A workshop was held recently to design well being services for the new Haeata Community Campus.
Held at the Design Lab on 16 August 2016, the workshop’s objectives were to:
- Provide an opportunity for inspiration, community building and interaction while acknowledging the past as a stepping stone to building the future service.
- Identify principles for pastoral care linked to the five values of Haeata Community Campus: Alofa, Service, Manaakitanga, Success, Hanga Whare.
- Inform the development of a design for pastoral care services for Haeata Community Campus.
Chair of the Education-Health Sector Steering Group, Donna Ellen said the workshop was an important opportunity to ensure children at the campus have access to the most appropriate services from the beginning.
“The Haeata Community Campus is a new school in Aranui for children from Years one to 13. The campus replaces four schools that were closed following the earthquakes. We want to support the campus’ children to have access to high quality whānau-centred pastoral care services as soon as the school opens.”
“This is an exciting opportunity for health and education to work together and increasingly integrate. To have a voice in the redevelopment of the Haeata Community Campus means that we can guide the incorporation of health and wellness services into the school.”
“Pastoral care is important for all children, but especially those so impacted by the earthquakes. It supports belonging, self-determination and community resilience-building. It has shown to reduce psychological distress, build connections and develop new identities and alternative narratives. Connected children and young people who are resilient are supported to achieve across the curriculum and throughout life.”
Attendees included people from the Aranui community and all across Canterbury who could support the delivery of pastoral care and wrap-around whānau support at the campus.
“This was an opportunity to acknowledge the past as a stepping stone to building a future service that meets these children’s specific needs, as well as those of the Aranui community as a whole.”
The workshop was organised by the Education-Health Sector Steering Group in collaboration with Haeata Community College and facilitated by the Canterbury District Health Board Director of Service Improvement, Brian Dolan. The Steering Group is supporting integration between health and education under the Canterbury Clinical Network Child and Youth Workstream.
It was an interactive and challenging workshop that aimed to inspire people and services to work together in supporting the children of the Haeata Community Campus. During the day, attendees heard from key thought leaders from across health, education and community services to inspire ‘wellness thinking’. Six principles for pastoral care were developed from the workshop, which are linked to the values of Haeata Community Campus: Alofa, Service, Manaakitanga, Success, Hanga Whare.
These principles will be tested in a similar design workshop with students and then be used to inform a design for pastoral care services for Haeata Community Campus.