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.
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 calming game that paves the way for tummy breathing.
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
A calming, mindfulness activity that boosts body awareness
An energising game of compliment giving and receiving.
A practical mindfulness activity using our senses.
Make fun, feel-good posters for your classroom.
A fun literacy (and emotional literacy) activity that can last the whole week!
Helping tamariki understand and manage their worries.
Two games that helps students discover their inner pause button.
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 week of sensory fun and exploration.
Sensory kete promote self-regulation and calm.
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.
Absorbing, simple activities that help students relax and find flow.
Kōrero with a loved-one and create a poster about them.
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
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
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
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.
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.
A fun and memorable lesson about diversity, acceptance and being our true selves
Demonstrating how our actions impact others.
A tamariki-led approach to creating a culture of kindness in your school.
A co-design approach to creating a culture of kindness in your classroom and school.
A familiar and fun game that tamariki LOVE!
This fun game will get your greetings in te reo down pat!
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!
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!
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.
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...
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.
