Albyn School is celebrating wellbeing amongst the School community with its popular initiative, Feel Good Friday.
The initiative is designed to infuse a sense of community, wellbeing and joy into the school environment, providing pupils and staff alike the chance to reflect, connect and re-energise.
With the pressures of course work, exams, social responsibilities and future planning it can be easy to become overwhelmed and allow stress to build up throughout the week.
Feel Good Friday aims to counterbalance that by making wellbeing a priority, bringing everyone together for activities that promote both mental and physical wellbeing.
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to overlook the importance of wellbeing, especially in schools.
Research shows that when pupils and staff prioritise mental health, they experience improvements in learning outcomes, resilience and overall happiness.
Feel Good Friday is the school’s way of reminding everyone in their school community that their health and happiness are essential and valued.
How Feel Good Friday Works
Feel Good Friday offers a range of activities, ensuring that there is something for everyone from nursery through to the upper school to enjoy and benefit from.
There are a number of events that take place throughout the school year:
- Feeling Cultural - celebrating diversity
- Feeling Active - encouraging teamwork, physical activity and collaboration across the year groups
- Feeling Festive - bringing joy, connection and a generous dose of festive spirit into the community
- Feeling Charitable - fostering kindness and building a sense of community, a day dedicated to giving back
The initiative is not just for pupils; teachers, support staff, parents and guardians are all encouraged to participate.
By setting time aside to recognise wellbeing, the school believes it is doing more than merely adding fun to the end of the week; it is building resilience, fostering connection and reinforcing positive habits that extend beyond school.
Prioritising mental health is more important than ever and initiatives like Feel Good Friday remind everyone that wellbeing is not just a goal, it is a way of life.
The next Feel Good Friday is ‘Feeling Festive’ is December 13. Follow @albynschool on Facebook and Instagram to see highlights throughout the day.