Mental health focus in Health and PE Week

As part of Health and PE Week, held from Monday 30 August to Friday 3 September, the Health and PE Faculty encouraged students to get outside with a member from their household to ‘walk and talk’. Next month the Black Dog Institute will launch the One Foot Forward campaign for October, which is Mental Health Month. The campaign will be asking people to walk in solidarity for the one in five people in Australia who experience symptoms of mental illness every year.

Last week our students were encouraged to walk and talk as a call to action for the upcoming awareness month. It was wonderful to see students from all year levels supporting the ‘walk and talk’. Walking and talking can break down barriers and make people feel less confronted than if they were chatting face to face.

The additional benefit gained was the break from screens and the chance to be physically active. Two classes that did this exceptionally well were Year 7 Purple and Year 8 Orange. Year 7 Purple students covered over 262km for the week while Year 8 Orange students together accumulated over 452km! Both homerooms are to be congratulated for their outstanding contributions to the MLMC campaign.

Students with the highest number of kilometres covered will be notified shortly and asked to select a prize from a range of sporting equipment options.