The Education Bureau organised Mental Health Fun Day at Ocean Park today to promote mental health awareness among students.
The fun day enabled students to understand the lives and characteristics of different animals through the participation of exploratory activities arranged by Ocean Park to experience the key elements of the 4Rs Mental Health Charter (4Rs Charter) – rest, relaxation, relationship, and resilience.
While speaking at the event’s opening ceremony, Secretary for Education Choi Yuk-lin explained that the 4Rs Charter aims to help students develop healthy habits, foster a healthy culture in schools and comprehensively enhance the mental health of students, school staff and parents.
More than 650 schools have joined the 4Rs Charter, demonstrating their support and commitment in nurturing students’ physical and psychological well-being. The bureau appealed to all schools in Hong Kong to join the charter.
Ms Choi pledged that the bureau will optimise the school curriculum and implement various programmes with the goal of helping students to develop positive values and enhance resilience.
The bureau will also provide schools with more resources and professional support as well as arrange non-governmental organisations to conduct relevant activities that aim to strengthen the promotion of students’ mental health in schools, she added.
The Mental Health Fun Day featured eight checkpoints where students were offered tips on sleep and rest. By learning about animals’ characteristics, they also experienced how to relax and release emotions through their five senses.
The participating students worked in groups to complete different problem-solving tasks, fostering teamwork among peers, understanding the importance of building emotional connections with those around them as well as experiencing the benefits of positive attitudes and applying strategies.
