Healthy Active Learning

Healthy Active Learning is a joint government initiative between Sport New Zealand, the Ministry of Education and Te Whatu Ora (Ministry of Health) that seeks to improve the wellbeing of children and young people, through healthy eating and drinking and quality physical activity.

Sport Bay of Plenty is part of the Healthy Active Learning initiative supporting primary and intermediate schools and kura to create healthy and active learning environments, and better connection to their local communities. In 2020, the first phase of the initiative was rolled out in Rotorua. Today, we work with 80+ schools and kura across the Bay of Plenty.

Sport Bay of Plenty’s Healthy Active Learning kaimahi are currently supporting Bay of Plenty schools and their communities through till June 2028 with the following outcomes:

1. Education settings value and prioritise quality play, active recreation, sport, and health and physical education
2. Education settings support and promote quality food and drink environments
3. Education settings value Mātauranga Māori and promote culturally distinctive approaches to play, active recreation, sport, kai and inu, and curriculum delivery
4. Teachers and kaiako implement active teaching and learning approaches and deliver quality health and physical education
5. 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.

Read more about the national initiative