Mental Health Awareness
Term 4, Week 3
November 1st, 2024
Learning Intention: Define the signs of depression and how to support yourself or others that are experiencing it.
Success Criteria
I know how to support my mental health and the people I care about.
Do Now
Update your Te Arawhata Log for any absences or lates that you had this week.
Learning Tasks
Mahi Choice
Write a letter to someone you love about how much you appreciate them that you think could use the pick me up
Create a poster to support people struggling with mental health issues or to encourage using councelling services like Youthline (0800 376 633 or text 234 or email talk@youthline.co.nz), thelowdown.co.nz or email team@thelowdown.co.nz or text 5626, What's Up (0800 942 8787), or Kidsline (0800 57 37 54).
Teacher Notes
With the Epuzzle, there will be prompts for the following.
What signs of depression have Lisa shown?
Research how to support a friend with depression. Then in groups, each one take a different listed characters and analyze what the character(s) did right and the mistakes they made in supporting Lisa.
Discuss as a class the analysis each group made on the good ways and mistakes their assigned character made in how they supported Lisa.
Reliever instructions to post onto Kamar if away.
Hi Reliever,
This weeks extended mentor lesson, the students are learning about Gumboot Friday and mental health. Please write the following on the board.
Learing Intention: Define the signs of depression and how to support yourself or others that are experiencing it.
Success Criteria: I know how to support my mental health and the people I care about.
Do Now: Update your Te Arawhata Log for any absences or lates that you had this week. (Hopefully the mentor teacher has posted this onto Google Classroom or has printed copies of the log. If not, you can skip this step.)
Learning Tasks:
1. Watch the Moaning Lisa Edpuzzle and analyse the good things and the mistakes that the characters made in supporting Lisa with her depression.
- https://edpuzzle.com/media/67219b0f5f733ac205131dd8
- Simpson Characters - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1h_4B9x3weGHr0YUKznfyKp3NDvrBFTIaMdeywSP4w1Y/edit?usp=sharing
2. Mahi Choice
Mental Health Colouring - The mentor teacher should have these printed for you. If not, please see Russell.
Write a letter to someone you love about how much you appreciate them that you think could use the pick me up.