Mighty Puriri( Supporting yourself and your team)

 Coronavirus: supporting yourself and your team

We know that many of us are worrying about the current situation around coronavirus and how it might affect our lives. We'll likely be working from home for longer periods of time to help keep us all safe during the coronavirus outbreak. Therefore, we must recognise how it may affect our mental health and ensure we are taking care of ourselves and our colleagues.   

1. Maintain a positive work/life balance and encourage your team to do the same 

It's easy to work longer hours and take fewer breaks when working from home. Why not put a reminder in your diary when you plan to finish working? You can also make sure you take at least a 30-minute lunch break. If you can, try to get some fresh air and go for a short walk.  You must look after your own well-being so you can also be there to support your team.   

2. Check in with team members regularly  

Working from home can be isolating; ensure you and your team have regular check-ins virtually. Find an online tool that works for your team whether it's Microsoft Teams, a conference call facility like Skype or by phone. Make sure these regular check-ins are scheduled in advance with your team members: have some daily scheduled chat time with each of them and regular time in the diary as a team.  

3. Establish new ways of working 

Working remotely will require consideration as to how you will deliver work as a team - what collaborative working platforms will be used, how you will communicate and how you support each other through challenges. Some of it might be trial and error so it is also important to think about how you will reflect on what's working and what isn't.  

4. Ask your team to create Wellness Action Plans 

This is an uncertain and worrisome time for many and your team may need additional support. Why not encourage your team to complete a Wellness Action Plan and encourage them to share this with you. If they already have one then it would be helpful to review in light of recent developments and changes. 

5. Take advantage of technology 

Use the MEET link or other communication/collaborative working platforms to connect with colleagues and work together. It's can also be good idea to use a range of technologies so you're not always typing or looking at a screen – switch things up with a telephone call or video call so you can see someone face to face.  

6. Encourage your team to use the support tools available 

Whatever wellbeing support your organisation has available, make sure your team knows about it and how to access it. 

Cook island Language week

       Cook Island Language week Celebrations in School

Cook Islands Language Week is held annually to celebrate the culture and identity of the Cook Islands. It also promotes the rich and distinctive language of Cook Islands Māori.

Cook Islands Language Week explores the values of diversity and respect. It encourages New Zealanders to share and understand other cultures by learning a new language, set of beliefs and cultural practices. From this, there is the possibility to see things from a different perspective and embrace other cultures.

Learning a new language gives us insight into new ways of thinking and to different beliefs and cultural practices. Everyone who learns the words of the Cook Islands helps to preserve them.

"Understand and recognise the unique status of Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand."

Happy Chinese New Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai

27/02/2015

What an exciting day had to celebrate the Chinese New Year!

Celebrations began with shared morning tea in the staffroom with colleagues. There is a story behind celebrating Chinese New Year. The folk story of Nian the Dragon. Nian was a mythical beast that lived under the mountains. Once each spring, around the Chinese New Year, he would come out of hiding to attack the people of the village! Over the years the villagers realised that loud noises and the colour red frightened Nian. So the next spring they wore bright red robes and threw firecrackers to prevent Nian from coming into the village. Now each year we celebrate the Chinese New Year and the legend of Nian. The Chinese like throwing firecrackers and wearing bright red coloured clothes.

Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing everyone a prosperous and joyful year of the goat!

Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the New Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colourful, and important. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time to finish out the old and to welcome in the new year. Common expressions heard at this time are GUONIAN to have made it through the old year, and BAINIAN to congratulate the new year.

Chinese New Year Activities

The festivities begin a week in advance from the New Year’s Eve, and it involves a lot of day to day activities that keep the zest and zeal alive. The last week of the last lunar month involves tasks like worshipping the kitchen god, shopping for the festival items and new clothes, cleaning up the home thoroughly, pasting festival couplets, having a reunion dinner, watching TV, and setting off fireworks.

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