Mental Health Week

Mental Health week newsletter

Mental Health Week was celebrated at Saint Ignatius College beginning Monday 10th of October. Mental Health Week is celebrated annually in October which promotes the importance of mental health and wellbeing amongst students and aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental health.

Research indicates that feelings of belongingness are reliable predictors for positive mental health outcomes. Therefore, two activities were created by the Wellbeing Team to create more belongingness and wholeness to the Saint Ignatius school community. The week was kicked off with a pledge for both teachers and students to take part in one activity this week to help promote overall well being. Below are the list of activities and the percentage of students and teachers who participated.

Percentage of year level who responded

Percentage of activities responded to

Secondly, a canvas was formed for both teachers and students to combine their own unique thumb prints with paint. This engaging piece of artwork will be on display to remind students and teachers of something they have all contributed to together as a school. Below are photos of students engaging in the activity from Monday morning.

We’d like to give a big congratulations to all teachers and students who participated in the activities. We are all very grateful to share the week with you all. A big special thanks to Elana Cole for organising the balloons for the gate, Nolan Ruth and the Art Department for supporting us with the artwork, and David Alexander for the photographs.

Presented by the Wellbeing team, Olivia, Sarah, Nicky and Michael