Curriculum resources

Access material relating to the Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.

Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum
Refer to the online version of the curriculum statement.

Development of the curriculum statement
Read background material about the development of the health and physical curriculum statement.

Curriculum implementation – Developing an understanding of the curriculum statement
This material explores the curriculum statement and provides suggestions on how the curriculum statement can be implemented in your school.

Case studies
See how different schools have implemented the curriculum statement.

Action for well-being
Action for well-being is a support resource for teachers at all school levels to help them plan and implement quality teaching and learning programmes based on Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.

Curriculum in Action
View online versions of a selection of the Curriculum in Action series supporting the Health and Physical Education in New Zealand curriculum. The series provides teachers with ideas for planning units of work.

Teaching and planning materials
Sample teaching units and plans to support the Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum covering the food and nutrition, mental health and sexuality education key areas of learning. Plus an example of a monitoring sheet for a school-wide health and physical education programme at senior primary level.

FireSafe units of learning – a fire safety learning programme for levels 1–5
This resource was developed as part of a Ministry of Education initiative to address concerns arising from serious house fires. There are four units of learning for Levels 1–2, 2–3, 3–4, and 4–5. Each unit consists of three parts: overview, outcomes and assessment, and lesson sequences.