The Push up challenge
A group of senior students from Year 11 and 12 participated in 'the push up challenge’ during the month of June.
Each morning up to 40 students would join Miss Pett and myself to complete 20 push ups to start the day. June is mental health awareness month and by participating in this challenge we hope to create a positive and safe environment for students to be comfortable about speaking about their mental health.
How it works:
The Push-Up Challenge is a unique way to engage people in mental health
- Runs over 25 days in June (1st - 25th)
- 3,318 push-ups in total, representing the number of people who died by suicide in Australia in 2019
- Get fit
- Learn about mental health
- Fundraise for mental health (optional, but a great chance to support critical mental health services across Australia)
As a team we completed over 25000 push ups. The highlight of the month was at the Athletics Carnival when over 130 students completed 20 push ups in front of the school.
If you would like any other information on the initiative please visit https://www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/
Martin Gillogly
Leader of Learning Wellbeing - Year 12