Ipswich Grammar School Community

About Our Challenge

In June, the Ipswich Grammar School community is once again taking part in The Push-Up Challenge.

Now in our fourth year, this challenge has become more than just a fitness goal — it is an opportunity for our students, staff, and wider community to come together in support of something that matters.

Across the month, participants will work towards 3,307 push-ups (or alternative exercises), representing the number of lives lost to suicide in Australia in the most recent year of available data. Behind every number is a person, a family, and a story — and this challenge encourages us to pause, reflect, and start conversations that don’t always come easily.

At IGS, this is particularly important. Supporting boys and men’s mental health means creating spaces where connection, honesty, and support are normal — not something saved for when things feel overwhelming.

Throughout June, our community will not only be completing push-ups, but also engaging with daily mental health facts, encouraging one another, and building a stronger sense of belonging across year levels, friendship groups, and staff teams.

There are many ways to be involved — you can:

• Create or join a team within the IGS community
• Take part individually
• Support someone who is participating
• Help us raise awareness and funds for mental health services

Whether you are doing one push-up or one hundred, every effort contributes to a larger goal.

Together, we are pushing for better — for ourselves, our mates, and our community. 💪