Health Consultation
It is a requirement as part of the Education Act to consult the community every two years about the delivery of the Health Curriculum (see Section 91 of The Education and Training Act 2020). As such we would like you to review the School Health Statement and the way we implement the health curriculum at Hare Krishna School.
It is the Board’s responsibility to: resource this curriculum area, ensure professional development has been provided for the teachers, and ensure the teaching and learning programmes cover the NZ Curriculum.
We would like our parent community to either agree to the School Health Statement and the way we deliver the health curriculum or ask us to consider any suggestions for change. If there are no recommendations then no response from you is needed. The Board will consider any comments which arise from this consultation process.
After reading through the information below, we would ask you to complete the survey below.
Draft Health Education delivery statement (our aims):
Hare Krishna school implements a program of Health Education based on the New Zealand Curriculum and in keeping with the school’s charter and values of Wisdom, Respect, and Joy. Underpinning these values and the Health and Physical Education program is a holistic understanding of well-being across three areas: spiritual, mental /emotional, and physical.
Our health education learning objectives and experiences are developmentally appropriate, and knowledge and key competency skills build on what is learned in previous years. Much of our health and spiritual education aims to help students develop a closer connection with each other in their class and school communities as they become increasingly resilient, responsible and respectful members of their community and wider society.
Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum
Health and physical education are one of the eight essential learning areas of The New Zealand Curriculum. Furthermore, it is a compulsory subject until the end of Year Ten.
Hare Krishna School will implement a health programme based on the NZ curriculum in the four key areas of learning of:
- Mental Health
- Food & Nutrition
- Body Care & Physical Safety
- Sexuality education.
*Please note, sexuality education does not mean sex education. See below for topics.
Here are some examples of how the health unit us woven into your child’s learning
| Strand | Years 1-6 | Years 7-10 |
| Mental Health |
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| Food & Nutrition |
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| Body Care & Physical Safety |
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| Sexuality education* |
(Menstrual cycle and hygiene) |
(relationships and marriage from a vedic point of view) |
| The school uses a range of programmes to teach health such as: |
| Lion’s Quest Curriculum
Digital Citizenship Food technology for years 7 and 8 Development of school gardens/units, eg planting vegetables and fruit to eat, encouragement of healthy lunchboxes and having only milk or water at school. |
| Other ways the health curriculum is taught: |
| Through spiritual practices
Developing Key competencies In specific science lessons e.g. how the body works |