This week has been Mental Health Awareness week with an emphasis on “Anxiety”. Brynllywarch Hall School wanted to be a part of this, especially with the examination period approaching. We decided to take part in “Wear It Green Day” on Thursday 18^th May to raise money for the Mental Health Foundation.

We held activities including a bake sale held by the Year 11’s – they baked numerous fairy cakes which were decorated with icing, sprinkles, billionaire bits and flowers. The bake sale also included Welsh cakes, cupcakes and bara brith. The 6^th form students set up a table with numerous leaflets signposting students for different mental health issues and held a raffle in the main hall where students could make a donation to anonymously nominate a staff member or student to receive a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates – our winners were Zoe and Mr Price – well done both!

Students also took part in the making of an inspiration wall – students and staff where asked to pick a name out of a box and then write something anonymously that was inspirational or nice about that person – the comments written were lovely and made us very proud of how caring and thoughtful our students are.

We all managed to raise just under £60 for the Mental Health Foundation, which is amazing! Well done everyone!