It’s Health Week
What is Health Week?
Health Week is all about encouraging staff and students to take some time out to think about their health. We so often get caught up in the day to day and can sometimes put less emphasis on our health and wellbeing.
Year 10 Health Expo
Santa Maria celebrated Health Week this week with a variety of activities on offer for staff and students. The highlight of the week would have to be the Year 10 Health Expo, run by the students as part of their Health Education projects. Staff and students visited over 60 stalls at the Expo and learnt more about health issues such as nutrition, road safety, sleep, body image and stress management, just to name a few. There certainly was a buzz throughout the Hall!
R U OK? Day
Focusing on our mental health, we concluded the week’s events yesterday with R U OK? Day. Wellbeing Captain, Evie, reminded us that “You don’t need to be an expert to reach out – just a good friend and a great listener. Remember, one conversation can change a life!”.
Our Mental Health Ambassadors promoted this message amongst the students and helped run some table tennis activities at lunchtime, inviting students to check in with a friend and spend some time with them while having fun.
It has been a great week and a good opportunity to think about the many aspects of our health!
Santa Maria Teams Shine in Term 1 Sports
Santa Maria had a huge number of girls in the IGSSA AFL and Volleyball competition with strong results for a number of teams.
Lee-Elle’s Insights from the ‘Make it 16’ Forum
Lee-Elle Cooper is a passionate Year 12 student who advocates for youth engagement and political participation. She has recently returned from the Make It 16 Forum in Canberra.
With Laurissa Knowles From Valley Depths to Mountain Peaks (1993)
Laurissa Knowles (1993) has had an incredible career journey so far, from Santa Maria College Teacher to Celebrant and Councillor.
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Santa Maria College is a vibrant girls school with a growing local presence and reputation. Our Mission is to educate young Mercy women who act with courage and compassion to enrich our world. Santa Maria College is located in Attadale in Western Australia, 16 km from the Perth CBD. We offer a Catholic education for girls in Years 5 – 12 and have 1300 students, including 152 boarders.
