What we teach
We utilise a shared planning approach with schools to create individualised lessons to suit the needs of tamariki. Our teaching strands have been developed based on the four key challenges that tamariki face to their health and wellbeing while growing up. Our teaching could cover content across five key strands: identity and resilience, relationships and communities, food and nutrition, human biology, and substances.
Click on the questions below to see overviews of the content options we can offer to meet the needs of your students. The more information you can share with your Educator, the more personalised we can make our teaching.
How can we take care of our hauora (wellbeing)?
Where does our food come from?
Why are some drugs helpful and some harmful?
What are feelings?
How do we know what other people could be feeling?
What is peer pressure and how can we deal with it?
How can I be a good friend?
Why is it important to show empathy towards others?
How can we deal with change?
Why is it important to eat food throughout the day?
How can we show resilience?
What's inside our bodies?
Why might we react and respond differently to our world and those around us?
How do we make good decisions?
What is an upstander?
What makes our brain the control centre for our bodies?
How can I tell from the packaging whether food is healthy or not?
Why is physical activity good for our bodies?
What are the impacts of the decisions we make?
How do we keep ourselves safe?
Why is the air we breathe important to us?
What makes a good leader?
How can we manage our big emotions?
Why do we need to eat a variety of food?
What are the qualities of friendship and being friendly?
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You can read more here about Life Education's graduate profile, inquiry model and linkages with the New Zealand Curriculum.