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.
Why might we react and respond differently to our world and those around us?
How do our bodies get energy from the food we eat?
What is the importance of kindness?
How can we manage our big emotions?
Why are some drugs helpful and some harmful?
How can we take care of our hauora (wellbeing)?
Why do we need to eat a variety of food?
What are the qualities of friendship and being friendly?
How do we adapt to suit certain situations?
What are body systems and how do they work?
What are feelings?
What are the impacts of the decisions we make?
What makes me different?
What makes a good leader?
Why is it important to think about how we communicate with others online?
Why is it important to eat food throughout the day?
How can I tell from the packaging whether food is healthy or not?
What is peer pressure and how can we deal with it?
What is stress, and how can it affect us?
Where can I go for help?
What do all living things need to stay alive?
What is an upstander?
Why is it important to show empathy towards others?
How do we keep ourselves safe?
Why is the air we breathe important to us?
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You can read more here about Life Education's graduate profile, inquiry model and linkages with the New Zealand Curriculum.