Register your interest for 2025!

We are inviting schools and students across south west Sydney to get creative and enter the Five Ways to Wellbeing Creative Students Project in 2025. 

The annual art prize celebrates mental wellbeing, self-care and resilience. It helps students from Kindergarten to Year 12 learn  about the Five Ways to Wellbeing. They create an artwork based on one of the five ways - Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give. 

In 2025, the competition will be in its sixth year. To join the competition, scan the QR Code (below) or email the Health Promotion Mental Wellbeing team at SWSLHD-Wellbeing@Health.nsw.gov.au  

Steps to enter:

1. Complete an Expression Of Interest (EOI) – someone from the HPS will be in contact to organise a collection date for artworks and answer any questions you may have.

2. Optional: Use a session plan to conduct a session on wellbeing.

3. Allow time for students to create artworks- this may be an in-class activity, project or lunch time activity.

4. Each artwork must be accompanied by the Student Entry Form 2025. 

Download the Teachers Guide for information on:

• Artwork requirements
• Judging
• Individual and school prizes
• Artwork collection
• Application of the Five Ways to Wellbeing in schools. 

Professional Learning Opportunities

We're pleased to offer free online professional learning sessions in partnership with Be You. These sessions will explore practical strategies to boost mental health and resilience in your schools and classrooms:

• Session 1: Monday 28 July, 10am to 11am. Join here.
• Session 2: Thursday 31 July, 4pm to 5pm. Join here.

To learn about the Five Ways to Wellbeing, click here.

We look forward to your continued involvement in this exciting project. If you have any questions email SWSLHD-Wellbeing@health.nsw.gov.au

Toolkit to guide you

Our Mental Wellbeing team has created a toolkit of classroom resources and downloadable tiles to help you and your school enter the art competition. The toolkit (below) includes a diary activity, mindfulness poster, scavenger hunt and banners.

Teachers Guide

Recommended lessons

• Introducing the Five Ways to Wellbeing

• The art of wellbeing

Optional lessons

• Conversation starter

• Five senses

• Let's talk about it

• Wellbeing diary

• Mindful walk

• Wellbeing passport

• Scavenger hunt

Lesson resources

• Wellbeing passport

• Wellbeing diary

• Scavenger hunt

• Scavenger hunt - easy

• Presentation

• Entry form

• Five Senses Mindfulness Poster

Downloadable poster

• Icons posters

  - Be active

  - Give

  - Connect

  - Take notice

  - Keep learning

• Five Ways to Wellbeing poster

• Banner

• Logo

• Newsletter - Primary

• Newsletter - Secondary

   

Email us to learn more: SWSLHD-Wellbeing@health.nsw.gov.au

Past winners - 2024 and 2023

Check out all of the amazing winners from 2024 and 2023. Click here!

Get inspired by these winners works and enter this year's competition to support the mental health and wellbeing of school children across south west Sydney.