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Monday 27 April 2020

Te Whare Tapa Wha; and a Book of Hope

Kia Ora,

I hope you are all keeping well. Our inquiry is around Hauora and Te Whare Tapa Wha. It seems more important than ever, as we face challenging circumstances.

Taha hinengaro is your emotional and mental wellbeing. I hope you are being kind to yourselves.

Tahi whanau is your social wellbeing. Have you phoned your grandparent/s or an elderly relative who is home alone today? Just a quick cheery hi, how are ya? Getting on with whanau in a shared bubble can be challenging - but family can also be a great source of love and company.

Tahi tinana is your physical wellbeing. I bet you're better at exercising than I am. A daily walk is lovely though. Remember to wash your hands and cough into elbows. There is a COVID-19 pdf in the wakelet.

Taha wairua is your spiritual wellbeing, "the values and beliefs that determine the way people live, the search for meaning and purpose in life, and personal identity and self-awareness (For some individuals and communities, spiritual wellbeing is linked to a particular religion; for others, it is not.)" 

https://health.tki.org.nz/Teaching-in-HPE/Health-and-PE-in-the-NZC/Health-and-PE-in-the-NZC-1999/Underlying-concepts/Well-being-hauora




The Book of Hope - Edited by Katherine Rundell


Imagine a compilation of some of your favourite children's authors around the theme of hope. What a tonic that would be! Well - here it is. Edited by Katherine Rundell (The Explorer), The Book of Hopes contains stories by Michael Morpurgo, Lauren Child, Jacqueline Wilson, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Axel Scheffler, Catherine Rayner, Sophie Dahl and many more well-loved authors. It is readable online and will be hopefully be made into a paper book one day.

This is who it is dedicated to:

"This book is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals: you are the stuff that wild, heroic tales are made of."

I will also be adding new resources to the wakelet today. For example, here is Eric Carle reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This can be found under the collection, "Audio books, Read Alouds, etc".

Ka kite ano
Kate


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