Healthy Active Learning

He oranga tamariki, he oranga anamata
A healthy child is a healthy future

Tamariki deserve the best start in life, which is why Sport New Zealand partnered with Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) and the Ministry of Education to launch the nationwide Healthy Active Learning initiative. At Nuku Ora, our Healthy Active Learning team leads this initiative across the Wider Wellington Region, supporting schools and kura to create healthier, more active learning environments.

Our Vision

The vision of Healthy Active Learning is to improve tamariki wellbeing through quality physical activity, healthy eating and drinking.

Our Healthy Active Learning kaupapa means we provide free, tailored support to schools and kura through our team of facilitators. We work alongside school leadership, kaiako, and whānau to strengthen systems, structures, and processes that encourage quality physical activity and nutrition in education settings.

Bringing Healthy Active Learning to Life

Evidence shows that children's nutrition and physical activity are closely linked to academic achievement and overall physical and mental wellbeing. By prioritising these areas, we are fostering a healthier, happier future for tamariki across our rohe.

We support schools and kura to create environments where:

Outcome 01

Education settings value and prioritise quality play, active recreation, sport and health and physical education.

Bringing communities together to celebrate the value of physical activity

Providing opportunities for people to connect with others around play

Outcome 02

Education settings support and promote quality food and drink environments.

Supporting schools to create healthy kai environments.

Empowering tamariki to make healthy kai choices.

Outcome 03

Education settings value mātauranga Māori and promote culturally distinctive approaches to play, active recreation, sport, kai and inu, and curriculum delivery.

Celebrating culture and diversity through cluster events.

Building confidence and capability to deliver cultural games.

Outcome 04

Teachers and kaiako implement active teaching and learning approaches and quality health and physical education.

Learning through movement across the curriculum.

Developing Health and PE programmes that are inclusive.

Outcome 05

Education settings work effectively with whānau and their local community to enable inclusive and equitable access to play, active recreation, sport, and quality food and drink.

Exploring rich learning opportunities in your local communities.

Bringing schools and communities together through physical activity.