- Location: Fraser High School
- Room: B4
- Start Date: Thursday 23rd Apr, 2026.
- End Date: Thursday 11th Jun, 2026.
- Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm.
- 8 Weeks.
- 2 hours per week.
This Course is now full for Term 2 - Please enrol to be placed on the waiting list.
Poetry for Wellbeing
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.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week 1 - Meeting each other, poetically
Week 2 - Finding Joy in the everyday
Week 3 - Loving the Questions
Week 4 - Transitions - All reasons and seasons
Week 5 - Compassion and kindness - Supporting ourselves and others
Week 6 - Empowerment - Standing tall
Week 7 - Don't overthink it - Releasing
Week 8 - Reflection and continuing our self-care in poetry
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!
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.
