IDENTITY AND CULTURE
School Values and Me
Te Whare Tapa Whā provides an excellent way for tamariki to kōrero and understand school values and the positive difference they make.
Te Whare Tapa Whā provides an excellent way for tamariki to kōrero and understand school values and the positive difference they make.
Introduce Te Whare Tapa Whā to your tamariki with this HUGE collaborative mosaic wall display!
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.
Helping tamariki discover how music affects their mood.
A fun way to help activate Te Whare Tapa Whā at this tricky time of the school year.
Use the Whare Tapa Whā hauora model to check in with your collective tamariki wellbeing.
An interactive game that explores all the things we have in common, rather than focusing on our differences.
A relaxing colouring activity to promote relaxation and calm.
A calming game that paves the way for tummy breathing.
A game for identifying, naming and sharing emotions.
A group exercise for showing and guessing different emotions.
A quick game that promotes cooperation, patience and trust.
An energising game that’s all about working as a team.
A breathing ‘experiment’ that extends tummy breathing.
A fun, energising, memory-based game
An energising game of compliment giving and receiving.
A crafty activity that will give tamariki a calming keepsake.
Two games that helps students discover their inner pause button.
Welcome some fresh air and some sky magic by making a manu tukutku!
Our favourite ideas for teaching and encouraging gratitude.
Expressing gratitude and giving back through special surprises.
An old classic that helps tamariki find similarities and get moving.
A calming activity that boosts students’ awareness of the world around them.
Extending the connection between music and emotions.
Celebrating our strengths and being unique.
Fostering a growth mindset and celebrating akoranga (learning).
Sensory kete promote self-regulation and calm.
A tool that supports tamariki to feel settled and calm.
Celebrating our identity, whānau and where we come from.
Our favourite ideas for boosting kindness at school and beyond.
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
A trust game without any risk! This activity is designed to help tamariki work together on a shared goal
These energising warm-ups encourage team work and communication.
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.
A fun activity to help tamariki overcome inhibitions and get to know each other better
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.
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 funny game for helping tamariki understand and feel good about their strengths
A quiz to help senior students find their strengths and make a set of strengths cards.
This is a great calm down activity and so simple to play
Activities to help senior students start using and developing their strengths.
Practice listening, asking questions, having conversations and building empathy.
An acting exercise that helps tamariki learn to manage tricky situations and big emotions.
A partner activity promoting teamwork and a bit of active problem solving.
Traditional Māori breathing and mindfulness sequences.
This activity uses colours to help tamariki name emotions. Being able to recognise and name emotions is the biggest step towards successfully regulating them.
Demonstrating how our actions impact others.
A tamariki-led approach to creating a culture of kindness in your school.
A traditional, fun and energetic challenge for tamariki.
A familiar and fun game that tamariki LOVE!
This fun game will get your greetings in te reo down pat!
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. 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.
Help tamariki find the ways that best suit them to support their hauora and wellbeing.
This is a handy printable guide you might send home with tamariki for whānau in the lead up to Pink Shirt Day and to support kindness and friendship.
Introduce the Fonofale health model to your tamariki with this HUGE collaborative mosaic wall display!
