Resources and Tips
These tools were FREE during the height of the OMICRON wave and can now be purchased for $3 in our shop. You can access Term 3s free tools here until Friday 30th September midnight.
Teach students to build reciprocal relationships
Midnight Oil
Shared responsibility for burnout
Self-care is not the answer to burnout. Instead, the reasons for it should be a shared responsibility between the environment and the person.
Investigate how you are matched to your environment.
Where is the pressure coming from?
What can you do to alleviate it?
Creativity Kickstart
Unpack creativity with your students
A reminder from Sir Ken to push pause and reset. We are creative beings. Share this notion with our students and explain how creativity is putting our imagination to work to solve problems.
Ken - this one is for you!
Climbing the Elephant
Acknowledge the elephant before Term 2
Spend some time addressing the challenges from Term 1.
Do this activity with your students, or for your own reflection, or as a staff/senior leadership team.
This will really help your wellbeing and build resilience helping everyone to return to calm.
Battling Dragons
Provide the armour
Using stories from our past to help us build resilience for the future, turn your students into heroes.
Thank you Tracey Miller, Del Costello and Garreth Bradshaw for the original spark!
Heroes of Our Own Story
Support Crew Rewards
Maintain our community relationships
Keep children engaged from home by changing the relationship of power.
A simple system to give everyone a new perspective and build relationships.
Change those roles and have fun!
An exciting game where students can give and receive compliments.
Use this tool to encourage students to use observational skills to help them discover and celebrate their positive role models within their kura
Click on the link to explore our new tool.
Community Wellbeing At A Distance
Maintain our community relationships
Pulse Tool
As we move to hybrid learning, while case numbers and sickness increase, make sure we maintain our community connections and experiences.
Use this tool to investigate how your current operation mode promotes inclusion, trust and co-agency.
Click on the link to explore our new tool.
Protect Student Wellbeing
As case numbers increase make sure we have given our students room and tools to help them communicate their feelings.
Use this visual tool to help them identify how their feelings can change - just like their pulse.
Click on the link to explore our new tool.
A3 Posters can be purchased in our shop.
I Did That - Don't Laugh, So Did You Tool
Build Staff Community
A Spoonful of Sugar
Wellbeing support for Term 1
Read how the leaders at Werewere School redirect their PLD support to focus on student wellbeing.
Click the link below to have free access to 2 helpful tools.
As the constant challenges build up, spend some time building staff community with a light hearted game where you can share stories about the teaching day/week/term.
Laughter can help make the tiredness go away.
Thanks Alison Cleary for the original spark!
Click on the link to get FREE access to our new tool for staff.
The Principal and
The Problem
6 FREE tools here
Tackle your COVID Problem Space with confidence
Read all three parts of the COVID-19 Problem Space.
Find 6 FREE tools to help you thrive not just survive.
Enjoy this koha from the creators of Which Voice.
Thanks to Tangaroa College for the first spark!
