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.
What makes our brain the control centre for our bodies?
What influences our food choices?
What's inside our bodies?
How can our feelings influence the way we act?
What is an upstander?
What is peer pressure and how can we deal with it?
How can I tell from the packaging whether food is healthy or not?
Where does our food come from?
Why is the air we breathe important to us?
What makes me different?
What can we do when we have problems?
What are senses and what do they do for us?
Where can I go for help?
What do we need to know about the food we eat?
Why is it important to show empathy towards others?
How do we make good decisions?
How can we take care of our hauora (wellbeing)?
What benefits are there in delaying our decisions?
Why might we react and respond differently to our world and those around us?
What are the possible negative effects of drug use?
What are body systems and how do they work?
Why is it important to eat food throughout the day?
How can we deal with change?
What are the qualities of friendship and being friendly?
Why are some drugs helpful and some harmful?
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You can read more here about Life Education's graduate profile, inquiry model and linkages with the New Zealand Curriculum.