Key concepts are the big ideas and understandings that we hope will remain with our students long after they have left school.
Four underlying and inter-dependent concepts are at the heart of the learning area.
Hauora is a Māori philosophy of well-being that includes four dimensions: taha wairua, taha hinengaro, taha tinana, and taha whānau, each one influencing and supporting the others.
Learn more - Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum: The underlying concepts: Hauora
Health and physical education encourages:
Learn more - Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum: Attitudes and values
The socio-ecological perspective is a way of viewing and understanding the interrelationships that exist between the individual, others, and society.
Learn more - Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum: The socio-ecological perspective
Health promotion is a process that helps to create and maintain supportive physical and emotional environments and involves students taking personal and collective action.
Learn more - Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum: Health promotion
Last updated March 13, 2024