St Augustine's Primary School will put the books down and dedicate Thursday to wellbeing and self care for students, staff and families in its community.

The annual R U OK? Day event will be the school's second in a row in lockdown and wellbeing leader Luci Palmer said it was important for students to not only connect with themselves, but also think outside their own world.

"I think lockdown seven for regional Victoria has seen our wellbeing take a whack," she said.

"The kids do pretty well, but it's really challenging for them and takes a little bit longer to bounce back every time there's a lockdown.

"Even for the kids on site, it's really tricky because they're still coming to school, but it's not really school. Their friends aren't here and the days aren't the same.

"I definitely think the kids are feeling it and families in particular."

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St Augustine's have compiled various activities for students learning from home with parents encouraged to spend the afternoon with their children unwinding and reconnecting in the ways that work best for them.

Students on site will also complete the wellbeing tasks, but are asked to discuss them with parents at home.

"We'd planned it as an on-site wellbeing day where the staff were going to throw the curriculum aside for the day and really invest in relationships and spending time with kids doing all the stuff we never really get time to do, but really want to do," Mrs Palmer said.

"We've had to imagine how we can do that in a remote way.

"We're having a virtual Zoom disco because the kids are missing out on all of their events.

"We've got a whole school playlist so everyone can listen to the same music all day.

"The kids will be colouring in for their favourite businesses they are missing and we'll be putting those under the businesses' doors.

"We'll be dropping cards off to our local businesses with pay it forward vouchers for the community.

"There will be chalk drawing and messages."

All involved are encouraged to wear yellow clothes, the primary colour of R U OK?, to support the cause.

R U OK? parent resources have also been provided by the school.

While no work is submitted, Mrs Palmer said students are welcome to share updates with their teachers.

"The message we're trying to get out is it's not just one day a year, these are actions and behaviours you need to embed across your everyday life," she said.

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