R U OK? Day: Simple Ideas for Workplaces and Schools
Updated: Sep 2
R U OK? Day is on Thursday 10 September 2026, offering workplaces, schools and communities across Australia an important reminder to check in with the people around us.
But perhaps the most important part of this year's message is that connection shouldn't be limited to one day.
R U OK? encourages Australians to “Ask R U OK? Any Day”, helping to make meaningful conversations a regular part of the way we connect with colleagues, friends and our wider communities.
For HR managers, workplace wellbeing coordinators, teachers and school event organisers, R U OK? Day is a great opportunity to bring people together in a way that feels genuine, inclusive and positive.
Here are some simple ideas to get you started.
R U OK? Day workplace ideas
You don't need an elaborate event to make R U OK? Day meaningful. Often, creating time and space for people to connect is the best place to start.
Host a team morning tea or lunch
Bring everyone together over breakfast, morning tea or a catered lunch. Keep the agenda light and give people an opportunity to step away from their desks and genuinely connect.
R U OK? itself suggests activities such as morning or afternoon tea, BBQ lunches, team meetings and toolbox talks as ways workplaces can bring people together.
Create a conversation corner
Set up a comfortable space away from desks where team members can sit down, grab a cuppa and have a chat. Add R U OK? conversation resources or prompts to help make starting a conversation feel easier.
Build a gratitude wall
Invite staff to write something they appreciate about a colleague, their team or workplace. It's simple, inclusive and can be left up beyond R U OK? Day as a reminder of the support people have around them.
Add wellbeing to the workday
Consider a yoga, Pilates, mindfulness or movement session that gives your team permission to step away from work and reset together.
This can also be the beginning of broader workplace wellbeing programs, rather than wellbeing becoming something your organisation thinks about only on awareness days.
Explore Yogamigos' workplace programs, including workplace wellness classes and activities designed to bring teams together through movement and wellbeing.
R U OK? Day ideas for schools
R U OK? Day can also provide schools with an age-appropriate opportunity to talk about connection, kindness, listening and looking out for one another.
R U OK? provides dedicated resources for early learning, primary, secondary and tertiary education, including classroom activities, presentations, conversation guides and lesson plans.
Schools could consider:
Wear Yellow Day: Invite students and staff to add a splash of yellow and use the day to start conversations about what R U OK? represents.
Create a connection or kindness wall: Ask students to contribute something that makes them feel supported, ways they can be a good friend or examples of kindness they've experienced.
Practise being a great listener: Use classroom activities to explore what good listening looks like. Older students can practise open-ended questions, while younger students can focus on recognising feelings and learning how to be a supportive friend.
Run a wellbeing incursion: Bring students together for an interactive session centred around movement, mindfulness, connection and emotional wellbeing.
Our school wellbeing incursions can complement your school's existing approach to wellbeing in schools, whether you're planning an activity for R U OK? Day or building a broader wellbeing calendar.
Use the free R U OK? resources
You don't have to create everything yourself.
The official R U OK? Work resources include workplace posters, conversation guides, presentation materials and tools designed to help staff feel more confident starting supportive conversations.
There are also dedicated R U OK? Education resources for educators and students, with materials available for different age groups.
Importantly, R U OK? emphasises that you don't need to be an expert to start a conversation. Its four conversation steps are Ask, Listen, Encourage action and Check in.
Make it a moment, not just a message
R U OK? Day can be a wonderful catalyst for connection, but workplace and school wellbeing shouldn't begin and end on 10 September.
A morning tea is great. A yellow shirt is great. A wellbeing class is great.
The bigger opportunity is asking: what happens next?
Could you introduce monthly wellbeing activities? Create regular opportunities for colleagues to connect away from their desks? Add movement or mindfulness to your staff wellbeing program? Build more conversations about connection and emotional wellbeing into your school year?
The best corporate wellness programs and school wellbeing initiatives aren't necessarily the biggest. They're the ones that happen consistently enough for wellbeing to become part of the culture.
At Yogamigos, we deliver workplace and school wellbeing experiences across Australia, from yoga, Pilates and mindfulness to movement-based sessions and wellbeing incursions.
So this R U OK? Day, create a moment that brings people together, and then think about how you can keep that connection going long after the yellow decorations come down.
Ready to plan a wellbeing experience for your workplace or school? Explore our workplace wellbeing programs or school wellbeing incursions and let's create something your people will genuinely enjoy.
Get in touch with Yogamigos today for a custom quote.
