New Zealand Election Activity: Let's vote for our favourite bird

Level 1 New Zealand Election Activity

Are you a junior New Zealand teacher of year 1s - 3 struggling to find an activity to explain the election for junior students? Have your students vote for their favourite New Zealand Bird.

This activity includes
- teacher instructions
- A poster with a picture and a few facts on each of the following (to help students choose):
Kakapo
Kea
Kiwi
Pukeko
Tui

voting tokens for a mock election. Student put their 'vote' into a box and you can count them together.

a recording sheet for votes

writing sheets where students say which animal they think should be the NZ mascot (different levels provided) 6 variations given

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