IDENTITY AND CULTURE
Hauora til the holidays!
A fun way to help activate Te Whare Tapa Whā at this tricky time of the school year.
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.
A game for identifying, naming and sharing emotions.
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.
Teaching mindful breathing for focus and calm.
A fun, energising, memory-based game
An energising game of compliment giving and receiving.
A crafty activity that will give tamariki a calming keepsake.
A practical mindfulness activity using our senses.
Two games that helps students discover their inner pause button.
An old classic that helps tamariki find similarities and get moving.
Boost children’s awareness of the world around them.
A week of sensory fun and exploration.
Fostering a growth mindset and celebrating akoranga (learning).
Sensory kete promote self-regulation and calm.
Absorbing, simple activities that help students relax and find flow.
These energising warm-ups encourage team work and communication.
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
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.
A traditional, fun and energetic challenge for tamariki.
This fun game will get your greetings in te reo down pat!
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!
Help tamariki find the ways that best suit them to support their hauora and wellbeing.
Sometimes we fall into habits, and sometimes we have to spend some time creating them. Here's how...
He ngohe hei whakaaro, hei āta whakariterite hoki i ngā taumata ngao.
He ngohe whakahihiko ki te tuku me te riro i te mihi.
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.
He ngohe whakangā nō te ao Māori.
He ngohe poto e whakatairanga ana i te mahi ngātahi, i te manawanui me te whakapono.
