Resources

The Drug Education Matrix of Learning Outcomes for Levels 1-8 was developed in response to requests from principals, teachers, Boards of Trustees and wider school communities, for a broad framework that outlines the knowledge, understandings and skills that students should develop through learning at levels 1-8 (years 1-13) within the context of drug education.

Download The Drug Education Matrix ( 139Kb).

Our Guide to a Smokefree/Auahi Kore School (2009) leaflet helps schools plan their next steps towards actively promoting smokefree behaviours and attitudes to students, whānau and the wider school community.

Download A Guide to a Smokefree/Auahi Kore School( 660Kb).

Our children grow up in a society in which the use of legal drugs, such as alcohol and tobacco, is commonplace. For children to be in the best position to make responsible, informed choices about drugs for themselves, they need to be provided with drug education that offers many opportunities to explore appropriate knowledge, attitudes, skills and strategies within a supportive environment. Primary Pathways: An integrated approach to drug education is free for schools.

This resource is produced by the NZ Drug Foundation. For your free copy phone 0800 378 474 or go to www.nzdf.org.nz/resources/schools.

In early 2004 the Health Sponsorship Council, with support from the Cancer Society, Apaarangi Tautoko Auahi Kore (now known as Te Reo Marama) and the Smokefree Coalition, sought and attained funding from the Ministry of Health to develop a national Framework for Reducing Smoking Initiation. The framework proposes a comprehensive suite of interventions and initiatives to reduce smoking initiation in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

Download The Framework for Reducing Smoking Initiation ( 2Mb).

Download The Reducing Smoking Initiation Literature Review ( 2Mb).

Tobacco Control Facts at a Glance (last updated in August 2009) contains useful tobacco control facts such as the health effects of smoking, smoking rates in New Zealand, etc. Further references are also included for those who wish to obtain further information.

Download Tobacco Control Facts at a Glance ( 678Kb).

You can help keep your students smokefree.

How? By strengthening the protective factors that increase the likelihood of students staying smokefree.

The poster lists the factors.

Download Protective Factors poster ( 619Kb).

This resource encourages students to develop a positive attitude to being smokefree and includes class activities. It links to Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.

Full download ( 3Mb)  |  Part 1 ( 830Kb)  |  Part 2 ( 1.96Mb)  |  Part 3 (511Kb)

This resource encourages students to access and use information about smoking to develop a positive attitude towards being smokefree. The resource was developed with the help of practicing teachers and Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.

Full download( 3Mb)  |  Part 1 ( 1.9Mb)  |  Part 2 ( 1.7Mb)

Developed to introduce the issue of second-hand smoking to year 1 and 2 classes, this resource aims to empower children to act as positive smokefree role models at home. It links to Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum.

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This is the Te Reo version of Double Surprise (above).

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Produced by Te Hotu Manawa Māori for kaiako working with 5-7 year-olds and written in Te Reo, this resource incorporates Achievement Objectives from both the Social Studies and Health curricula. It focuses on the Māori world being smokefree.

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This Te Reo resource is for teachers of 9-13 year olds. It includes stories, worksheets, ideas, photo cards.

Full download ( 820Kb)

This short guide provides strategies to help young smokers quit.

Full download ( 973Kb)