In this 10 week unit, students will select, rehearse and perform a production. This guide gives you all the steps to support you to show-stopping success.

Students dive into Māori perspectives on taonga by creating dramas inspired by Te Wheke and its treasures, developing sustained roles through improvisation, rehearsal, and performance.

Students explore online safety through drama, develop empathy, practice decision-making, and generate and communicate important messages about digital citizenship in their communities.

Oh No! Sticky Ricky is stealing everyone’s socks! In this drama students work collaboratively in role to generate ideas and bring fictional characters to life to help the neighbours get their socks back.

Drama can be magic and help develop our skills of detection too. In this drama students observe and respond, ask questions and create characters and imagine new worlds.

This fun filled introduction to the art of improvisation builds capacities and skills through a range of lively engaging improv games.

Īhaka Martyn is the Kairuruku Whakaari / Script Co-ordinator for Playmarket. Here, he shares the work of Playmarket alongside some recommendations of Māori playwrights and plays for use in schools.

Whakarongo Tauranga, on behalf of Dramatic Inquiry Network Trust, introduces her unit ‘Who owns the paihikara, who owns the whenua’ for upper primary ākonga. The unit uses Mantle of Expert (drama and inquiry) to support learners to see Te Tiriti from the perspective of tangata whenua. 

This curriculum unpacking resource consists of eight A3 colour-coded posters that unpack each level of the New Zealand Curriculum.

Explore some of Augusto Boal’s most famous games and Image Theatre exercises, with a specific focus on adapting them for younger students.

A Drama and Literacy resources by Samantha Bates based on the traditional Māori story, Rātā and the Waka, focussing on environmental sustainability and the interconnectedness of all living things.

This resource, created by Evelyn Mann, for Years 4-8 focusses on understanding mana and exploring the history of Aotearoa.

This resource, created by Kim Snider, using Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds’© inspiring picture book, “I am Love: A Book of Compassion” to explore emotions and promote well-being in young learners years 5-8.

Health and Wellbeing for Arts Educators - Mindfulness ideas for the primary classroom, including breathing exercises and activities to promote relaxation and focus.

A resource to support Primary teachers using drama strategies in their classroooms to enhance Literacy learning. This resource includes information and videos demonstrating the drama strategies in action in the classroom. An essential item for every Primary/Intermediate drama teacher's toolkit.

Video interview with Patrice Baldwin (world leading Drama educator, UK) Drama for Writing in the Primary Classroom

Video interview with Julie Dunn Associate Professor of Drama and Applied Theatre at Griffith University, Australia. De-Mystifying Process Drama in the Primary Classroom

A selection of ideas, stories and useful links to learn about Matariki shared by Drama NZ members.

This drama unit is based on the traditional Māori legend of The Star Fishes. Ākonga are encouraged to explore the characters in the story and the relationships and tensions between them.

This unit is based on Where I Stand by ©Philippa Werry. The drama encourages students to step into the shoes of various community members and explore past events reflected in this story.