Physical activity & Nutrition

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Muscle action

Adolescent, Senior Primary, Muscles and Bones - Updated

A printable diagram to learn how muscles function.

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Mouth Healthy - teacher resources

Adolescent, Curriculum Development, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Worksheets, Oral Health - Updated

Start building good oral health habits early with these fun activities and lesson plans for children of all ages!

Includes worksheets, lesson plans etc.  American Dental Association.

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Modern Teaching Aids

Healthy school environment, Adolescent, Curriculum Development, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Websites - Updated

Teach students about human anatomy by demonstrating the function and location of organs in the human body. We have a variety of fantastic resources including information charts depicting the skeletal, muscular, nervous, digestive, circulatory and more.

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Loading up the lunchbox written in Tongan

Healthy eating, Pasifika, Healthy school environment, Adolescent, Senior Primary - Updated

Ideas and suggestions for healthy lunches.  Written in Tongan.  From the National Heart Foundation

NHF lunchboxes Te Reo

Loading up the lunchbox in Te Reo Maori

Healthy eating, Healthy school environment, Adolescent, Senior Primary - Updated

From the National Heart Foundation.

Information and ideas in Te Reo Maori to help whanau put together better lunchboxes

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Loading up the lunchbox in Samoan

Healthy eating, Pasifika, Healthy school environment, Adolescent, Senior Primary - Updated

Samoan language support and ideas for healthy school lunches.  From the National Heart Foundation

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Life Science Worksheets

Adolescent, Curriculum Development, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Websites - Updated

Life Science Worksheets and Printables

Our science worksheets introduce kids to fun and interesting scientific topics such as the human brain, animal facts, ecosystems, physics, chemistry outer space, and more. Browse our collection of fun science worksheets and inspire a love of science in your child.

Lets learn about blood

Let's learn about blood

Healthy eating, Curriculum Development, Adolescent, Senior Primary, Heart, Blood and Circulation - Updated

NZ Blood Service teaching resource which focuses on developing students' understanding of the cardiovascular / circulatory system - one of the body's most important systems - and how blood keeps our body going.

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Learning Experiences - Enjoying movement

Adolescent, Curriculum Development, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Activity - Updated

This online version of the book supports the implementation of Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum (1999) by providing teachers with ideas for planning units of work to meet the identified learning needs of their students. Although the learning experiences present a teaching sequence, teachers are not expected to implement all the suggested activities or necessarily to follow the sequence suggested. To meet the learning needs of their students, teachers may use all or part of this book over a two-year cycle and may also select from activities designed for other year levels.

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Kids Workout: 20 minutes of fun, simple, high energy moves

Adolescent, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Video, animation, Healthy weight, Activity - Updated

Looking to burn some energy? This is a 20 minute workout designed for kids to elevate their heart rate while having some fun (although adults are welcome too!).  We start with a simple 1 minute warm up, followed by 3 rounds of high energy activity.

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Healthy Kai - lesson plans

Recipes, Healthy eating, Curriculum Development, Healthy school environment, Adolescent, Junior Primary, Senior Primary - Updated

There are plenty of resources here with Lesson plans and Unit plans to support learning around nourishing kai.

 

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Kids Health

Nutrition , Healthy eating, Adolescent, Curriculum Development, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Websites - Updated

Kid’s Health is an interactive tool to engage and educate children in their own health and wellbeing. Designed for children over 5.

We aim to give you the tools to make the best health choices for you. Here's whatyou'll find on KidsHealth.org:

  • Doctor-reviewed advice on hundreds of health topics, created just for kids.
  • Articles, slideshows, videos, and health tools to help you learn, grow, and be your best.
  • Separate sections for parents and teens, created with their questions in mind.
  • Free lesson plans and programs for teachers and early childhood educators
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Hydration

Nutrition , Healthy eating, Adolescent, Drinks, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Video, animation, Healthy weight - Updated

Why do we need hydration? Water is the main substance in our bodies, making up more than 50% of a person’s body weight, and it’s directly involved in every biochemical reaction in each cell in our body. Find more videos at http://osms.it/more.

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HPA - Behind the Hype Information sheets

Nutrition , Healthy school environment, Healthy eating, Adolescent, Junior Primary, Senior Primary - Updated

To assist health professionals and other sector workers decipher fact from fiction, HPA is undertaking factual reviews of topical issues.  These two-page information sheets contain evidence-based advice to help you provide clear consistent information to consumers. 

Get your facts right and avoid any confusion.

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How to eat for a Healthy Heart

Healthy eating, Nutrition , Healthy school environment, Adolescent, Curriculum Development, Senior Primary - Updated

This double-sided resource from the National Heart Foundation shows the simple steps you can take to add healthier options to your meals, also contains a simplified version of our Healthy Heart visual food guide.  First pad is free then $1 per unit

 

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How our Heart works - video

Adolescent, Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Video, animation, Heart, Blood and Circulation - Updated

The video explains how our human heart works - its structure and function of each part.

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How much sugar do you drink? Poster in Te Reo Maori

Healthy eating, Drinks, Nutrition , Adolescent, Healthy weight, Te Ao Maori - Updated

This infographic poster shows the amount of sugar in soft drinks, fruit juice, sports drinks and energy drinks. Available in Māori and English from the Health Promotion Agencyand locally from  Wendi Wolfen-Duvall, Napier Health, 76 Wellesley Road, Napier. 06 834 1815 ext 4162 wendi.wolfen-duvall@hbdhb.govt.nz

https://order.hpa.org.nz/collections/eating-activity/products/how-much-sugar-do-you-drink-a3-te-reo-poster