- Location: Fraser High School
- Start Date: Thursday 15th Oct, 2026.
- End Date: Thursday 3rd Dec, 2026.
- Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm.
- 6 Weeks.
- 2 hours per week.
Find your inner poet!
Poetry as a Tool for Wellness focuses on the whole person’s wellbeing.
It’s about individuals using poetry to find meaning in their own lives, rather than understanding exactly what the author may have intended. Using Poetry as a Tool for Wellness, we create an environment of generous support and focus on how poems and words can offer healing and self-understanding. It uses imagination to provide us with a new way to look at our lives and the world around us.
Bring pen and paper or your favourite notebook along to write in and keep all of your poems in one place. It doesn’t need to be fancy. A 1B5 notebook is great!
Session 1 (15 Oct) - The sunny side
Session 2 (22 Oct) - Exploring wealth
No classes 29 Oct and 5 Nov
Session 3 (12 Nov) - The wisdom of trees
Session 4 (19 Nov) - Sex and Passion
Session 5 (26 Nov) - Living honourably
Session 6 (3 Dec) - Reflections
Please note - these topics may change without prior warning.
NO CLASS Thursday 29 October - Hei Taniwha Graduation
NO CLASS Thursday 5th November - FHS Senior Graduation
Tutors:
Gauri Nandedkar
This course is supported by the TEC (Tertiary Education Commission) to assist with literacy, numeracy and wellbeing needs of students. You must attend 80% of the class. At the same time we hope you will learn other useful and interesting skills and have a lot of fun learning with us.
