Wellbeing

There is a strong tradition in Our Lady’s of focusing on student wellbeing

Wellbeing is one of the four Pillars of Our Lady’s School and is something that we hold in high regard here in the school. We engage with Wellbeing both in a curricular setting and in the world of extra-curricular activities.

All Junior students partake in PE, SPHE including RSE, CSPE, Wellbeing Modules and Pastoral Care classes while all Senior students engage in PE, Guidance, RSE and Pastoral Care.

Our Lady’s School celebrates the Wellbeing of our students every single day and we also have 4 Wellbeing-based celebratory weeks. These weeks are as follows: 

1. Friendship Week 

This week happens in September and puts a big focus on Wellbeing through the lens of Friendship. Students are encouraged to help each other, bring a friend to an extracurricular activity, invite others to sit with them at lunch among other awareness raising initiatives. 

2. Stand Up Awareness Week

Every November, we celebrate Stand Up Awareness Week in Our Lady’s School. This week is all about supporting all members of the LGBTI+ Community in our school. There are many informative activities throughout the week such as ‘A Word A Day’ and ‘How To Be A Better Ally’. The week always concludes with #ComeIn whereby we create a human pride flag on Friday in school. Remember- ‘Come In So Nobody Has To Come Out’. You are safe to be who you are in our school. 

3. Cyber Safety Week 

In February, we draw attention to the importance of staying safe online. Protecting both ourselves and those around us, we need to have the correct information. With the support of Webwise, the school community is reminded of how we can mind each other online, how to recognise potential threats and decide if we are being safe online. 

4. Wellbeing Week 

Wellbeing Week in OLS provides the opportunity for all students to promote an overall awareness for the various aspects of wellbeing including social, mental, physical, spiritual and environmental wellbeing. Each year we look forward to a positive, healthy and fun week that highlights to students the importance of addressing our wellbeing and the different ways in which we can do so. A broad range of events and activities are organised for both students and staff. Some of the activities that have been organised for Wellbeing Week in the past include: Humourfit, Digital Detox Day, Just Dance sessions, silent discos, 10@10, boxercise, bake-along, meditation classes, Origami, guest speakers, games and activities at lunch time, talks for parents, whole-school 5k, Zumba.