We are Mitey School... but what is Mitey?
Teachers, parents and experts all agree. Mental health education has never been more crucial for our children. Mitey is an evidence based, school wide approach to teaching mental health education which is built around the NZ Curriculum and aligned to the Mental Health Education Guidelines. Sir John Kirwin "Mitey is an exciting way to teach our kids about their mental health - and those of others - at school, every day".
The Mana Model- What is it?
At its heart, Mitey is guided by the principles of the Mana Model. It is the foundation of our approach which recognises that children will thrive and improve their ability to gain knowledge and skills for positive mental health, if the five key forms of mana are acknowledged, affirmed and developed.
The Mana Model (Webber and Macfarlane 2018,2020) identifies five key forms of mana that help children thrive. These five key forms of mana have been intersected with four key areas of wellbeing to form Mitey's unique New Zealand approach to mental health education.
We went 'Green' for Mitey!
We are all unique and wear our own Korowai. We don't know what others carry on theirs.
