We work alongside teachers to make it easier to educate tamariki about food, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy lifestyle choices. Our curriculum-aligned teaching resources, classroom programmes, and practical initiatives are designed support your teaching.

2025 professional development sessions

Early learning

August

Fundamental skills for active winter play

Young child playing with a green plush soccer ball in a colorful playroom with educational toys and storage bins.

Join us for a session all about supporting tamariki to move, play, and grow!  We’ll be exploring one of the key building blocks of active play – Fundamental Movement Skills – with a focus on manipulation (think throwing, striking, catching).

We’ll discuss:

  • why manipulation skills matter for young children
  • fun and easy ways to weave these skills into your everyday programme
  • Ideas, inspiration and resources you can use.

Dates:

Tuesday 19 August | 3.30pm – 4.15pm

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Thursday 21 August | 7.00pm – 7.45pm

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November

Slip, slop, slap, seek and slide into summer

We all want our tamariki and early childhood community to be able to learn and play outdoors, but as educators we need to support children and families to know the risks of the sun’s UV rays.

Session dates to be confirmed.

Schools

How to talk about food

Freshly harvested red sweet potatoes held in a child's hand with green foliage in the background.

Our words matter. The language we use, the attitudes we express, and the values we place on certain foods can all shape how students view eating and nutrition well into adulthood. Learn some simple strategies to have mana-enhancing conversations with ākonga.

Dates:

Tuesday 5 August | 3.30pm – 4.15pm

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Previous sessions

April

Seafood and eat it

We discuss the benefits of eating fish and ways to incorporate seafood into your Early Learning Service menus.

Fish is a rich source of lean protein and contains many nutrients that are important for the growth and development of young bodies. It can also be difficult to successfully incorporate into children's diets. We give you tips and tricks on how to ensure fish meals are eaten up by our youngest critics!

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