Colourful cousins: Carly, Caitlyn and Alexander Quinn managed to survive a few laps of the colour run course, which had a series of “splash stations’’ where participants were transformed from white to rainbow.
Stampede: One brave teacher puts herself in the middle of a charging mob at the start of the Rochester Secondary School’s colour run last week
Blue bath: Rochester teachers Kristy Turner and Lauren Pellegrino join forces to unload the contents of their colour run tubs on a well prepared Ivy McConnell.
Foggy forecast: Ivy McConnell disappears into a mist of blue powder as she pauses at one of the colour run stations last week.
Drive-by: St Joseph’s primary colour run participants Noah Broucek, River Powles, Max Seabrook and Jaxon Scoble — among others — have a bright shade of pink added to their soon to be completed multi-colour appearance by Steve Warren and Craig Danswan.
Say what: Ellie Mundie (centre) seems to be questioning the final instructions of colour run organisers, while both Billie Watson and Sophie McKee seem otherwise engaged.
Pristine appearance: Harry Whipp looks more like his former boy band namesake behind these sunglasses, but his perfectly white t-shirt did not remain so for very long after this photograph.
Cookie decorating, an Indigenous art workshop, boxing and yoga were among a variety of activities on offer for participants in Rochester Secondary College Mental Health Day last week.
Be Kind to Your Mind Day also involved hundreds of students tackling a colour run course, which was used to involve St Joseph’s Primary Schools in the college event.
The Mental Health Day began with an address by former gang leader Luke Kennedy, who shared his story of resilience with students.
For eight years of his life, Mr Kennedy was an obese alcoholic and drug addicted thug.
He led a violent street fighting crew, was stabbed on two separate occasions (once in the lung and the other time in the head) and explained his battle with depression and anxiety.
His book, Stabbed Ego — A Thug’s Journey to Enlightenment has become an international best seller and one of Australia’s top motivational speakers.
Mental health support has become a staple in secondary school communities, with Beyond Blue, Black Dog Institute and Head Space all providing support mechanisms for teenagers who suffer from depression and anxiety.
