Mindfulness in Schools Project (MiSP) welcomes high-quality research into mindfulness in education settings, and we are grateful to the team at Oxford University that carried out the MYRIAD (MY Resilience In Adolescence) research and to the Wellcome Trust for generously funding it. Background to MiSP’s curriculum used in the research MiSP’s curriculum for 11-18 year […]
Interviewed by Elinor Brown Elinor interviews primary school teacher and MiSP Associate Trainer, Chris Alekkou:
Name: Elisa Irwin Role: Class teacher Type of educational setting: two form Primary School with an ASD provision Location: Orpington, Kent Age range of students: 7-year groups 5-11 years No. students: 428 Percentage Pupil premium: 34% Percentage SEND/SEMH: 19% Number of staff trained to teach mindfulness: Just me Our school is part of the Clarion […]
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:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]