Year 10 Wellbeing Day 

Year 10 Wellbeing Day

A wellbeing day organised by the Student Wellbeing team was held on Thursday 21st of July at Saint Ignatius College. This was presented to the Saint Ignatius Year 10 cohort. The aim was to actively engage students with adaptive coping strategies for emotional regulation and to release students from the stigma associated with mental health. The three rotating presentations were themed: Healthy relationship, African drumming and mental health awareness.

1. Healthy relationships (Batforce)

This Presentation by Batforce was aimed to enlighten the year 10 cohort of the relational dynamic process which occurs between and within individuals. It covered the expectations of relationships whilst acknowledging how to meet individualistic needs for satisfaction of life.

2. African Drumming

The following presentation implemented an African drumming exercise for students to channel hypertension and anxiety into movement and sound. This was a fantastic approach as Students learned new stimulating approaches to enhance coping capacities and effectively channel bottled energy.

3. BATYR

Finally, this presentation by Batyr aimed to remove stigma around mental health and empower students who are faced with cognitive difficulties throughout life. Students were educated using insightful real case scenarios presented by individuals who dealt with mental health and found post-traumatic growth.

Overall, students and homeroom teachers connected outside of the regular classroom environment. The time covered was an investment for students to build a sense of self and understand a mind and body approach to wellbeing. Teachers and students were provided with a shared lunch which everybody enjoyed.

The Wellbeing team would like to thank the amazing guest speakers for the day and congratulate all students and home room teachers for a fantastic experience.

Featured below are photos from the African drumming presentation.

Presented by Olivia, Sarah and Michael