Our Hauora House

Our overall Inquiry theme for the year has been Wellbeing - Hauora. We sectioned the learning into four terms and focused on one 'wall' each term. The Hauora House has Taha tinana or Physical Wellbeing, Taha Whanau or Social Wellbeing, Taha Wairua or Spiritual Wellbeing and Taha hinengaro or Mental Wellbeing. We used an activity created by the New Zealand Mental Health Foundation about Te Whare Tapa Wha; finding our balance.  It is a model of health that helps us to identify where we need extra support. Finally a connection with the land or whenua forms the foundation. Everyone thought about their strengths and weaknesses in these four areas and completed the chart. Here are few ideas people had about themselves. Many of the students wrote very honestly. The second activity they completed was to create an animation of the Hauora House showing all the different parts.  Below are some examples of both activities.

Toby's thinking about his 'walls'

Ama's thinking about her 'walls'

Atreyu's thinking about his 'walls'

Below are animations done by Ishaan and Jaimie, showing the different walls we need to build to be a healthy person. Click through the slideshows.