Adrian Bethune
Interviewed by Elinor Brown Elinor interviews the founder of Teachappy and author of the award-winning Wellbeing In The Primary Classroom – A Practical Guide To Teaching Happiness, Adrian Bethune:
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A day in the life of . . .
A day in the life of Maggie Farrar Mindfulness has been such an important part of my life for many years. I have always been attracted to meditation and particularly the roots of contemporary, secular mindfulness in Buddhist psychology. When I came across mindfulness 20 years ago it seemed to show me a way of […]
From Teaching Mindfulness to Leading Mindfully – An Exploration
By Maggie Farrar I recently facilitated a MiSP programme on ‘Exploring Mindful Leadership’ for those trained, through MiSP, to teach mindfulness to children and who were interested in exploring how their mindfulness practice could enhance their leadership whatever their role. We also explored how we might use our experience, as teachers of mindfulness, to influence […]
What we need now … and in the future
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 […]
Case Study: Bishopston Primary School
Name: Ffiona Owen Role: External mindfulness teacher Location: Swansea Age range of students: 7 – 11 years (KS2) No. students: 146 (8 of which in STF class) No. of classes: 6 (incl. Specialist Teaching Facility – STF) Date of delivery: 04/10/2021 – 26/01/2022 Having delivered the Paws b programme at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontybrenin during […]
Astudiaeth Achos: Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontybrenin
Click here to view an English version of this page Enw: Ffiona Owen Rôl: Athrawes meddylgarwch allanol Lleoliad: Abertawe Ystod oed y disgyblion: 7 – 11 oed (CA2) Nifer y disgyblion: 276 (CA2) Nifer o ddosbarthiadau: 9 Canran premiwm disgybl: Amherthnasol Canran ADY (SEND/SEMH): 16.7% Nifer o staff a hyfforddwyd i addysgu meddylgarwch: 0 Dyddiad […]
Case Study: Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontybrenin
Cliciwch yma am fersiwn Cymraeg y dudalen hon Name: Ffiona Owen Role: External mindfulness teacher Location: Swansea Age range of students: 7 – 11 years (KS2) Number of students: 276 (KS2) Number of classes: 9 Percentage pupil premium: N/A Percentage SEND/SEMH: 16.7% Number of staff trained to teach mindfulness: 0 Date of delivery: Summer term […]
Coping with Transitions (Big & Small)
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 […]
“It’s s**t this”. Gogglebox and Mindfulness on Christmas Day
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 […]
Autumn meetings of MiSP Inclusion and Support Groups
We have been delighted to host meetings of our Inclusion and Support Groups this term. These groups have been set up to facilitate dialogue, learning and development and have provided a wonderful opportunity for mindfulness teachers and practitioners to meet to discuss issues and share experiences. We look forward to the next meetings being held […]