Healthy Active Learning | Sport New Zealand

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.

Part of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, Healthy Active Learning is supported by a Government investment of $47.6m between 2020-2024.

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The joint initiative

Healthy Active Learning supports schools and kura to create healthy and active learning environments, and better connections to their local communities.

The joint initiative

What Sport NZ is working towards

The initiative involves co-design of local curriculum to improve tamariki wellbeing.

What we're working towards

Tapuwaekura

Led by Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa in partnership with Ngā Pākura and supported by the Ministries of Health and Education, Tapuwaekura runs parallel to the Healthy Active Learning initiative.

Tapuwaekura is a Kaupapa Māori approach underpinned by the Atua Matua Framework (Māori Health and Wellbeing Framework).

Tapuwaekura

Stories of Impact

Canterbury kids get active with take-home equipment

Students from St James Primary, a Healthy Active Learning School, have been taking play and sport equipment home and getting active after school with whānau and friends, as part of Sport Canterbury’s SportStart Home initiative.

Canterbury kids get active with take-home equipment

Manawakura: A focus on community wellbeing

Co-designed with the community, Manawakura is what Healthy Active Learning looks like for the people of Tairāwhiti.

Manawakura: A focus on community wellbeing

Healthy Active Learning at Sport Waitākere

The Healthy Active Learning team at Sport Waitākere has a strong focus on inclusiveness. The team hosts 'HALO-days' for teachers to enable them to create inclusive play environments for all students.

Healthy Active Learning at Sport Waitākere

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

Excited learners in Gore bring outdoor lessons home

In 2021, Dolamore Park set in the Hokonui Hills and featuring 95 hectares of native forest was the classroom for year 3 to 6 ākonga (students) at West Gore School on Fridays, as ākonga took part in a new environment initiative.

Excited learners in Gore bring outdoor lessons home

Healthy Active Learning Workforce

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

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 Vacancies

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

Healthy Active Learning Evaluation: July 2020-March 2021

Showing how well Healthy Active Learning is being implemented and progressing toward achieving its outcomes.

Healthy Active Learning Evaluation 2021

Newsletters

Healthy Active Learning Newsletters

Highlighting some of the fantastic work by everyone involved in Healthy Active Learning across Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Healthy Active Learning Newsletters

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.