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Is your school giving the Get Up and Move (GUAM) contest a hundred and ten percent? This is the section for you!
Tools to download and print out for Quebec elementary schools.
- The Cube-O-Meter: Coming soon
- Student logbook: Students and their families can record the energy cubes they collect at home. For distribution to every student.
- Class contact's calendar: Counts the energy cubes earned by the students in your class. For distribution in every classroom in your school.
- Get Up and Move contest school leader's tally sheet: Records energy cubes collected during school hours (recess, gym class, childcare service activities, etc.). For distribution to the person responsible for the GUAM contest at each school.
- Rules: To help participants understand the operation and conditions of the GUAM contest. Please read it carefully so you can answer questions from children, parents and school staff.
- Explanatory sheet: An overview of the operation and new features of the GUAM contest. For distribution to parents and members of the school staff.
You and all students of the elementary schools in the province have an opportunity to take part in a unique event which will be taking place in May 2012 for a fourth consecutive year. A great challenge awaits you!
École Jeanne-LeBer,
Montréal
École de la Passerelle,
Asbestos
École Saint-Coeur-de-Marie,
Baie-Comeau
École Saint-Pie X,
Drummondville
École de la Tourelle,
Asbestos
École Sainte-Gertrude,
Montréal
École Les Trois Soleils,
Laval
École Riverview,
Port-Cartier
École Jeanne-MancePie XII,
Saint-Prime
École de l'Apprenti-Sage,
Québec
École Maurice-Jodoin,
Saint-Hyacinthe
École Le Marinier,
Les Mechins
École Sainte-Felicite ,
Sainte-Felicite
École Soleil-Levant,
Sherbrooke
École J.-Jean-Joubert,
Laval
École primaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys,
Pointe-Claire
École La Carriere,
Saguenay
École Saint-Pierre,
Saint-Valerien-de-Milton
École Sans-Frontieres,
Montréal
École Jacques-Buteux,
Trois-Rivieres
École Bon-Pasteur,
Grande-Riviere
École Des Quatre-Vents,
chicoutimi
École Mederic-Gravel,
Saguenay
École Saint-Louis de Gonzague,
Drummondville
École Sacre-Coeur,
Saguenay
École Pierre-Boucher,
Boucherville
École du Parc,
Québec
École des Saints-Anges,
Saint-Lambert
École Hudon-Ferland,
St-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
École Ste-Hélène,
Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska
École Saint-Anselme,
Montréal
École Apostolique,
Chicoutimi
École primaire Jardin-des-Saints-Anges,
Lachine
École Victor-Cote,
Matane
École Notre-Dame-de-Liesse,
St-Eugène-de-Guigues
École alternative Saint-Sacrement,
Trois-Rivieres
École primaire Garnier,
L Ascension-Notre-Seigneur
École Maisonnee (de la ),
Sherbrooke
École Anne-Hebert,
Québec
École Provencher,
Saint-Anselme
École Cure-Brassard,
Nicolet
École primaire du Bout-de-l'Isle,
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
École du Tournesol,
Thetford Mines
École Victor-Dore,
Montréal
École Etoile filante,
Montréal
École Hélene-Boulle,
Sherbrooke
École Aubert-De Gaspé,
Saint-Aubert
École Jeanne-De Chantal,
L Islet
École Jacques-Buteux La Tuque,
La Tuque
École L'Oree des Bois,
Laval
École Saint-Sacrement,
Saint-Hyacinthe
École primaire Murielle-Dumont,
Pierrefonds
École de Saint-Alphonse,
Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
École primaire Émile-Nelligan,
Kirkland
École de Sainte-Cecile,
Sainte-Cecile-de-Whitton
École des Monts-Blancs,
Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
École Du Parc,
Laval
École St-Denis Saguenay,
Saguenay
École Saint-Joseph,
Mercier
École Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix,
Montréal
École Notre-Dame-Saint-Joseph,
La Prairie
École de Touraine,
Gatineau
École Pres Fleuris,
St-Augustin Mirabel
École Saint-Isidore,
Saguenay
Collège Saint-Bernard,
Drummondville
École Sainte-Marcelline,
Ste-Marcelline-de-Kildare
École du Versant,
Québec
École Montessori de l'Outaouais Inc.,
Gatineau
École Barthélemy-Vimont,
Montréal
École Maurice-L. Duplessis,
Saint-Hubert
École Saint-Noel,
Thetford Mines
École Eymard,
Sherbrooke
École Notre-Dame-du-Paradis,
Dudswell
École du Ruisselet,
Lorraine
École institutionnelle des Grandes-Marees Marguerite-d Youville,
Québec
View the video from last year. It was quite a gathering. The year 2012 promises to be even more grandiose!
You are not from an elementary school and you wish to participate? Now it’s possible! Visit the teachers’ zone.
What is it?
Get up and move is a friendly competition taking place at your school and across all other elementary schools, whether public or private, in the province.
The idea is very simple: the more exercise you get, the more points you accumulate for your school. You increase your school’s chances of winning the 2012 Grand Prize.
Do you know about the Sharpen Your Gray Matter contest that takes place in November? It’s a fun new contest where you get your brain in shape by doing 15-minute brain-training activities with your family. You can earn gray matter cubes and increase your school’s chances of winning the Grand Prize. A healthy mind and body—that’s a healthy lifestyle!
When is it?
Get up and move at your school: from April 30 to May 28, 2012.
The Grand Prize at the Olympic Stadium: from Saturday, June 16 to Sunday, June 17 2012.
What is the prize?
An unforgettable trip to Montreal on June 16 and 17, 2012!
- A great gathering of all winning students in the province – around 5,000 – at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal!
- Access to the finale of the 1,000-km event: Pierre Lavoie will enter the Stadium leading a pack of 900 cyclists. TV cameras, lights, applause; it promises to be a success!
- Show, games, supper, many surprises and a perfect evening at the Stadium itself.
- Return journey home, with your head full of pleasant memories.
How do I enter ?
1. Make sure that your school has entered.
Check to see if your school has entered! If your school is not on it, ask your P.E. teacher about it. He or she is the one who can enter your school before April 29, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.
2. Get up and move
- Accumulate points by doing 15-minute sessions of physical activity throughout the month of May, 7 days a week.
- Each 15-minute session of exercise = 1 energy cube.
- At home, ask your family to join forces with you to help you accumulate more energy cubes.
- Biking, skiing, skateboarding, soccer, walking, active video games (e.g., Kinect, Wii Fit), any activities that increase your heart rate are allowed are admissible.
3. Monitor the progress of your school online.
- All the energy cubes that your school accumulates are entered on this site by your P.E. teacher.
- If you get some exercise at home, one of your parents must sign your participant's report to confirm the number of energy cubes accumulated.
- Every day, all you have to do is log on to the site to see the ranking of your school and find the motivation to be fully committed.
4. And the winners are...
At the end of May, the elementary schools in each of Quebec’s 17 administrative regions with the most GRAND DÉFI* cubes will be eligible to win the Grand Prize, which will be drawn at random. The chances of winning the draw are determined by cube level: bronze (1 entry), silver (2 entries), gold (3 entries). Do you know the 17 administrative regions? (Bas-Saint-Laurent, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale, Mauricie, Estrie, Montréal, Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Laval, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec)
*GRAND DÉFI cubes = average grey matter cubes + average energy cubes
| Average GRAND DÉFI cubes per student | Ranking | Number of entries in the draw |
| 260 to 359 GRAND DÉFI cubes | Bronze cube | 1 entry |
| 360 to 509 GRAND DÉFI cubes | Silver cube | 2 entries |
| Over 510 GRAND DÉFI cubes | Gold cube | 3 entries |
Pierre Lavoie will choose his Favourite School among participating schools, and that school will automatically qualify for the Grand Prize event.
In an email of 400 words or less, schools must explain why they should be named Pierre Lavoie’s Favourite School, focusing on the following points:
- Staff involvement in the Get Up and Move (GUAM) contest
- Participation of all the school’s students in the GUAM contest
- Special activities held within or outside of the school as part of the GUAM contest
- Community outreach during the GUAM contest
Schools should send their applications to coupdecoeur@legdpl.com by May 29, 2012. Only the winning school will be contacted.
In addition, the school with the greatest average number of energy cubes per student across Quebec will be named the Desjardins champion school and will participate in the Grand Prize.
Who can participate?
All students, from kindergarten to Grade 6, from the elementary schools of the province of Quebec, whether they be French-speaking or English-speaking schools.
New this year!
We are welcoming kindergarten students who can now accumulate energy cubes. There will even be a small prize for the kindergarten classes of the contest's winning schools. / par : School staff and their immediate family (spouse and children) can now increase their school’s score by accumulating energy cubes at home.
Those ineligible to compete
Any other organization which takes an interest in being more active and eating better can join in: day-care centres, secondary schools, companies, groups outside Quebec, etc. There is no grand prize to be won, but hours of fun which will do you a lot of good.
Elementary schools outside Quebec
Daycares
Other organizations
What is the Grand Prize event at the Olympic Stadium?
The Grand Prize event will take place on June 16 and 17, 2012 in Montréal. Participants will include more than 4,200 students and 900 chaperones from elementary schools throughout Quebec that won the Get Up and Move and Sharpen Your Grey Matter contests, including one school per administrative region in Quebec (17), Pierre Lavoie’s Favourite School and the Desjardins Champion School.
The Grand défi invites all of these students to Montréal, so they can spend an unforgettable surprise- and activity-filled weekend. On Saturday, they will get to have dinner and spend the night at the Olympic Stadium! On Sunday, they will welcome Pierre Lavoie and 900 cyclists, live, to the finale of the 1,000 km event. With TV cameras, lights and applauses, the event promises to be a success!
Transportation, admission to the stadium, activities and all meals are included.
Announcement of the winning schools:
The announcement will take place in the beginning of June. (Date to be confirmed)
Who can come to the Stadium?:
- All students of winning schools, except for kindergarten students, who will have a small prize that was designed especially for them ($500 cash prize for organizing a special activity).
- Staff members and students’ parents are welcome as chaperones.
- Unfortunately, students who do not attend a winning school will not be able to attend the Grand Prize event.
Support for winning schools:
The Grand défi will contact each of the winning schools once they are announced. The schools will then have to appoint a person who will be in charge of receiving all the necessary information for preparing the schools for the Grand Prize event. This person will have to ensure that the preparation instructions are being followed by the winning schools. A contact person from the Grand défi will be available at all times to answer the questions of the person in charge.
Student supervision:
Each winning school must ensure they have a ratio of one adult chaperone for every five children. Chaperones must be members of the teaching staff, parents or other responsible adults over 18. This person will be responsible for supervising young people throughout the weekend.
Cost :
The whole weekend—including transportation, meals and activities—is free.
Time of arrival in Montreal on Saturday June 16:
The school arrival time in Montreal will be confirmed later.
Meals:
All of the meals that are included in the weekend event are free. A booth will be available for students suffering from the most common food allergies (for example, gluten, nuts and dairy products). Please note that for dietary restrictions stemming from other allergies, we recommend that winning schools ensure their students bring their own lunches on the weekend.
Supervision during the Grand Prize event :
Over 400 volunteers will be present throughout to ensure the event runs smoothly, and to handle safety, prepare and serve meals, ensure first aid, etc.
Returning home:
Students will leave the Grand Prize event on Sunday. (Time to be determined)
Images of the Desjardins 2011 Grand Prize
Over 4,500 students and chaperones from the winning elementary schools from across Quebec spent an unforgettable weekend at the Olympic Stadium on June 18 and 19 in Montreal.
Take a look at the video!
