INTRODUCTION

This story provides resources for teachers in both primary and secondary schools who are planning to teach about Hauora. It is intended to compliment and support the sub-topics in our Hauora topic.

RESOURCES FOR PLANNING AND TEACHING: WHENUA

Nature tasters  designed to pick up and go like a recipe card, these six 'nature taster' cards make it easy to get outdoors and use nature for teaching and learning.

RESOURCES FOR PLANNING AND TEACHING TAHA TINANA: PHYSICAL WELLBEING 

CHILDREN

Activities for children and young people — Ministry of Health with suggestions on various types of aerobic activities and tips for maintaining body weight.

Benefits of outdoor activities — and what to be aware of when going outdoor.

Best hydration apps of 2019 — a selection of reliable apps to keep hydrated and thirst at bay from healthline.com.

Eating for healthy children aged 2 to 12/Ngā Kai Tōtika mō te Hunga Kōhungahunga — includes healthy eating and physical activity tips and advice. 

Helping children sleep better — has suggestions on what affects sleep in children and how to get them to sleep better. 

Helping teenagers sleep better — is about decisions, routine and creating the best environment.

Maintaining healthy body weight — causes of excess weight, the problems and advice on establishing good habits.

My goal chart — is fun and easy ideas to get children set simple eating, moving and sleeping goals.

23 low-cost, outdoor activities for kids — around the home, neighbourhood or further afield.

Yucky hands — has questions to get children thinking and resources on good hand hygiene. 

SCHOOLS

AlcoholNZ — this issue from health prevention agency (HPA) has useful information about why it’s important for young people to delay drinking alcohol and for developing intervention strategies.

Bridging the gap — is a resource to increase the knowledge and confidence of those working alongside young people in the primary care environment to address issues related to alcohol and other substance use. 

Education outside the classroom — projects to get planning, working, creative and active outdoors.

How schools and professionals can help — NZ Drug Foundation on how to prepare students to live in a world where alcohol and other drugs exist.

In-school activity breaks — short physical activities that can be incorporated in any classroom.

Nature missions for kiwi kids — learn about nature and amazing stuff outdoors.

Personal hygiene — PowerPoint and poster on various aspects of hygiene and healthy living.

Physical activity for healthy confident kids — guidelines to help school communities to plan and provide opportunities for their students to enjoy physical activity experiences, both within the school curriculum and outside it.

Staff as healthy role models — is a way of practising what you preach for student wellness.

Water-only school toolkit — has been designed with the education sector to bring information and resources together to make it easier, to put the water-only policy into action in schools.

WHĀNAU 

Be a healthy role model — ten tips for setting good examples for your family.

Clean, cook, chill — food safety to prevent families from becoming ill.

Food safety for consumers — from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to protect families from getting food poisoning or getting sick from food.

Help with alcohol and drug problems — advice from the Ministry of Health about services and information available for help with alcohol and drug problem.

Healthy weight — BMI calculator and the importance of maintaining a healthy weight for children, teenagers and adults.

Hygiene & hand washing — how, when and why should we wash our hands.

My family recipes — heaps of healthy breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack ideas to please the entire whānau.

Myth or fact? — hydration experts address the most frequently asked questions about water and healthy hydration to differentiate between a myth and scientific fact.

Sleep hygiene — tips for children and adults to follow for a good night’s sleep.

COMMUNITY

Community food — food safety guides on preparing a hāngi, or food such as meat and kaimoana (seafood).

New Zealand food safety— resources, tips and guidelines from the Ministry for Primary Industries for food safety practises and businesses in the community.

Growing healthy communities — a toolkit of possible strategies, advocacy opportunities and policies targeting local government action to improve their community’s food security.

Hand hygiene New Zealand education toolkit — developed to provide district health board (DHB)hand hygiene coordinators, champions and others, with a range of ideas and activities for delivering hand hygiene education to healthcare workers.

Healthy eating supports mental wellbeing — research by Activity and Nutrition Aotearoa (ANA) supports that what we eat and drink can contribute to positive mental wellbeing.

Resources — is a page from NZ Drug Foundation that has downloadable guides, posters and information about reducing substance abuse in English, Māori and Pacific languages.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for all Initiative — emphasizes the teaching of basic sanitation and hygiene to communities and school children.

RESOURCES FOR PLANNING AND TEACHING TAHA WHĀNAU: SOCIAL WELLBEING

FAMILIES 

How to build closer relationships — TED speakers on creating better connections.

Promoting social wellbeing in children — the role of parents to create opportunities for children to learn about their place in the world.

Social wellness toolkit — has advice and checklists on how to improve your health with your family, friends and in the community. 

SCHOOL

Four ways to cultivate empathy in the classroom — innovative educators share tips on how to cultivate empathy in a fast-paced digital classroom.

The Bullying-Free NZ school framework — includes bullying prevention research and 9 elements of a whole-school approach to prevent and respond to bullying. 

Oat the Goat — is an online storybook to help primary school children learn the value of kindness.

Promoting social and emotional wellbeing and responding to mental health problems in schools — is designed to support schools in the delivery of their work on these two areas and complements other recent guidance from the Department for Education and Public Health England.

Playground rules — explore social issues in a playground to include sharing, inclusion and respect for social values.

Respectful relationships — resource kit and teaching material to promote and model respectful relationships and resilience in schools.

The Wellbeing@School toolkit — helps schools improve social wellbeing and relationships and creates a safe school community.

Wellbeing for success — a resource for school leaders, trustees and teachers to think of how to promote student wellbeing.

COMMUNITY

Five actions for wellbeing — created by the New Economics Foundation's (NEF) for the mental and social wellbeing of individuals, families, communities and organisations.

Bullying-Free NZ — this website has all the information needed by families and schools to identify bullying and find solutions to this problem in New Zealand communities.

My Masterton our people, our land strategy — identifies challenges with a vision for social development in Masterton.

TEAMS

Team building in the classroom — to promote cooperation and collaboration.

Twenty-two well-being initiatives for workplaces — to build motivation, bring teams together, build morale and decrease stress.

RESOURCES FOR PLANNING, TEACHING & SUPPORTING LEARNERS: TAHA HINENGARO  

All right? Hikitia Te Hā — a series of simple te ao Māori breathing exercises that anyone can learn as a very helpful practice for feeling more present and mindful.  

All right? Whānau Activities — explore ways to wellbeing in schools and kura and identify barriers to learning and wellbeing.

Anxiety — Kidshealth information about anxiety in children.

An anxious world: Children (Part 1) — Neuroscience educator Nathan Wallis explains the causes of anxiety and one family shares their journey to understanding and overcoming their child's anxiety. 

An anxious world: Children (Part 2) — hear a child's story as well as Nathan Wallis explain the role environmental factors such as stress and trauma play in triggering anxiety in children. 

Attitude —  programmes for intermediate and secondary schools based on credible research and linked to the health curriculum, give young people strategies for solving problems, handling stress, building resilience and negotiating relationships. 

BodySafe  — an interactive secondary school programme that promotes healthy relationships by having open and supportive conversations about respectful relationships, sex and consent. 

BullyingfreeNZ  — Ministry of Education site with detailed information and resources about bullying in schools.

Crisis assessment teams — a link to mental health crisis services nationwide (for emergencies only)

ERO— a list of online resources for schools.

Health navigator — a series of videos to inspire, connect & help young people so they can feel well within themselves & their community. 

Kotahitanga: Getting on together  — suitable for Years 1-3, this online version of the book Kotahitanga: Getting on Together supports the implementation of Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum by providing teachers with ideas for planning units of work to meet the identified learning needs of students. 

Kidslink — KidsLink links schools to a range of services specialising in kids, teens and their families educational, physical and emotional needs. 

Lifehack — Lifehack is committed to sharing the best of their knowledge and insights, and to building a library of resources to help improve youth wellbeing.

Mates & Dates — a new free healthy relationship programme for secondary school students from ACC.

Mental Health — a range of information and resources to support young people dealing with addiction, anorexia, self harm, anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.

Mental Health Education and Hauora — Teaching interpersonal skills, resilience, and wellbeing is a resource for teaching about mental health, including lesson ideas and activities. 

Mental Health Foundation — resources focused on youth mental health. 

Smiling mind  —  digital care packs to support children aged between 5 and 12 to build positive mental health.

Sparklers — a range of excellent activities for students at primary school, along with top tips for teachers.  

Student wellbeing Spotlight — this TKI spotlight focuses on student wellbeing, supporting educators to explore and implement effective wellbeing practices for students.   

Te Au — a site to assist with building the capacity of Māori whānau, hapū, iwi, Pasifika families and communities to prevent suicide.  

Te Kaveinga - Mental Health and wellbeing of Pacific peoples — results from the New Zealand Mental Health Monitor & Health and Lifestyles Survey of 2018. 

Te Rito Toi — Te Rito Toi helps teachers work with children when they first return to school following major traumatic or life changing events.  

The Genderbread person — a teaching tool for breaking the big concept of gender down into bite-sized, digestible pieces. 

The Kit— Netsafe guidance for schools and teachers.

The South Auckland school that teaches children mindfulness  — psychologist Nigel Latta wants to see mindfulness taught in every school in New Zealand, saying it would make a vast difference to mental health in the country.   

The worry bug — books and material that can be used to support children experiencing mild to moderate anxiety in times of change and stress, as well as the worries that come with navigating family and school life. 

Wellbeing@School — this website provides access to practical evidence-based tools, resources, and services, a 5-step self-review process, and information about how to get started with engaging with their communities around wellbeing. 

Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools — Wellbeing for success: a resource for schools has been developed to help schools evaluate and improve student wellbeing. 

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: taha hinengaro

Association of New Zealand Booksellers— tips and links to useful information about books for children's mental health.

Books about feelings  —  books that can help start a conversation about feelings with children.

Books on prescription  —  recommendations from WellSouth Primary Health Network.

Children's books about mental health  — 44 recommendation from the Child Mind Institute.

Mental Health Foundation — a list of titles reviewed by the Ministry of Health. 

Mental Health Topic Guide — Christchurch Libraries recommendations for teens.

Pegasus —  a list of recommended books and resources for young people dealing with mental health issues.  

RESOURCES FOR PLANNING AND TEACHING TAHA WAIRUA: SPIRITUALITY

Simple karakia — you and your students can learn the words to two simple karakia - one to start the day, and one before eating. 

This story was curated and compiled by Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand, Services to Schools staff, September 2020.