Cup Pong & Hauora

22.02.24

Cup Pong

A couple of days ago during health class, we played a game called ‘Cup Pong’. The game aimed for you and your teammates to take turns with a ping-pong ball and aim to throw it into one of 6 cups in a triangle form. In this game, you verse another team. Whoever goes through all 6 cups is the winner of the game.

Hauora

The areas of Hauora that were affected were:

• Taha Tinana (Physical):

This affected our physical because we had to throw the ping-pong ball and occasionally shift around so every team member could get a turn.

• Taha Whanau (Social):

We communicated via sharing our tactics, telling the other person it was their turn, and the occasional insults for throwing the ball horribly.

• Taha Wairua (Spiritual):

This affected us as a group because as the other team kept scoring goals, we slowly lost belief in each other.

• Taha Hinengaro (Emotional)

We lost horribly. We bawled our eyes out.

Social Justice 

I don’t think social justice was shown throughout the whole classroom today. Some people showed up late and didn’t know where to go, others weren’t enthusiastic about playing so they didn’t have a turn, or their teammates were just excluded.

End Note – Participation

Cup pong was really fun and I was in a group with my friends. Plus, we actually took an equal amount of turns which made it fun for us all. I enjoyed it, 10/10.