📚 Year 7-8 📚

Our commitment to culturally responsive teaching practices ensures ākonga can celebrate their cultural heritage within a safe and inclusive learning environment. Our resources provide opportunities for ākonga to bring their prior knowledge and cultural backgrounds into the classroom, where they can be shared and celebrated. In doing so, we create a rich, multicultural dialogue around food that acknowledges cultural diversity, honors Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and strengthens community bonds.

Our resources are crafted with input from Nutritionists and Eating Disorder Mental Health Specialists, ensuring they are evidence-based and sensitive to young people's needs. Our approach actively avoids guilt/shame narratives as this language has been shown to be harmful, particularly for minoritised students and those experiencing food insecurity. We focus on fostering a balanced relationship with food by promoting its positive role in community building and self-discovery. By empowering ākonga with the gift of food literacy, we encourage informed food choices that support positive body image development.

At EATucation, we believe that cooking is a universal language that embraces diversity. We aspire to empower all neurodivergent ākonga by helping them find their unique recipe for success!

All our resources are compatible with text-to-speech tools and can be read aloud to students. We also use neurodivergent-friendly fonts and have supportive word and page spacing and formatting to support reading and ākonga accessibility.

Each unit connects to a specific curriculum area, and all of our units prioritise and teach the Refreshed Literacy & Numeracy curriculums.

We connect food literacy to the subjects kaiako teach every day to ensure we never add another job to your list. Instead, we give you the gift of time with ready-made resources that are a breeze to deliver and empower your ākonga with essential and practical life skills!

EATucation’s ready-made resources draw on our Food Literacy Framework to support kaiako in providing their ākonga with life-extending food literacy by connecting a range of curriculum areas to food education.

All our units come jam-packed with ngā tikanga o ngā kai and te reo Māori resources!

We update existing units and introduce new units each year to ensure our resources align with each learning area's curriculum refresh. 

Our classroom-based units create a foundation that can be strengthened through our Kitchen Based units, which support Food Technology and Food & Nutrition teachers when ākonga spend time with them on their specialist subject rotations.

See below for our 2025 units!

🪴 Year 7-8 2025 Units

Whare Kai Experts - Health & Physical Education and Technology Curriculums (Classroom Based)
In this unit, ākonga learn to master kitchen safety protocols and hygiene standards, preparing them to handle more complex culinary tasks!

Whānau Kai Champions - Social Sciences and Health & Physical Education Curriculums (Classroom Based)
In this unit, ākonga explore the role of kai in fostering strong whānau and community connections, focusing on planning and cooking for events and gatherings.

Sensational Snacks - Food Technology & Food and Nutrition (Kitchen Based)
We have two versions of this unit available, one based in the Food Technology curriculum and another in the Food & Nutrition curriculum! In these units, ākonga expand and elevate their snack game by experimenting with diverse ingredients and techniques, crafting creative snacks that tantalise the taste buds!

Greatness Gummies - Food Technology & Food and Nutrition (Kitchen Based)
We have two versions of this unit available, one based in the Food Technology curriculum and another in the Food & Nutrition curriculum! In these units, ākonga dive into gummy making, experimenting with different recipes and flavors to develop delicious chewy delights!