This activity is all about better understanding Matariki - understanding our unique and special culture and the culture of others, only impacts all our wellbeing positively.
Sharing kai is a big part of Matariki. Here tamariki create a placemat to use for shared kai during Matariki with whānau.
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!
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.
An activity for thinking about and adjusting our energy levels.
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.
An energising game of compliment giving and receiving.
Make fun, feel-good posters for your classroom.
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.
Extending the connection between music and emotions.
Celebrating our strengths and being unique.
Fostering a growth mindset and celebrating akoranga (learning).
When we're tired and tamariki are tired, tiny, quiet activities give us the time we all need to 'refresh'. Here's some go-to's from our weekly e-newsletter.
Kōrero with a loved-one and create a poster about them.
Celebrating our identity, whānau and where we come from.
Our favourite ideas for boosting kindness at school and beyond.
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.
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 resiliency-based set of activities based on reading, or listening to the book Rising Tide (He Tai Pari) – in English and/or te reo Māori.
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
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.
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 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.
A fun and memorable lesson about diversity, acceptance and being our true selves
A co-design approach to creating a culture of kindness in your classroom and school.
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.
A great aiga (family) connecting and learning activity highlighting the importance of our names.
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!
Create a shaker (maybe out of paūa) whose sound will lead you to your friends. This is a great 'taking notice' game.
An opportunity for tamariki to acknowledge and explore their amazing whenua (land) and heritage.
Making memory posters to encourage connections to tamariki whānau and whakapapa with this simple interviewing activity.
A book review worksheet for exploring books with positive diversity, emotion or wellbeing- based themes.
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.
We all know books have super powers. Here’s an activity that will use them to help tamariki develop emotional literacy, tune in to how others are feeling and know how to react to different emotions.
A chance to recreate Pacific stories and beliefs using any performance art you choose.
Sometimes we fall into habits, and sometimes we have to spend some time creating them. Here's how...
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.
