Research shows there are five simple things you can do as part of your daily life – at School and at home – to build resilience, boost your wellbeing and lower your risk of developing mental health problems.
These simple actions are known internationally as the Five Ways to Wellbeing.
Why the Five Ways work:
Connect
Strengthening relationships with others and feeling close to and valued by others, including at School, is critical to boosting wellbeing.
Be Active
Being physically active, including at School, improves physical health and can improve mood and wellbeing and decrease stress, depression and anxiety.
Give
Carrying out acts of kindness, whether small or large, can increase happiness, life satisfaction and general sense of wellbeing.
Take Notice
Paying more attention to the present moment, to thoughts and feelings and to the world around, boosts our wellbeing.
Keep Learning
Being curious and seeking out new experiences at work and in life more generally positively stimulates the brain.
Student Instructions
- Watch the videos above
- Explore the Five Ways to Wellbeing website
- Make a copy of the google slide and make sure it is in your 9HEA or 10HEA folder
Keep a log of what you do at the end of these slides.
Use the reflection sentence starters below if you need help with this
Once you have completed one of the five ways to wellbeing activities, write a reflection about your experience:
Which of the five ways to well being did you demonstrate, and how?
- I demonstrated ___________ when I ____________________________.
- Example: I demonstrated keep learning and connect when Leroy and I learnt how to make an origami butterfly together.
Include evidence
- Example: YouTube link that you used to teach yourself origami, photo of your end product, selfie of you and your mates playing cards etc
What did you find difficult about this experience? What helped you to complete this task?
- It was hard when ________________ because ___________. _____________ helped me because __________________________
- Example: It was hard when I was making the origami butterfly because I kept getting confused and my hands were cold. Leroy helped me because he was encouraging me. Miss Samu helped me because she gave me the origami paper.
How do you feel now that you have demonstrated 1 (or more) of the five ways to wellbeing?
- I feel ______________ because _________________.
- Example: I feel proud of myself because I kept going even though it was hard. I feel relaxed and calm now because when I got to school I was hoha but this has helped me feel better.
Which of the ways to wellbeing do you think you will try focus on next time?
- Next time, I will try demonstrate __________ because _____________.
- Example: Next time, I will try demonstrate Take Notice because I don't really know what it is about.
These tasks below are for those who are completing the achievement standard. You do not need to complete these as part of the rahui (lockdown) online learning.
Writing the evaluation
Evaluation of wellbeing goal - Borland's instructions.webm