Sustaining Ourselves

Sustaining Ourselves

We are learning to address the factors that can affect our wellbeing

Next to each of these scenarios write down which area of your
wellbeing is being affected - social/whanau, spiritual, mental/emotional or physical.
You might find that they affect mo\re than one area

• Going for a run - physical

• Playing a sports game with others-physical

• Going to church, the marae, temple…- Social/whanau

• Listening to your favourite music-Mental/emotional

• Eating fresh fruit and vegetables-physical

• Learning from a grandparent or caregiver-social/whanau

• Taking part in a cultural club or activity-social/whanau

• Getting enough sleep - physical

Imagine you are part of the following scenarios. Make a decision that will positively
impact on your wellbeing and note which aspect of your wellbeing is affected.

1. You and your older brother have been given some money to buy food for you and your
2. younger siblings for the next few days. You are tempted to buy take away, but you have to
3. buy enough food for breakfast, lunch (for school/pre-school) and dinner for two days.
4. hazel - So I have to get a job so I can buy all that  stuff that I have to get.
5. Pilinilose - i do school first and then find a job that’s even hard for me or easy and work harder
6. to get more money.
7. 
   

3. You are having a really bad day and feel yourself getting angry and upset. You had a small argument with a friend earlier in the day, but you are now really angry at them. The bell will be ringing in ten minutes and you will have to sit next to this friend. What could you do?
4. Hazel - I can go have a  drink of water then come back In and have a small chat with this
5. friend.Pilinilose - i can just go for a walk to calm myself and have a deep breath and just forget
6. it all about it.
7. hilary-i would try and keep calm and sit then i would start talking nicely and say sorry or i would just ask my teacher if i could sit somewhere else or just forget about it
8. 
   

5. You have just changed schools and are missing your old friend and activities.
6. At your old school you played for the school rugby team, but you have not played sport here
7. , except for in P.E.
8. Hazel - I need to sign up for the rugby team but the team I use to play was cool but the
9. team is really unplayable.Pilinilose - i like playing sports in my old school and we really have
10. to work hard for the team so we can win.
11. hilary-i would join rugby and try and make new friends

7. You are Tongan, but your parents were born and grew up in New Zealand. They taught you English since you were born so that you would find New Zealand life easier, but they did not teach you much Tongan. At school you see other students speaking Tongan and participating in Tongan clubs and dancing. Although you feel happy in New Zealand, you wish you could connect to your Tongan roots. Eva-i can learn tongan because
8. I have a tongan dad and heaps of tongan aunties so i can learn i can even learn a tongan
9. dance from my
10. Aunties because i know they have did heaps of tongan dances. And i can learn when i go
11. over in the
12. weekends.