Held this year in the first week of June, Wellbeing Week at OLMC saw students and staff join in a series of events and initiatives aimed at highlighting the importance of cultivating positive mental and physical health and wellbeing.
Inaugurated in 2015, Wellbeing Week has fast become a favourite week in the OLMC calendar, with the College grounds transformed into a colourful and lively hub of activity with a positive vibe. Senior student leaders delight in organising a range of activities including the Lunchtime Lip Sync Battle (where teachers compete against students), Zumba Classes, Ball Pits (designed to promote conversation between girls from different Year Groups), Handball, Bike and Blend and a host of craft activities including mindful colouring-in. On one day during the week, a free breakfast was provided for students by the Student Representative Council.
2017 Head Girl Dunya Vasic says we often only realise how important our wellbeing is when it is absent from our lives: “It is arguably the most important aspect of our lives; in order to live out the best life we can, we must look after ourselves and each other. This is ultimately the drive behind Wellbeing Week, an initiative that we are so proud to have at OLMC. It's a week that brings our attention to aspects of our wellbeing which may need some improvement – this could be mental, emotional, physical, social and spiritual. We not only dedicate one week to our wellbeing, we encourage lifelong awareness and commitment and this week serves as a reminder and celebration.”
A highlight of the 2017 schedule was a visit to the College by Australian actress and wellbeing advocate Marny Kennedy. Mercy Girls packed the new Ailsa Mackinnon Community Centre at lunchtime on Wednesday to hear Marny share her story and make a heartfelt appeal to the girls to look after their physical and mental health, to ask for help when they need it and not to compare themselves to others