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workshops & events 2025
supporting student Wellbeing:
CBT Strategies and ākonga Agency in Emotional REgulation
When: Friday, 21st November 8:30am-4pm
Where: Royal Oak Primary School RTLB Office
What: This full-day PLD offers educators practical tools and insights to better understand, respond to, and support anxious children and young people.
The day is split into two complementary sessions:
Morning: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Strategies for Educators Working with Anxious Tamariki
Anxiety has become an increasingly familiar challenge for both educators and students. In this session, you’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and learn how thoughts, feelings, and behaviours interact to shape responses to stress. You’ll explore practical strategies—such as grounding, focused breathing, and cognitive restructuring—that can be applied to your own wellbeing as well as shared with tamariki and rangatahi. Through real-life examples and interactive activities, you’ll leave with evidence-based tools that support resilience and emotional regulation in educational settings.
Please note: This is not 'CBT training' and you will not walk away as a CBT therapist. However, using the strategies yourself will allow you to manage your own anxiety more effectively and you will walk away with some resources which will support you in teaching children, young people, adolescents and other adults the same strategies so they can help themselves
Afternoon: Empower tamariki to become active participants in their own emotional wellbeing!
Building on the morning session, this workshop introduces practical, child-centric approaches to emotional regulation, focusing on self-awareness and de-escalation strategies. You’ll learn approaches to help tamariki notice, name, and manage their emotions, develop interoceptive awareness, and take ownership of their regulation strategies. With an emphasis on autonomy, student voice, and culturally responsive practice, this session highlights how to create inclusive, strengths-based environments that support ākonga. By equipping tamariki with the skills and language to regulate their emotions, behaviour management is transformed into the development of genuine emotional competence.
This session is full but please email Barb (below) if you would like to be added to the waitlist in case of cancellations
Book Now
Numbers are limited due to space constraints.
Book your place by clicking the button to email Barbara Hannant (barbarah@rtlbcluster8.ac.nz):
FULL
CPI Verbal De-escalation sessions
Learn practical skills and strategies for managing difficult behaviour, so that kura staff are all 'on the same page'. These sessions can be offered in school or at ROPS, and are suitable for both individuals and small teams. Staff must attend two half-day sessions to receive certification. Please email Jo Turner to for more information: jot@rtlbcluster8.ac.nz
Term 3, 2025
Session 1 - Week 3
Thurs 31 July, 8.30am - 12.0pm
Session 2 - Week 4
Thurs 7 August, 8.30am - 12.30pm
Term 4, 2025
Session 1 - Week 1
9 October, 8.30am - 12.30pm
Session 2 - Week 2
16 October, 8.30am - 12.30pm
LAST TEACHER WELLBEING AFTERNOON 2025
We understand that teachers need time to care for their own wellbeing, and so these sessions are designed with YOU in mind. We hope you’ll join us for a chance to recharge, connect, and focus on self-care.
Please register interest for Thursday 13 November to Maryanne Manuyag by clicking the button below. You will be welcome to drop in anytime between 3.15pm - 5pm at Onehunga Community House, 83 Selwyn Street, Onehunga.
INCREDIBLE YEARS TEACHER
INCREDIBLE YEARS AUTISM
Full details about the Incredible Years programmes can be found on our website here. To register or ask questions, please email wendy@RTLBcluster8.ac.nz
END-OF-YEAR HUB DROP INS
You are invited to 'Drop In' between 8am and 10am, on the following dates, for end of year thanks and farewells.
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11 November - Ōrākei Hub
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12 November - Tāmaki Hub
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13 November - Royal Oak Hub
