Common Ground
An interactive game that explores all the things we have in common, rather than focusing on our differences.
An interactive game that explores all the things we have in common, rather than focusing on our differences.
An activity for thinking about and adjusting our energy levels.
A quick game that promotes cooperation, patience and trust.
Teaching mindful breathing for focus and calm.
A breathing ‘experiment’ that extends tummy breathing.
A fun, energising, memory-based game
An energising game of compliment giving and receiving.
This activity takes inspiration from the ordinary, yet extraordinary things in our natural world, as a mindfulness technique.
Helping tamariki understand and manage their worries.
Two games that helps students discover their inner pause button.
A calming activity that boosts students’ awareness of the world around them.
Absorbing, simple activities that help students relax and find flow.
These energising warm-ups encourage team work and communication.
A fun activity to help tamariki overcome inhibitions and get to know each other better
A simple and imaginative trust game (without too much risk!), this activity helps tamariki work together
This activity helps tamariki learn to manage emotions using a playground slide as a visualisation tool.
A partner activity promoting teamwork and a bit of active problem solving.
Traditional Māori breathing and mindfulness sequences.
A traditional, fun and energetic challenge for tamariki.
A familiar and fun game that tamariki LOVE!
With Te Ara Pū you can keep learning te reo sounds to help make kōrero easy.
An energising game to incorporate and extend te reo Māori
Create a shaker (maybe out of paūa) whose sound will lead you to your friends. This is a great 'taking notice' game.
From our friends at the Department of Conservation, this activity combines physical activity, mindfulness and being outside. All of best wellbeing bits that tamariki love!
From our friends at the Department of Conservation, this activity combines taking notice of what's around us and immersing ourselves in the moment . Deep, calming sigh....!
From our friends at the Department of Conservation - we love that this idea is so accessible to everyone while in home-learning, and the combination of reading (learning) and being outdoors will help tamariki feel great!
From our friends at the Department of Conservation. While lots of our tamariki love being outside, sometimes having something to hunt for can add a layer of excitement and increase the exercise!
A chance to recreate Pacific stories and beliefs using any performance art you choose.
From our friends at the Department of Conservation - this is a really simple mindfulness activity, only needing a quiet space to look and listen.
He ngohe hei whakaaro, hei āta whakariterite hoki i ngā taumata ngao.
He ngohe pāreka tēnei kia puta mai ai te tuakiri tūturu o te tamaiti, kia tuia pai te taura tangata hoki ki waenga i a rātou.
Te whakaako ki te whakangā kia aro ai, kia whakatau ai.
He ngohe whakangā nō te ao Māori.