During the month of June, Year 10 took part in the Push-Up Challenge.  From 1 June 1 to 23 June, each student and staff member that took part, completed 3144 push-ups each.  The Push-Up Challenge is designed to raise funds for several Mental Health services and to put the spotlight on the number of Australians that were lost to suicide in 2021 (3144 in 2021 alone). 

Our St Clare’s Community, that included students and teachers, completed over 44, 000 push-ups and raised $2225 for Lifeline.  Daily mental health statistics were sent to each participant and each morning during CLARE lessons and some lunchtimes, staff and students completed their exercises for the day.  Some days required more than 220 push-ups each.  Special mention and thanks goes to our top fundraising students Claire Downie and Nicholas Boere.

This was an excellent activity for our Year 10 students to take part in and we are very proud of our students and staff that were involved.  Not only was it a great way to start each school day, but it was also an excellent way to address and discuss some important topics.

I would like to thank and congratulate our Push-Up Challenge Student Ambassador Claire Downie who organised and facilitated the event at our School.  In the months leading up to the challenge, Claire attended webinars and communicated with event staff to ensure the smooth running of the challenge at our school.  Claire showed excellent leadership and organisational skills throughout the challenge and led by example everyday with her push-ups and fundraising.

We are already looking forward to the 2024 Push-Up Challenge!

James Collins
Year 10 Leader of Wellbeing and Engagement