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Primary School Competition

To celebrate the launch of Hector's World (our all-new online safety programme for primary schools and kura) we're running a nationwide competition in Term 3 with some amazing prizes up for grabs!

Entries now open!

To celebrate the launch of Hector’s World in 2024, Netsafe is running a national competition for primary schools and kura with amazing prizes up for grabs!

Download an Entry Pack for all the information you need to get involved!

Download the entry pack now!

We've compiled a handy guide containing all the information you need to know to get involved in this fantastic competition!

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Prize for Best Classroom Display

Generously donated by our friends at Educated Furniture, the class that wins the 'Best Classroom Display category will receive a 65" Viewboard Interactive Display for their classroom - valued at over $5,000!!!

Designed to help classrooms connect, collaborate and create, this interactive display delivers exactly what you need to drive engagement, energize and motivate students, and make teaching more fun. Learn more about the Viewboard here.

photo of the Viewboard with icon depicting it's value of over $5000 and acknowledging sponsorship by Educated Furniture

Prizes for Art and Poetry Categories

Our friends at Wheelers Books are providing each lucky winner with a prize pack of books valued at RRP $529 for the school library!

This wonderful selection of books for primary aged children includes titles on online safety, award-winning picture books and popular titles from Kiwi and international authors.

The students who created the winning entries will also each receive an individual prize - A Hector's World goody bag valued at over $150 each!

Plus win a visit from Hector!

Winners from all categories will have the opportunity to have Hector visit their school! Students are sure to have some fun when they meet our famous dolphin face to face.

photo of school children attending the launch of Hector's World

Useful resources

The Hector's World series is accompanied by over 60 curriculum-aligned resources to use in the classroom, and for students to share at home with their whānau.

Here's a summary of a small selection of resources that you might find particularly useful to inspire your students in the competition. All these and more can be found in the 'Teacher Resource' section of the Kete - just search by Year Group and then by the episode you'd like to focus on.

Download, view or print suggested resources

Lesson alignment

Online safety has many connections across the NZ curriculum and we hope that you will find opportunities to engage in this competition even if online safety wasn’t specifically in your plans for the term.

The competition has also been designed to incorporate a literacy component, providing further opportunities to incorporate the competition in to your literacy lessons throughout the term.

We know your time in the classroom is valuable; each episode of Hector’s World lasts no more than 8 minutes, and only one episode needs to be watched by the class for them to be able to incorporate Hector’s World into their entry in some way.

Find out more about Hector's World curriculum alignment

  • Personal health & physical development

    Topics in the series include wellbeing, identifying safety risks and thinking about personal identity online.

  • Relations with other people

    Interpersonal skills are reinforced throughout the series, such as the importance of speaking up and talking to a trusted adult if something doesn’t feel right online.

  • Healthy communities and environments

    Hector's World and the supporting resources enable tamariki and school communities to better understand the risks of online harm and safety practices they can use.

  • Nature of technology

    Throughout the series the characters all display different ways of using digital technology - and different relationships with it too.

Questions?

If you've got any questions related to Hector's World or this competition, please send them through to:

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Useful links

Hector's World: Teacher Planning Pack

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Hector's World is an animated series of 7 episodes created for ākonga is Year 0 - 6. Throughout the series we follow Hector and his friends as they navigate the digital seas, discover online spaces and learn valuable lessons along the way. The series will be supported by a range of materials including lesson plans, classroom activities and take-home activity sheets. The Planning Pack is designed to support you in planning how to integrate Hector's World into your classroom from Term 2 onwards.

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Episode 1: Yrs 0-3

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Episode 1 "Hector's World' with supporting lesson plan and classroom activities for Years 0-3.

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Episode 1: Yrs 4-6

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Episode 1 "Hector's World' with supporting lesson plan and classroom activities for Years 4-6.

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