Workshop 7

Participants: NWCSS Nam Wah Catholic Secondary School and Other high school students
Date: March to May 2023
Students: 8

The aim of this Creative Wellness Workshop is to guide high school students (age 11-16) to self-explore through Visual Arts & Creative Writing. Over a three-month period, we explored different topics that promote Self-understanding and Personal Expressions.

Session 1 - Drawing with ambient music - students will warm up their senses and ignite their creative brain, while listening to different types of ambient music, and explore different lines, textures, landscapes, colors and feelings with drawing.

Session 2 - Spirit Animal- Students are inspired to complete an online spirit animal quiz and find out what their spirit animals are. Then they will be guided to create their own spirit animal based on what their sign represents. This is to encourage and explore inner strengths that each spirit animal represents.

Session 3 - Happiness Poetry- Students will use an online poetry magnet template to arrange words that associate with happiness. They will then assemble them and create poetry that represents their interpretation of happiness.

Session 4 - Self-Care (inside)- Students will learn and discuss what self-care means. We will then talk about self care in terms of taking care of our emotions and feelings (e.g. sad, stressed, lonely etc.) What can we do and what can we bring into our lives to take care of our inner needs.

Session 5 - Self-Care (outside)- Students will be guided to look outside of themselves, are there activities or things they can do to take care of their external self? Such as sports, nature walk, activities they can do in groups or with other people.

Session 6 - Gifts of Gratitude - Students will create a gift of a drawing/song/poem/video for someone they would like to thank in their life. We will also reflect on what we experienced & learned in the workshop.