Rochester Primary School hosted health and wellbeing representatives from across the community for a health expo on Wednesday, September 18.
Sports clubs, services and activity providers joined in on the day, which also welcomed year 5 and 6 students from Lockington Consolidated School for the afternoon session.
Among the groups were Rochester Basketball Association, Rochester Community House, Rochester SES, Rochester Football Netball Club, Ambulance Victoria, Mind Australia, Rochester Little Athletics and headspace Echuca.
“We did it last year because of the kids with the floods ... to get the community back together, to let kids know what they can do in Rochester, all the sports and activities they can be involved in and the agencies there to help them and support them,” ” Rochester Primary School teacher and event organiser Sarah Mangan said.
The morning saw sessions hosted by Echuca Regional Health, REDHS, headspace Echuca, Campaspe Shire Council, counsellor Bern Wright and the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
This included discussions about wellbeing, healthy eating and being active on the school commute, as well as kids’ fitness and a story walk for students to rotate through.
Joined by Lockington students, the afternoon involved visitors from sports groups for the children to try, along with local and emergency services and healthy snack making.
The school will look to host similar events in future, growing the connection between the organisations, community and other schools in the region.
“All of the (groups) were really willing to give up time and help, which is amazing” Mrs Mangan said.
“It’d be good to make it bigger, get more families involved ... try and get it out there a bit more.”