, don't worry we've got your next P.A. Day as well! Kids aged 7-12 will join Chef Maxine Knight of the York Region Food Network, as she experiments with healthy after-school snacks that kids can make themselves. Parents/guardians can enjoy a facilitated conversation about healthy family food. There will be two time slots available of the same session, so choose the one that works bests for you. Register early as space is limited and you won't want to miss out!
Sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora.
Healthy Kids and St.Joseph are teaming up again for another family event of jumping, moving, dancing, and working up a sweat together. Healthy snacks and plenty of veggies and fruit will give good fuel and inspiration for kids and parents.
Family cooking classes are back, but this time it's a kids takeover! Kids aged 7-12 will join Chef Maxine Knight of the York Region Food Network, as she experiments with healthy after-school snacks that kids can make themselves. Parents/guardians can enjoy an information session on healthy family food, presented by York Region Public Health. Register early as space is limited and you won't want to miss out!
Sponsored by Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora.
Come out to celebrate and enjoy activities and tastes from all across the globe in one place! The Healthy Kids team will be there with the Veggie and Fruit Pop-Up giving out veggie and fruit snacks to encourage kids to reach for healthy options for all meals. You'll have a chance to meet Carrot and post a photo with Carrot on social media to enter the #spotthecarrot photo contest. You could be chosen as the winner of 2 months of a local Good Food Box from York Region Food Network!
Enjoy an outdoor summer movie with the kids (Guardians of the Galaxy and Trolls) while grabbing a healthy snack from the Healthy Kids Veggie & Fruit Pop-Up with their mascot Carrot! Don't forget to take a picture with Carrot and upload it to FB or Twitter with #spotthecarrot and tag @fitkidsaurora for your chance to win a 2-month Local Food Box prize!
Come check out Windfall Ecology Centre and the history of the Sheppard House as part of Aurora's Doors Open. Let your kids engage in unstructured active play in our adventure playground. They will have the chance to expand their creativity, confidence, and connection with with nature.
Look out for Carrot and the Healthy Kids team at our local soccer tournament. They will be handing out free veggie and fruit snacks. Snap a photo with Carrot and post it on Facebook or Twitter with #spotthecarrot and tag @fitkidsaurora for your chance to win 2 months of York Region Food Network's Local Good Food Box. Fresh produce, 100% locally sourced for you and your family!
Look out for Carrot and the Healthy Kids team at Aurora's Concert in the park. They will be handing out free veggie and fruit snacks. Snap a photo with Carrot and post it on Facebook or Twitter with #spotthecarrot and tag @fitkidsaurora for your chance to win 2 months of York Region Food Network's Local Good Food Box. Fresh produce, 100% locally sourced for you and your family!
This Spring, we're bringing back our FREE 3-week family cooking class for kids aged 8-13 and their parents. Try out new healthy recipes for simple and fun meals and snacks celebrating veggies and fruit! Open to families who have not yet participated in this class before. Register to get a spot in the popular class.
This year, Activiate Aurora is partnering with the Aurora Chamber of Commerce's Street Festival to bring you a whole host of activites to encourage active transportation. The Cultural Precinct will be close off to cars and open to walking, biking, basketball, obstacle courses and more! The Healthy Kids team will be there with a veggie & fruit pop-up, so find us in the Kids Zone at the Town Park. We will be giving away fruit for healthy snacks while supplies last!
Families will help the school's garden club celebrate Canada 150 with tree planting and prepping the garden for the season. Families are invited to learn basic garden care, enjoy some refreshments, and sign up as summer garden volunteers.
Students and their families will have the chance to engage with community partners to learn about healthy eating, well-being, and get a good workout together.
Families of Our Lady of Grace are invited to take part in an evening filled with tons of fun fitness activities!
A free Town of Aurora event sponsored by Healthy Kids. Come with your family to test out an electric vehicle, explore booths from local environmental organizations, get your hands into some fun kids activities, receive a free sapling to plant at home, and take in a guest seminar.
A wellness night featuring a huge range of activities for parents and children alike.
Families will be invited for an evening of zumba, taekwondo, and yoga. A family who moves together, stays together.
Drop in and let your kids engage in creative, self-guided play. They will learn to problem solve, work with peers, develop confidence, and connect with the outdoors all while having a great time. Don't miss out on this fun FREE event and maple syrup taffy treat! Recommended for kids ages 3-14, and don't forget to dress for the weather.
Families will be invited for an evening of zumba, taekwondo, and yoga. A family who moves together, stays together.
Students and parents will join in for zumba and circuit training followed by healthy snacks and refreshments.
Join us for a Winter Nature Play POP UP at the Town of Aurora's Family Day event. Come by and watch your children get creative with loose parts play, meet new friends, and have lots of self-directed, snowy, winter fun! Bring your imagination, dress warm and try something new!
Check out more information on the even here.
Rick Hansen P.S. will be inviting students and their families for an evening of physical literacty and healthy education.
A wellness night featuring yoga, zumba, nutrition and mental health
Wellness night featuring zumba, yoga and more.
A wellness night featuring food, speakers and zumba!
A free, hands-on cooking class series for children and parents to learn easy, fun, and healthy family recipes.
A fun yoga night followed by dinner
Introducing the Healthy Kids Community Challenge's new Nature Play after school program! Running every Tuesday and Thursday from 4pm -5:30pm in Sheppard's Bush, Aurora. Starting on October 18th and just $50 for the whole 6 weeks!
For more information or to sign your child up email:
healthykids@windfallcentre.ca
We will explore the forest, engage in self-directed play and have messy mucky fun! For ages 6-12. Fully supervised outdoor all-weather fun!
Introducing the Healthy Kids Community Challenge's new Nature Play after school program! Running every Tuesday and Thursday from 4pm -5:30pm in Sheppard's Bush, Aurora. Starting on October 11th and just $50 for the whole 6 weeks!
For more information or to sign your child up email:
healthykids@windfallcentre.ca
We will explore the forest, engage in self-directed play and have messy mucky fun! For ages 6-12. Fully supervised outdoor all-weather fun!
A fun zumba night followed by dinner
A fun zumba night followed by dinner
Promoting Water as the Primary Beverage for children
Open to: Teachers, Parents, Students, ECEs, After School Leaders, and Organizations Working with Children Grades K – 8.
No cost to attend and a healthy lunch will be served.
Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora will be attending several of the Movies in the Park events and providing fun activities and water to the masses.
Join us for a Nature Play POP-UP Adventure on Sunday, August 20th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at Windfall Ecology Centre located in Sheppard's Bush, Aurora. It promises to be an afternoon filled with fun.
A POP UP Adventure Day is an event where we bring all sorts of loose parts to a green space. Children, ages 3 - 14 will find lots to do. Some kids will make a cardboard go-cart, others may want to build a swing, many will be happy dressing up or digging in sandy soil. This pop up promises to be filled with lots of messy muddy fun! Come on by and watch your children have lots of self-directed POP-UP fun!
There will be a full day full of fun healthy events for Grades1-8 attending St Joseph. Each child will participate in 7 activities in total from Zumba to yoga to Coach Steve to a Tree IDing session to a physical literacy session, a gymnastics session and much more.
A bike powered assemblies demonstrating how much energy one produces when being physically active. A fitness and eco awareness extravaganza for Bike to School Week.
A fitness circuit day for the whole school
A fitness symposium featuring multiple stations to rotate through for the parents and children of St Jerome. There will be a yoga station, a meditation station, a Rainbow Plate station, an active station and a public health station.
More details coming soon.
Grade 5 forest school
The Aurora Chamber Home Show offers visitors new and innovative products for their home, plus industry-expert advice from financial planners, realtors, and health and wellness professionals.
Friday April 15, 4 pm – 9 pm
Saturday April 16, 9 am – 6 pm
Sunday April 17, 10 am – 4 pm
It will also feature a Healthy Kids Community Challenge Booth with fun games for your kids
Children and parents of Rick Hansen's running club are invited to a family yoga night.
Children and parents of St Joseph's Catholic School are invited to a family yoga night.
Special parent-child class looking into what we eat. Participants learn why they need to be Food Detectives in today's world. They'll see first-hand how the food industry targets them in advertising, and how messages on food packages can be misleading.
They'll learn how to read food labels and to independently draw conclusions about what's really in their food. We'll specifically highlight the issue of added sugar in processed/packaged food and drinks, and we'll teach participants how to calculate this amount.
There will be a vibrant rainbow based snack to prepare and eat together, and we'll talk about how all different types of foods can fit into a healthy pattern of eating.
Run by Healthy Kids Community Challenge Aurora in conjunction with Rainbow Plate
A child run launch in Our Lady of Grace Catholic School. The Mayor will be in attendance. An athlete will speak about her/his life, Olympic experiences and competitions.
A child run launch in St Joseph's Catholic School. The Mayor will be in attendance. An athlete will speak about her/his life, Olympic experiences and competitions.
A child run launch in Rick Hansen Primary School.
Details coming soon.
A child run launch in Holy Spirit Catholic School School. Marcel Gery will speak about his life, Olympic experiences and his swimming competitions.
This event will kick off the Healthy Kids Community Challenge in the Town of Aurora. We will be handing out fresh fruit, offering fun play activities and introducing the type of programs and events we will be running.
A child run launch in Regency Acres Primary School. The Mayor will be in attendance. Vanessa Crone will speak about her life, Olympic experiences and her figure skating competitions.
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