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 do the decisions I make online and/or offline affect me and others?
Where does our food come from?
What are the possible negative effects of drug use?
How do we change as we get older?
Why do we need to eat a variety of food?
What are senses and what do they do for us?
How do we make good decisions?
Why is it important to think about how we communicate with others online?
What do all living things need to stay alive?
What does it take to be part of a team?
Why are my reputation and identity important?
What is peer pressure and how can we deal with it?
How can we take care of our hauora (wellbeing)?
What are body systems and how do they work?
Why is it important to show empathy towards others?
How do our bodies get energy from the food we eat?
What do we need to know about the food we eat?
What are the qualities of friendship and being friendly?
How can I be a good friend?
What makes me different?
What makes our brain the control centre for our bodies?
What are the impacts of the decisions we make?
What is stress, and how can it affect us?
Why might we react and respond differently to our world and those around us?
Why is it important to eat food throughout the day?
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You can read more here about Life Education's graduate profile, inquiry model and linkages with the New Zealand Curriculum.