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To improve tamariki wellbeing

Healthy Active Learning is a joint government initiative between Sport New Zealand and the Ministries of Health and Education to improve the wellbeing of tamariki through healthy eating and drinking and quality physical activity.

Driven by a $47m Government commitment to the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy.

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The joint initiative

Healthy Active Learning is a joint government initiative between Sport New Zealand and the Ministries of Health and Education to improve the wellbeing of tamariki through healthy eating and drinking and quality physical activity.  Driven by a $47m Government commitment to the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy.

The joint initiative

What Sport NZ is working towards

The initiative involves co-design of local curriculum to improve tamariki wellbeing. Healthy Active Learning schools and kura have access to:

  • A skilled workforce who will collaboratively support schools and kura to create healthy and active learning environments, and better connection to communities.
  • Toolkits to create healthy food and drink environments.
  • Resources to support quality delivery of the Health and Physical Education and Hauora curriculum.
What we're working towards

Healthy Active Learning at Oturu School, Northland

Healthy Active Learning and Oturu School’s holistic approach to learning have played a key role in bringing to life the school’s values.

Healthy Active Learning at Oturu School Northland

Healthy Active Learning Hui

70 members of the physical activity workforce supporting teachers and schools in the delivery of Healthy Active Learning met for a three-day hui in Lower Hutt.

Healthy Active Learning hui - improving tamariki wellbeing

Healthy Active Learning workforce

Hear from some of the workforce around New Zealand and find out what motivates them to do them to contribute to improving the wellbeing of tamariki.

Healthy Active Learning workforce

A teacher's perspective

In 2017 Shea Coxson was introduced to Play.Sport, which would then become a defining point in Shea’s journey as a teacher.

A teacher's perspective

A principal's perspective

Karen has seen a dramatic shift in both the ways her teachers develop their learners and themselves.

A principal’s perspective
Two cricket fielders cheering as they take a wicket

The origin of Healthy Active Learning

Healthy Active Learning evolved from the Play.sport pilot project, which was informed by the School Sport Futures Project.

Play.sport
School sport futures project

 

 

 

Resources

Reviewing schools physical activity

A series of resources to help schools and kura create opportunities for year 1-8 students to engage in a range of physical activity that contributes to their wellbeing. These are based on lessons from our Play.sport pilot.

Supporting schools
Booklet

Movewell

A resource to support teachers, kaiako and others to implement activities that are appropriate to, and extend children’s learning, confidence, ability, and enjoyment in Physical Education.

Movewell

In Our Backyard

This project supports schools and kura, sporting organisations, and local communities to collaborate and develop new learning opportunities through sport, engaging tamariki in new, different and innovative ways, as New Zealand hosts a series of major sporting events over the next few years.

In our backyard
YOUTUBE

Videos

Video resources developed for teachers, kaiako and our partners.

Videos
Soundcloud

Podcast: More than sport

Explores the processes and approaches of enhancing quality physical education and physical activity in schools.

Podcast
MP3

Play.sport Q and A’s

Play.sport facilitators, activators and stakeholders share their thoughts.

Q and A's

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Healthy Active Learning vacancies

Healthy Active Learning vacancies
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