Resources

Resources

We create and share inspiring, evidence-informed content designed to support EOTC and Outdoor Education pedagogy, curriculum development, safety management, current practice guidance, teaching and learning, and more.

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Ngā Atua o te Maramataka

Context: EOTC general, Local curriculum, Te ao Māori

Type: Teaching and learning resource

Description: A te ao Māori resource linking maramataka phases to atua, helping learners understand emotions, energy, and behaviour through nature’s cycles.
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Kaitiakitanga - Ko au te taiao ko te taiao ko au

Context: EOTC general, Local curriculum, Te ao Māori

Type: Teaching and learning resource

Description: A te ao Māori resource exploring kaitiakitanga, whakapapa, and how the wellbeing of the environment sustains human wellbeing.
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EOTC Guidelines - Bringing the Curriculum Alive 2025

Context: EOTC general, EOTC Safety Management

Type: Planning tool, Teaching and learning resource

Description: MoE Guidelines supporting schools to deliver safe, inclusive, curriculum-based learning beyond the classroom, linking education with real-world experiences. The guidelines also apply to other activities that schools are associated with such as optional opportunities provided to ākonga such as cultural activities, outdoor and active recreation, and sport.
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Maths Outdoors Activities

Context: Mathematics and statistics, Outdoor education

Type: Teaching and learning resource

Description: Maths Outdoors Activities provides hands-on activities connecting real-world exploration with curriculum maths concepts, strengthening problem-solving and numeracy.
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Kiwi Outdoors Activities

Context: English, Science, Outdoor education

Type: Teaching and learning resource

Description: Curriculum-aligned outdoor activities supporting literacy across subjects, encouraging observation, inquiry, storytelling, and critical thinking beyond the classroom.
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Surfing Movement Strategies 1.1 Resource

Context: Health and physical education, Outdoor education

Type: Assessment resource

Description: Strategies for surfing NCEA PE 1.1
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Waka Hourua model of kotahitanga, leadership, risk management & social responsibility

Context: Te ao Māori

Type: Teaching and learning resource

Description: A te ao Māori model for teaching kotahitanga, leadership, risk management and social responsibility in te taiao developed by Freya Bullock.
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AS 1.3 & 1.4 (Maramataka)

Context: Te ao Māori

Type: Teaching and learning resource

Description: Understanding the influence of the maramataka for AS 1.3 & 1.4 (PE) - teaching resources and student planning templates developed by Freya Bullock.
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Maramataka Resources

Context: Local curriculum, Te ao Māori

Type: Teaching and learning resource

Description: Activities to learn the phases of the maramataka, to assist kaiako and tauira beginning their maramataka journey. Developed by Freya Bullock.
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Te Whakatika Issue 44 Autumn 2025

Context: EOTC general, Local curriculum, Te ao Māori, Outdoor education, Junior outdoor education, Senior outdoor education, School camps, Safety management, EOTC Safety Management

Type: Wider reading

Description: The Aotearoa New Zealand Professional Practice Journal for Outdoor and Environmental Learning.