WELL-BEING | HAOURA
PAUSE, BREATHE SMILE | ZONES OF REGULATION | TE WHARE TAPA WHĀ | WAYS TO STAY CALM
Well-being integrates mind and body in holistic approaches | Hauora is the Māori philosophy of health unique to Aotearoa.
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PAUSE BREATHE SMILE
Pause Breathe Smile helps to ensure that tamariki have strong mental skills to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, uncertain world.
Learning and practicing these skills early in life can help children thrive now and in the future:
How to regulate emotions
Building self-awareness
Relating positively to others
ZONES OF REGULATION
The Zones of Regulation (Kuypers, 2011) teaches children skills to develop pathways which build awareness of their feelings and internal state, and uses a variety of tools and strategies for regulation, social skills, self-care, and overall wellness.
Some of the skills include:
Exploring mindfulness
Sensory integration
Movement
Thinking strategies
Wellness
Healthy connections with others
The Zones provide a common understanding to support positive mental health and skill development for all, as well as being an inclusion strategy for neurodiverse learners, those who have experienced trauma and/or have specific needs for development.
The framework is designed to help move ākonga towards more independent regulation while honouring and respecting each other and their unique self.
TE WHARE TAPA WHĀ
Te Whare Tapa Whā was developed by leading Māori health advocate Sir Mason Durie in 1984. The model describes health and well-being as a wharenui/meeting house with its strong foundations and four equal sides.
When all these things are in balance, we thrive. When one or more of these is out of balance our well-being is impacted.
To begin, our whenua is the place where we stand. It is our connection to the land - a source of life, nourishment and well-being for everyone.
Whenua includes soil, rocks, plants, animals and people – the tangata whenua. We are linked physically and spiritually to the land – it is the earth through which you are connected to your tūpuna/ancestors and all the generations that will come after you.
You can also think about whenua as your place of belonging – that means the spaces where you feel comfortable, safe and able to be yourself. It could be around your friends, at home with whānau, as part of a sports team or even at your place of study or mahi/work.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
The capacity for physical growth and development.
It is about how your body feels and how you care for it.
Refuelling your body helps you to feel mentally well.
Sometimes your tinana might not be where you’d like it to be and this might be beyond your control. What’s important is that you do what you can to nurture it.
SPIRITUAL HEALTH
The capacity to explore relationships with the environment, people, faith and heritage (past and present).
The way people view wairua can be very different. There is no right or wrong way to think of or experience wairua.
The spiritual essence of a person is their life force. This determines us as individuals and as a collective, who and what we are, where we have come from and where we are going.
MENTAL and EMOTIONAL HEALTH
The capacity to communicate, to think and to feel.
Thoughts, feelings and emotions are integral components of the body and soul.
This is about how we see ourselves in this universe.
FAMILY HEALTH
The capacity to belong, to care and to share where individuals are part of wider social systems.
Whānau is about who makes you feel you belong, who you are about, and who you share your life with.
Whānau is about extended relationships - not just immediate relatives. It's hoamahi/colleagues, friends and community.
You have a unique place and a role to fulfil within your whānau and your whānau contributes to your wellbeing and identity.
WAYS TO STAY CALM
Having a toolbox of ways to stay calm at their disposal, helps our tamariki make positive and safe behaviour choices.
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