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Rodney College’s newly-established Health Council ran a Health Week at the school last week, which included guest speakers and a Pink Shirt Day.
The council is the initiative of school nurse Gwen Turner and Year 13 student Alyssa Edmonds.
Edmonds says Health Week was a fun and educational week to encourage students to help whanau at the school with their hauora – mental, emotional, spiritual and physical health.
Special guest was Shane Young, a mixed martial artist who currently competes in the featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is also an advocate for the I Am Hope foundation.
There was a session on Maori medicine run by Matua Edward Ashby. An inter-house healthy meals cook-off, sponsored by Subway Wellsford and Charlies Gelato ice-creams, had to be postponed due to the weather.
Mental health and wellbeing was at the forefront of much of the programme and messaging.
“The health council worked very hard to make Health Week a fun learning experience for all involved and to promote healthy living in and out of home,” Edmonds said.
“We also hope to help build healthy and safe relationships between all of our rangitaha and kaitiaki.
“We hope to have more fun and exciting events to help get everyone involved in the future.”
