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The Five Ways to Wellbeing Schools Creative Project

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

2024 winning school announcement

We are thrilled to congratulate Bardia Public on winning the schools prize in the Five Ways to Wellbeing Schools Creative Project.

With an incredible 90 artworks submitted in 2024, the students have showcased exceptional creativity, innovation and effort. Their impressive talent is a credit to their hard work and the dedicated support and guidance they receive from the teaching team.

The school has won a $1,000 gift voucher from Scholastic Australia.

Well done to all the amazing teachers and students. We can’t wait to see what your talented students create next!

2024 honour roll

Well done to all of the category winners in the Five Ways to Wellbeing Schools Creative Project. We received more than 220 entries in 2024, making it one of the most successful years of the competition.

The judges were so impressed with the entries and had a difficult time choosing the winners. They had a close look at each artist’s statement to help them make their final decision. The statements often showed what the students had learnt about the Five Ways to Wellbeing and how it linked to their artworks.

Drum roll please! The 2024 winners are:

5-6 years

Winner: Tatiana Cardillo-Zallo, Picton Public School.

Highly commended: Julius Davis, Picton Public School.

7-9 years

Winner: Brody Seabrook, Picton Public School.

Highly commended: Anvika Thangalla, Bardia Public School; Archibald Mason, Tahmoor Public School; Jennifer Huynh, Canley Heights Public School; and Nayah Deng, Christadelphian Heritage College.

10-12 years

Winner: Abigail Wilson, Mawarra Public School.

Highly commended: Alexis Tran, Cecil Hills High School and Jaylah Burg, The Oaks Public School.

13-15 years

Winner: Tahlia Thai, Cecil Hills High School.

Highly commended: Damian Cugalj, Cecil Hills High School.

16-18 years

Winner: Kiera Suon, Cecil Hills High School.

Highly commended: Davina Kong, Cecil Hills High School.

Thank you to all of the students, schools, teachers and parents across the region who entered the competition and created an artwork based on one or more of the Five Ways to Wellbeing.

To learn more or for support to help your school to get involved, please email our Mental Wellbeing team at swslhd-wellbeing@health.nsw.gov.au

Why get involved

The art prize is a fun way to share the simple actions that people can take in their lives to improve their mental wellbeing and their ability to cope with the ups and downs of life.

It also celebrates October's Mental Health Month and complements the PDHPE and Visual Arts curriculum. We have created a teachers guide (below) to support classroom learning across all stages.

To help with your school’s planning, the competition is open from August to mid-September, with winners announced in October. Both schools and individual students can win prizes.

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

Toolkit to guide you

Our Mental Wellbeing team have 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.