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Spirit and Soul

Founded by a 13 year old, this enterprising young woman has set up this website 'Body & Soul' , including a series of daily inspirational videos featuring well known NZ women starting 1 June. Worth watching if you are a young woman. Find out more via her YouTube channel, Facebook and Instagram.

mosquito census

Did you know there are more than 13 native species of mosquitoes? Help out researchers by catching and posting mosquitoes to them.
Watch the fun video and check out the website census info

Struggling is so important

Not knowing something and struggling to work things out is so important to your brain and learning. The most successful people are those who struggle. Check this out:

Failure

“I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.” 
This or something similar is attributed to Thomas Edison when working through the process of inventing the light bulb. I suggest you remember this when you struggle.

The bright side of sadness

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When given a choice, most people would choose to feel happy rather than sad. In this Science News article, author Bruce Bower explores the results of several recent studies about the benefits of sadness.

 As you read, identify how negative emotions can affect a person’s decision-making and success in personal and professional life.

Do have a go at the questions as well.

Big Life Journal

Big Life Journal

Read this to change your life for the better:

Why do we get addicted?

Really worth viewing!

Do you suffer from pain?

Episode 1 - Introduction to Chronic Pain from ACI on Vimeo.

Feeling down, worried or stressed?

To use the self-help tool for young people, go to https://sparx.org.nz/

Have your say

Would you please take part in this survey so that as many young people as possible can be heard.  It is a youth led survey that feeds into a report to the United Nations about the rights of children and youth.

How long will you live?

How long will you live?

Jayden is becoming a celebrity!

Duo bouncing back

  

Someone I Know Well

Someone I Know Well

Myself! Jayden

My name is Jayden I am 11 years old and I am Year 6 at Windsor North School.

I have ginger swished to the side hair, with brown mud eyes.

I am a very active child, who sometimes gets into mischief with Mum, Dad and my sister Samara.

I play Waterpolo, Rugby, Softball and not to brag or anything, but I played for Southland in Table Tennis.  I also enjoy doing Kapa Haka and Swimming.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to attend School, play the sports I love or be with all my friends this year, because I had a horrible life threating Brain Tumour, which needed to be treated in Christchurch for removal then intensive Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy over eight months.

I did 31 days of Radiotherapy which did not hit me to hard, so we got to see a lot of Christchurch.

We went Bowling with our cousins, played Mini Golf, went to the movies, played Lazer Tag, visited Orana Park and Willowbank, went for a drive to Sumner, went on a tour on the double deaker bus around Christchurch, went up the Gondalas and visited Mum’s friend who’s house has a pool that we played in and her partner showed us his two Army Tanks, Army Hummer Jeep, Helicopter and took us for a spin in his old Mini.

I had a buddy during Radiotherapy his name is Jarrod, he was into all the stuff I liked especially sports.  We would play Table Tennis, throw a rugby ball and softball around or he would take me over to Hagley Park to fly my helicopters before treatment.  He got me through Radiotherapy.

Chemotherapy was pretty bad, it hit me hard!!!!!!!

My longest stay in hospital was 4 weeks, but it felt like months!!!  Especially being isolated for all the 4 weeks.  It was so, but then my mums work mate came and her husband was having chemo his name was Grant.  He is extremely funny and we made the most hilarious video about our chemo.  He helped me through that last round of chemo, but he left to come back to Invercargill before me and I was ssssssssooooooo devastated (I may have cried when they left).

But we are now finally home (yah celebrations!) and I now need to recover.

Although it has been a tough road, I have meet some pretty special people like my favourite rugby player Malakai Fekatoa and all of the Highlanders Team,  Ed Sheeran, Brendan McCallum, Daniel Vatori, Tom Latham, Kieran Reed and Andy Ellis.

I have also received some awesome presents like a signed Southland Stags rugby top, Highlanders signed training top, All Blacks 2011 signed rugby top, signed Junior Black Soks Softball and plenty more cool stuff.

I am looking forward to having sleep over with my friends, going on holiday, going back to school and starting High School next year.

This me Jayden.

So you haven't learnt it yet?

Do watch this TED talk

Can't sleep normal hours?

How a week of camping resets the body clock.

Been feeling down for a while or stressed out?

Take the Mood Quiz and use the computer program to help you.

Win an iPhone 5C

Remember that most immunisations are free up until 18 years of age.                                                                          

Unhappy?

Online tool SPARX could help you. It's worth taking their mood quiz to see if it is right for you.

Think before you post

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