1 - 2: Hikoi - Surfing through life

• Students identify and describe aspects of their personal identity (5A4)
• Students identify the challenges and opportunities (ups and downs) that individuals experience on their life journeys (4C1)
• Students identify and create ways for safe sharing in class and group discussions (4A3; 5A3; 5C3)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

3: Time for decisions

• Students identify obstacles that can interfere with people's options and choices (4A3; 6A1)
• Students access and use information to make choices in decision-making (4A3; 5C3)
• Students identify qualities of helpers/guides (5C1; 6C1)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

4: Sticky situations

• Students identify situations that involve risk (6A3)
• Students describe their feelings and investigate consequences related to these situations (4A3; 6A3; 5C3; 6C3)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

5: Wisdom - the wise traveller

• Students investigate the concept of wisdom (5A4; 6C1)
• Students identify and describe the support networks in their school, home and community (5D2)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

6: Angry, angry, angry

• Students demonstrate an understanding of anger and develop skills to process anger (4C3; 5C3; 6C3)
• Students develop an understanding of the concept of forgiveness in a range of contexts (4A3)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

7: Money, money, money

• Students identify and explore the things of value in people's lives that money cannot buy (4A4; 6A1)
• Students investigate the effects of not respecting the rights and possessions of others (6C2; 5D1)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

8 - 9: Fear and courage

• Students develop an under-standing of the concept of fear (4A3)
• Students identify situations that involve people being courageous and describe appropriate responses (4C1)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

10 - 11: Challenges and opportunities

• Students identify aspects of their journeys that contribute to their personal identity and self-worth (5A4)
• Students identify and describe challenges and opportunities that individuals face in their lives (5C3)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

12: Slow down or it will cost you

• Students identify signs and signals in the school and community that help keep people safe (5D1,2,4)
• Students investigate reasons why people choose to, at times, ignore signs and signals in the school and community (4A4; 5A3)

Essential skill development:
Communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills

13 - 15: Understanding hauora

• Students develop knowledge and understanding of the concept of hauora (5D1)
• Students identify and describe ways that individuals can support their personal wellbeing (5A1)
• Students identify and describe ways that people can support the wellbeing of others (5C3)

Essential skill development:
Self-management, communication, problem solving, social and co-operative skills