Health and physical education – classroom activities, Hauora – ngā ngohe akomanga
Updated 29 Oct 2025
Examples of classroom activities to help students think about their future and how health and physical education might relate to the world of work.
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- Career activities for the classroom
- The Arts – classroom activities
- New Zealand languages – classroom activities
- Health and physical education – classroom activities
- World languages – classroom activities
- Mathematics and statistics – classroom activities
- Science – classroom activities
- Technology – classroom activities
- Social sciences – classroom activities
In health and physical education students explore the wellbeing of people through health and movement. This includes learning how to recognise and promote spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and social wellbeing.
NCEA subjects that link to this learning area on Tahatū:
Career activities for Year 7 and upwardNgā ngohe aramahi mō te Tau 7, i tua atu anō hoki,
Activity | Description |
Tahatū career research | Length of activity: Short Type of activity: Individual Find 3 health and physical education related jobs to explore. Why do these look like jobs you’d like to do? |
Role model career path | Length of activity: Short Type of activity: Individual Research a role model’s career journey in health and physical education roles. This person can be known to you or someone you admire. |
Physical abilities and jobs | Length of activity: Short Type of activity: Pairs/group Use Tahatū activity guide 5 Work: Activity 5: World of Work card sort to brainstorm physical and social abilities required for each type of work. |
Run a sports team | Length of activity: Long Type of activity: Pairs/group Think about your favourite sports team and research and list all the jobs required to run this team. You may wish to complete Tahatū activity guide 5 Work: Activity 2: Researching career ideas to get more information about jobs you have brainstormed. |
Survive a zombie apocalypse | Length of activity: Long Type of activity: Pairs/group Imagine a zombie apocalypse has hit New Zealand (or other natural disaster). You must build a ‘dream team’ of people to have on your team to survive the apocalypse. What did these people do for work before? List their skills. For example, technical skills such as medical and transferable skills such as working in a group. Present the dream team to the class and show how you would survive. |
Career activities for Year 11 and upwardNgā ngohe aramahi mō te Tau 11, i tua atu anō hoki,
Activity | Description |
Tahatū career research | Length of activity: Medium Type of activity: Individual Complete activity 6: All about healthcare in Tahatū activity guide 5 Work to learn more about the health industry. |
Role model career path | Length of activity: Short Type of activity: Individual Research the career journey of a role model who is currently working in health or physical education. What do they do? Were they always in this role? How did they get there? What would you ask them about their career journey? |
The wellbeing of others | Length of activity: Medium Type of activity: Pairs/group Use Tahatū to research 3 career ideas that focus on the well-being of others. What do you have to do to get into this work? For example, study, skills, location, training. |
Personal values | Length of activity: Medium Type of activity: Pairs/group Complete the Tahatū Interest Quiz and explore career ideas. Do these jobs reflect your personal values? If students are unsure what their personal values are the know your values guide on Tahatū can help. |
Find out moreAko atu,
Students can check out the study categories in the Explore study and training section of Tahatū to find out more about tertiary study in health and physical education.
Students can browse study areas on Tahatū. For example: