Mountview Elementary
Last year, Mountview Elementary School’s StrongStart Centre was selected to participate in a StrongStart BC Pilot Project called Enhancing Physical Activity, Healthy Eating and Social Emotional Development. This pilot was designed to help StrongStart BC Centres bring movement, healthy habits, and social-emotional well-being into everyday activities with children and families. The goal was simple: to make physical activity, healthy eating and social emotional development a natural and enjoyable part of daily life in early learning settings across BC. The pilot focused on areas of the province where families may be facing more challenges, making sure that extra support and resources reached the communities that needed them the most.
Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Trish Morey from Mountview StrongStart Centre said that she was invited to monthly Zoom meetings where educators across BC were trained in “Appetite to Play: Healthy Eating & Physical Activity in the Early Years” (www.appetitietoplay.com) as well as “Feelings First” (www.feelingsfirst.ca). Trish submitted weekly pictures and write-ups throughout the year about the learning taking place at her StrongStart Centre and 12 of her ideas where shared in the provincial publication called “Moments that Matter.” Trish told us that the best part of her work is that she loves what she does and feels included in her school community. Trish said it gives her joy when she can help connect families and share important resources that make an impact for young children, parents and caregivers. When asked what she is known for at her center, she replied, “I’ve been told that my superpower is that I can make something out of nothing!” This indeed fits with her role as an ECE engaging the curious and exploratory minds of young children, bringing creativity into each play-based activity she sets up in her centre.
