Te Whare Tapa Wha - Health Class

~Hauora~

Last week in Health class we made paper houses with four walls. This house is called Te Whare Tapa Wha, and the four walls are the four dimensions of our well being - physical, social, spiritual and mental/emotional.

Physical well being is the way you care for your body. Social well being is how interactive you are with your friends, family and other relationships. Spiritual well being is about your personal identity and what you believe in. Mental/Emotional well being is about your feelings and thoughts.

There are also 23 Hauora words that come with the four dimensions:

(Taha Hinengaro) Mental: Feelings and thoughts

(Taha Wairua) Spiritual: Cultural practice, self-awareness, personal identity, purpose, values, religion, beliefs and self-esteem.

(Taha whanau) Social: Relationships, family, friends, social support, community, sense of belonging and compassion & care.

(Taha Tinana) Physical: Body growth, body care, body development, the ability to move, balanced - nutrition, exercise, sleep

Recently my wellbeing has been affected positively by participating in polyfest practices. It has affected my spiritual well being and it has given me more experience with cultural practices. It has affected my physical wellbeing by giving me more balance in my exercise daily. In the majority of them, the movements and dances require a lot of movement and effort which I sometimes struggle with because I don’t have much endurance. It has affected my social wellbeing by giving me a sense of belonging within a group from my school. It has made my bonds with people from different year levels stronger and has made my bonds with my grandparents much stronger since I go to their house every day after school now. It has affected my mental/emotional wellbeing by giving me even more positive feelings and thoughts about my culture and school. Coming into Tamaki College, I was worried that I wasn’t going to fit in and that I would be very excluded by my peers. Now that I have been doing Polyfest, I feel like I’m very included and that I do belong somewhere.

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Social Studies - Team Jaxxz project!

~Team Jaxxz~
I am Danielle. Above are the members of my project group, Team Jaxxz. We are part of the form class 9KME, which is the Akomanga Kaihanga Project-Based class. Our group is targeting Poverty and Homelessness in and around the streets of Auckland. We chose others in our community by basing our learning around this topic because we feel that much of the people around us and the community are struggling and are stuck in this situation. Our goal is to give them a voice and a second chance at life and a sustainable lifestyle.

 We have managed to action our project ‘Tamaki Drive’ where we sell food outside of the Whare Kai, and we are planning on holding another Tamaki Drive next week. We sell cupcakes, sausage sizzles and noodles with a cheaper price than what the tuck shop sells them for. We hope that with our project we are able to raise sufficient funds for us to donate to those living in poverty, or to hold a gathering in the Tamaki College auditorium to generate relationships with those in need or that are struggling. What I am feeling is hopeful. Our group is work going pretty good at the moment, and we’re already on our way to our next project. 

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