The Ministry of Education requires all schools to consult with their community on the school’s delivery of the Health Curriculum.  This survey will help us to gather your thoughts and ideas about our Health Curriculum and help us further develop our programmes.

Health Education at Pigeon Mountain Primary School is aligned with the NZ Curriculum and incorporates our school’s vision and values. Our Health programme reflects the key concepts of:

- Personal wellbeing and physical development
- Relationships with others
- Healthy communities

Students' wellbeing is integral to our 4 school values of Responsibility, Respect, Resilience and Excellence and our goal is to support students’ development into productive future citizens. Teachers integrate Health education into daily programmes as well as specific units of inquiry throughout the year.

Current Features of our Health Programme are:

PB4L - The PB4L programme teaches students in different contexts about our 4 school values of Respect, Resilience, Responsibility and Excellence. Weekly assemblies, classroom lessons and everyday interactions reinforce these values. Student PB4L monitors and the use of restorative practices are embedded into daily practice. Rewards systems around school are based on our PB4L values, and school’s student management system (eTap) records trends and patterns in behaviour.

Wellbeing Education - Our school’s third Strategic Goal is to ‘Grow the wellbeing of all in our community’. This programme explicitly teaches students mental and emotional wellbeing strategies and skills. We monitor the impact of these programmes using tools like NZCER Wellbeing@School survey in Years 4-6, and in-house Wellbeing surveys for younger students. A Lifewalk Trust School Chaplain and three AUT Student Councillors operate on a weekly basis to provide further support and guidance to students. Furthermore, we have engaged and beginning our journey with Mitey which focus on Mental Health.

Digital Citizenship - All students are taught age-appropriate Digital Citizenship skills. All students enrolled at our school must complete a Digital Citizenship agreement outlining expectations for online behaviour.

Life Education Caravan - We utilise external providers to teach elements of the Health curriculum. The Life Education Caravan is used at Pigeon Mountain School to provide learning which is age appropriate for our students and meets the needs of the students at the time. The Life Education Caravan comes to school every two years.

Health Education - Regular physical activity is built into our weekly programme, as is the importance of healthy eating, being safe at school, being sun-smart, and personal hygiene.

Puberty - All Year 6 students are provided the opportunity to learn about the changes that happen to their bodies during Puberty.

We welcome your responses and feedback to strengthen our Health Curriculum at PMPS.