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Will shovel for grades

With Manitoba public health officials promoting outdoor learning as much as possible to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 amidst the pandemic, teachers are finding creative ways to keep students active outside no matter the season.

Manitoba schools look to snow to stoke phys ed, build community

Tim Morison, a physical education teacher at Starbuck School in Starbuck, Man., is photographed with students, from left, Anjali Smelski Zuk, Myriam Duval, Isabel Fischer and Kiera Mosset in their survival shelter Thursday. (John Woods/Winnipeg Free Press)

Forget the gymnasium driveways, sidewalks and parking lots are becoming popular alternatives for phys-ed students keen to both workout and volunteer to shovel snow in their communities this season.

With Manitoba public health officials promoting outdoor learning as much as possible to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 amidst the pandemic, teachers are finding creative ways to keep students active outside no matter the season.

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