Navigating the Journey Years 1-2, and Guide (E-Resource)
Navigating the Journey: Relationships and sexuality education
Te takahi i te ara: Te mātauranga mō ngā hononga tāngata me te hōkakatanga
Navigating the Journey is a comprehensive programme for educators delivering relationships and sexuality education in school-based settings. It is designed to meet rangatahi at their stage of development — and build on their previous year’s learning. Navigating the Journey is full of lesson plans and activities for years 1-10 and aligns with the Ministry of Education’s current Relationships and Sexuality Education guidance.
Find out more about Navigating the Journey, including frequently asked questions.
Navigating the Journey has five themes that remain the same throughout all year groups – the content changes to be age and stage appropriate.
Some of the topics that are explored in years 1-2 are:
1. Establishing a positive learning environment: Te whakarite i tētahi ao ako huapai
- Caring for others
- What is cooperation?
- Being a good listener
2. Who am I? Ko wai au?
- My pepeha
- How am I the same? How am I different?
- My whānau
- Gender roles
3. Relationships: Ngā whanaungatanga
- Respect for others
- Being a good friend
- Expressing my feelings
- How I can help my whānau
4. Growing and changing: Te tipu me te huri o te tangata
- How my body moves
- My growing body and the things it can do
- My body parts
- How do we care for our bodies
5. Staying safe: Te noho haumaru
- Standing up for myself and others
- My body is mine
- Safe and unsafe touching
- Introduction to staying safe online
Navigating the Journey comes with a guide detailing how to use the resource. We have also developed a guide for parents, caregivers, and whānau which explains how schools utilise Navigating the Journey and what they expect their tamariki to be learning about.
Format: two downloadable PDFs – PDF links will be supplied via email.
Don’t forget to sign up to a free Navigating the Journey Q&A session for the opportunity to ask our experienced Community Health Promoters any questions about this resource.