Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
How do I fit Paws b or .b into the timeframe I have available? School lessons/sessions can be anywhere between 20 and 55 minutes long, and perhaps you have 4 lessons allocated to mindfulness or maybe it is a whole term’s worth of lessons! Given this huge variation, what is the best way to fit […]
How can we involve our parent community? Parents are an important part of the school community, and involving them in school life can be a fantastic opportunity whilst also sometimes feeling like a challenge. Providing information We encourage all schools who are teaching mindfulness to their students to let parents know that they are doing […]
How do I get the students to do their ‘Home /’Have a Go’ practice? Many would say that this is the greatest challenge of teaching mindfulness in schools and youth-based contexts! Whether it’s practising in class or in their own time, a little like teaching mindfulness to adults, we may struggle to get children and […]
How can I demonstrate the impact of teaching mindfulness in my school? MiSP provides several ways in which you can gather, assess and demonstrate the impact of our curricula: Online Impact Assessment Tool MiSP uses a ‘Class Impact’ survey service to measure the impact of .b, Paws b and .breathe for pupils and teachers in […]
by Liz Lord and Willem Kuyken There has never been a more receptive time for schools to look at the best, evidenced-based ways to support the wellbeing of pupils and staff. As heads, senior leadership teams (SLTs) and school staff look for ways to support their school communities in these challenging times, is there a […]
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#9: Some ideas and support for .b, Paws b and .breathe teachers We are aware that those who have trained with us to teach MiSP curricula will have a good deal to navigate as they move back into the classroom amidst the current pandemic. What follows is hopefully helpful guidance on how to: Navigate the […]
by Claire Kelly ‘Mindful’ and ‘mindfulness’ are rapidly becoming the words of the moment, a useful shorthand for ‘paying attention’ or even ‘relaxation’, but that isn’t what they mean, and it’s important to know why. As of August 2020, a simple Google search (from within the UK) for the term ‘mindfulness’ offers 268,000,000 results, indicating […]
By Chivonne Preston This week, I attended the launch of the seminal discussion paper “Mindfulness: Developing Agency in Urgent Times” by the UK’s policy institute, the Mindfulness Initiative. For those of us worried that mindfulness is at risk of being erroneously perceived as promoting passivity and compliance, this paper expertly outlines the progression from individual […]
Some ideas and support for .b, Paws b and .breathe teachers As schools begin to re-open in this strange, post-lockdown period, we are aware that those who have trained with us to teach MiSP curricula will have a good deal to navigate as they move back into the classroom. What follows is hopefully helpful guidance […]