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World Mental Health Day 2025
World Mental Health Day happens every year on 10th October, and aims to create an opportunity to talk about mental health, as well as raise awareness of people suffering from mental health problems.
Sacred Heart School is proud to stand together in yellow to raise awareness for mental health and remind each other that it’s okay to not be okay.
This year’s theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is ‘Access to Services’ – mental health in catastrophes and emergencies. The theme highlights the importance of people being able to protect their mental health whatever they’re going through, because everyone deserves good mental health.
Our amazing Wellbeing Ambassadors – Marni (Y6), Millie (Y5), Órlaith (Y4), and Poppy (Y4) – led a powerful Wellbeing Assembly in KS2 today.
A HUGE thank you to them and our wonderful Chill & Create Club for the bright and inspiring posters around school and our visual yellow reminder!
We loved seeing so many smiling faces wearing yellow, sharing yellow stickers and badges, and watching our film on mental health and what it means to be a Wellbeing Ambassador.
Next up: Wellbeing Training and welcoming even more students to join our Ambassador Team!
Let’s keep the conversation going. Because mental health matters. Always.
Talking about Mental Health
World Mental Health Day is a great opportunity for us to come together to talk about mental health and show everyone that is matter. The information below from the Mental Health Foundation sets out some helpful tips as well as what to expect.
1. Choose someone you trust to talk to
This might be a friend, family member or a colleague. Or you might be more comfortable talking to someone you don’t know, for example, through a support helpline. It can help to do a pros and cons list about talking to someone.
2. Think about the best place to talk
It’s important to choose a place where you feel comfortable enough to open-up. You might want to choose somewhere private where you’re less likely to be disturbed. You also might want to talk while you do an activity, like walking together.
3. Prepare yourself for their reaction
Hopefully, you will have a good experience when you open-up to someone. But there’s a chance that they may not react in the way you hope. This may be for different reasons, like they may be worried or not fully understand at first. If that’s the case, try to give them time to process what you’ve told them. It might help to give them information to read to help them understand. And don’t forget to be kind to yourself and practise self-care.
