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 influences our food choices?
How can we take care of our hauora (wellbeing)?
What is stress, and how can it affect us?
Why are my reputation and identity important?
How can I be a good friend?
How do the decisions I make online and/or offline affect me and others?
How can I tell from the packaging whether food is healthy or not?
How do our bodies get energy from the food we eat?
What are the qualities of friendship and being friendly?
What is vaping and what are the risks?
How do we adapt to suit certain situations?
Why might we react and respond differently to our world and those around us?
What is peer pressure and how can we deal with it?
Where does our food come from?
What do all living things need to stay alive?
What are the impacts of the decisions we make?
Why are some drugs helpful and some harmful?
Where can I go for help?
Why is it important to think about how we communicate with others online?
What are body systems and how do they work?
Why is the air we breathe important to us?
How can we deal with change?
What is an upstander?
What can we do when we have problems?
How do we change as we get older?
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You can read more here about Life Education's graduate profile, inquiry model and linkages with the New Zealand Curriculum.