Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
Guest blog by Chris Alekkou, Primary School Teacher & Associate Trainer for MiSP “slowly, slowly, mindfulness will hopefully begin to help my colleagues in the same way it has helped me, and the practice and its approach might become a bigger part of school life.” I am one of those few lucky ones that knew, […]
Guest blog by David Bignell, Associate Trainer for MiSP These are challenging times for everyone working in the public sector for reasons that everyone knows – can mindfulness help? My answer based on my personal experience of twenty years as a primary school headteacher is yes it can. Why? Well, we can’t control external events […]
By Emily Slater, CEO of the Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) Just as we were about to press send on our latest newsletter, the sad news of the death of Ruth Perry, headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading (UK), hit the media. Our thoughts are clearly first and foremost with Ruth’s family, friends, colleagues […]
“The supported placements from MiSP have enabled us to develop a culture of Mindfulness in our setting. The supported placements have helped to create that like-minded skilled team to deliver curricula for all ages in a range of settings.” As a charity, MiSP, offers its training through two routes: One is directly to schools (or […]
As the festive season approaches, it’s a privilege to be asked to contribute to the MiSP blog and have this opportunity to be in touch with you all, the amazing MiSP network and community of teachers and friends. It feels like a gift. Thank you for any attention you give to these few words. My […]
Thank you to all trained teachers who attended the MiSP MYRIAD reflections surgery on Wednesday 21st September 2022, at which MiSP’s Co-founder and Chair, Richard Burnett, shared some background. In response to feedback from attendees, here are some more of Richard’s reflections on the recently published findings from the MYRIAD project; a large randomised control […]
We are living at an incredibly uncertain time. We are clearly living in challenging times. The pandemic has been difficult for all of us in different ways and highlighted the inequalities and discrimination in our society. There is suffering throughout the world through continuing conflict, including the new one we are witnessing in Europe. We […]
A year ago, rates of probable mental disorders in 6 to 16 year olds had increased from one in nine to one in six, since 2017, and 39.2% of the age group had experienced a deterioration in mental health.* A year on we still face huge challenges, from the pandemic now and from the cumulative […]
by Richard Burnett Gogglebox on Christmas Day at 9:15pm was not where I was expecting to find mindfulness. For those of you who don’t know what it is, Gogglebox is a TV show where you watch other people watching telly. A form of reality TV, imagine a camera on the TV itself, looking back at […]
All of us at Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) would like to wish those of you caring for children, particularly teachers, parents, carers – and children and young people themselves – a truly restorative break over the upcoming holiday season. By this time of year (at least from personal experience), even in ‘normal times’, it […]