Activities

Introduce the Fonofale health model to your tamariki with this HUGE collaborative mosaic wall display!

Lean into your strengths with a team work activity.

Celebrating our identity, whānau and where we come from.

Many schools, kura and classrooms have special manu and rākau they associate with. We've created these to add to your classroom and learn from.

A relaxing colouring activity to promote relaxation and calm.

A creative writing activity for celebrating the senses.

A practical mindfulness activity using our senses.

Tuputupu is a fun, activity-based workbook created as part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori which uses te Reo and Whare Tapa Whā as a foundation for tamariki to understand and care for their hauora.

An activity that’s fun and engaging for all students and has a unique Pacific focus – first create your fale (house), then create your classroom’s village!

Kōrero with a loved-one and create a poster about them.

Sometimes we fall into habits, and sometimes we have to spend some time creating them. Here's how...

A fun and whānau focussed way to learn about Matariki and each of the 9 whetū.

Helping tamariki discover how music affects their mood.

Bring Whare Tapa Whā to life with these super easy print-outs - makes either a mean wall display, or gift for whānau to carry on this important mahi.

Teaching tamariki the neuroscience behind worrying helps them make sense of the way it feels, so they can better work through it.

Make fun, feel-good posters for your classroom.

Our favourite ideas for teaching and encouraging gratitude.

A calming activity that boosts students’ awareness of the world around them.

Celebrating our strengths and being unique.

Fostering a growth mindset and celebrating akoranga (learning).

Use the Whare Tapa Whā hauora model to check in with your collective tamariki wellbeing.

This activity encourages tamariki to think about their wellbeing, all the ways they can boost it and some of the great stuff they're already doing.

A fun way to foster kindness, gratitude and the joy of giving.

A habits activity to help Year 7 and 8 tamariki build empathy and learn new friendship skills

Create an interactive classroom rollercoaster, and support tamariki to develop their emotional literacy and regulation

A video-making activity for senior tamariki to learn about managing big emotions, and teach others to too.

Making memory posters to encourage connections to tamariki whānau and whakapapa with this simple interviewing activity.

We’ve created this activity to encourage tamariki to think about Pink Shirt Day beyond the colour pink.

Previously called Got Your Back, this activity helps Year 7 and 8 tamariki reflect on the people who are there for them, and the different roles they can play.

This activity helps tamariki learn to manage emotions using a playground slide as a visualisation tool.

An acting exercise that helps tamariki learn to manage tricky situations and big emotions.

An opportunity for tamariki to acknowledge and explore their amazing whenua (land) and heritage.

This activity uses colours to help tamariki name emotions. Being able to recognise and name emotions is the biggest step towards successfully regulating them.

A co-design approach to creating a culture of kindness in your classroom and school.

A fun way to help activate Te Whare Tapa Whā at this tricky time of the school year.

A great aiga (family) connecting and learning activity highlighting the importance of our names.

Introduce Te Whare Tapa Whā to your tamariki with this HUGE collaborative mosaic wall display!

Help tamariki find the ways that best suit them to support their hauora and wellbeing.

A book review worksheet for exploring books with positive diversity, emotion or wellbeing- based themes.

A quiz to help senior students find their strengths and make a set of strengths cards.

A tamariki-led approach to creating a culture of kindness in your school.

When it's a first day back after a break, this activity provides and opportunity to kōrero about this and express how they're doing.