World Mental Health Day 2025: Hello Yellow Day
We raised £45.15 for YoungMinds!
On Friday 10th October 2025, our school took part in Hello Yellow Day to mark World Mental Health Day. This national campaign, led by the charity YoungMinds, encourages everyone to wear a splash of yellow to raise awareness of young people’s mental health and show support for one another.
Children and staff joined in by wearing yellow accessories and making donations to support the incredible work of YoungMinds. Throughout the day, every class took part in activities designed to help pupils understand more about mental health and learn practical ways to look after their wellbeing.
It was a bright, cheerful day filled with positivity, awareness, and kindness, and a reminder that together, we can make a difference.
Key Stage 1
To mark Hello Yellow, our KS1 children explored the importance of mental health by discussing how it's okay to not feel okay sometimes. We read the inspiring story Tilda Tries Again, which helped us understand resilience and emotions. Afterwards, the children created thoughtful posters showing the different ways they look after their own mental wellbeing.
Pupil Voice
Thomas: We have to look after our brains and feelings
Ruby: It makes me happy to see you happy.
Orion: It’s okay to make mistakes.
Lower Key Stage Two
Lower Key Stage Two marked Hello Yellow Day by exploring strategies to help regulate emotions and stay calm. Through hands-on activities and discussions, the children discovered that simple tools like colouring, cuddly toys, puzzles, and fidgets can make a big difference when managing feelings. These calming strategies are now part of their mental health toolkit, supporting wellbeing every day.
Pupil Voice:
“I like colouring for a break because it’s calm” - Khodi
“I love the fidgets and teddies because they always feel so calming and if I’m mad, I like squishing it to get my anger out” - Lilly
“Sometimes I like colouring, sometimes I like hugging my favourite teddy bears. I have different things for different moods: colouring when I’m fizzy, teddies when I’m mad or sad” - Louis.
Upper Key Stage Two
On Hello Yellow Day, UKS2 explored the importance of looking after our mental health and shared practical ways to do so. Through thoughtful discussions, pupils learned strategies for managing stress and building resilience. To put these ideas into action, they created stress toys using balloons and rice—simple, fun, and effective tools for calming the mind. The day also included developing a personal Mental Health Toolkit, filled with tips and resources to support wellbeing every day.
Pupil Voice:
Mental health is really important because it helps us feel happy and calm. If we don’t look after it, we can feel stressed or sad. - George
Making stress toys was fun because now we have something to squeeze when we feel worried. - Hannah
