Celebrating PTSD Awareness Day @ Backworth

The whole month of June is recognised as PTSD awareness month, with a specific focus on June 27^th being PTSD Awareness Day.

Here at the Backworth site, of Parkside House School, after a Wellbeing Champions meeting, we decided to celebrate the day by initially putting up posters around school to remind everyone of PTSD Awareness with a brief description of PTSD. 

Student Wellbeing Champion, Lucy Lamie was very keen to propose all students were given the option to wear their own clothes on the 27^th of June, to symbolise being comfortable, confident and able to express their individuality.

 Lucy also decided, of her own accord, to purchase a box of teal-coloured ribbons to give to students and the staff team on PTSD Awareness Day.

After a further discussion with Mrs Young, Miss Towse (Staff Team Wellbeing Champion ) and Lucy it was decided the students would be given a teal-coloured PTSD ribbon if they wished to wear one and the staff team could voluntarily contribute £1.00 to the charity, PTSD Uk.

On the morning of Friday 27^th Wellbeing Champions, Lucy, Simon and Miss Towse delivered the ribbons to each class during Tutor time and noticed some students and staff team were wearing teal-coloured clothes. Many of the children chose to wear a ribbon and the staff team raised £24.55 to donate to PTSD UK.