10/10/2024
World Mental Health Day is every year on the 10th October. The theme for 2024, set by the World Foundation of Mental Health, is ‘It is time to make prioritise mental health in the workplace’. In order to explore this theme in schools first we must understand what we mean by mental health and how staff and teacher mental health impacts on pupil wellbeing and a whole school culture of mental health.
Mental health means feeling and functioning well day to day and overall, maintaining levels of mental health are essential to priorities for staff as part of any whole school approach or ways of supporting student mental health.
So how can you promote mental health in your school on this year’s World Mental Health Day? In the video below I share ideas for schools to help them make this important day a success.
Mental Health Awareness Week in Schools: Ideas for Teachers and Staff Wellbeing
Mental Health Awareness Week is an important opportunity for us to check in with ourselves, your pupils and colleagues, and to think about what we can do to promote good mental health in our schools.
Here are some simple wellbeing activities that you can do with your staff team to help raise awareness and promote positive mental health in your school community.
