In order to create a positive, healthy, and harmonious environment of mental health education in campus, and to improve the mental health of teachers and students, SUIS PD conducted a series of activities during the mental health awareness month, with the theme of ” Together we head towards positivity” from April to May. There are four categories of activities, all of which focus on the healthy physical and mental development of students.
1、Advocating positive mental energy
A、Tree of Positive Mental Power
The activity is contributed by all students from IS and LS. Students expressed their inner thoughts by words sincerely on each post-it note. Some students shared their positive emotions, some expressed their appreciation for the people and things around them, and others expressed good wishes for themselves and others.
1.1 Poster of the Tree of Positive Mental Power
1.2 Tree of positive mental power in Xueye Campus
1.3 Tree of positive mental power in Kangqiao Campus
B、posters with the theme of Emotional Palette
Reasonable and effective emotional management is the foundation of our mental health. Students express their rich emotions and their understandings of emotions by making posters. From this activity, students learn different methods of regulating emotions.
2、 Display the mental health knowledge in campus
In order to create a healthy and harmonious environment of mental health education in campus, SUIS PD popularizes the general psychological knowledge in psychological corners and columns, including some psychological knowledge and positive psychological energy comics, which is useful in campus and daily life.
3、Lectures for students on mental health and development
To follow the theme of mental health awareness, we take into detailed consideration the characteristics of psychological development at each stage, so to maximize their inner potential and motivation. We had 12 psychological lectures with themes that meet the needs of students in different year groups.
| Theme | Date |
| 1、PERMA Happiness model (Grade 7-9) | 2023.3.1 |
| 2、Mindfulness in Emotion Management (Grade 6) | 2023.3.2 |
| 3、Attention Competition (Grade 1) | 2023.3.16 |
| 4、Sex Education (Grade 6) | 2023.3.16/2023.3.21 |
| 5、Challenge in Puberty (Grade 7) | 2023.4.3 |
| 6、Privacy of Body (Grade 1) | 2023.4.4 |
| 7、Friendship (Grade 2) | 2023.4.6 |
| 8、Healthy Relationship (Grade 8) | 2023.4.7 |
| 9、Emotional thermometer (Grade 3) | 2023.4.26 |
| 10、Mental Mirror (Grade 4) | 2023.5.18 |
| 11、12、Good to be Me (Grade 2-3) (Grade 4-5) | 2023.6.9 |
Here are some photos of the lectures.
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4、 Lecture for parents on children’s mental health and development
Family is a safe harbor for students’ psychological development. Therefore, SUIS PD tries to keep close communication and cooperation between families and school. There were 3 lectures for parents, including the themes of Identification and Coping of Common Psychological Problems in Childhood, Parent-child Communication in Adolescence, and Adolescent Relationship. We hope to increase parents’ knowledge on their children’s mental development, contributing to a harmonious and healthy family atmosphere, and a warm and loving parent-child relationship via the parent lectures.
4.1 Identification and Coping with Common Psychological Problems in Childhood
4.2 Parent-child Communication in Adolescence
4.3 Lecture of Adolescent Relationship
The activities of the Mental Health Awareness Month promoted the mental health education of teachers and students. We expect to see students gaining excellent psychological qualities, coping actively with the challenges and difficulties they face in campus and daily life, and develop their mental health towards a positive direction. At the same time, we look forward to seeing more and more parents participating in the campus activities relating to students’ mental health, so that families and school work together to safeguard the physical and mental development of children.