Five tips for guiding practices The guiding of the short practices in our courses is one of the things that can really unnerve teachers. While it may take you out of your comfort zone, it is the cornerstone of what the young people learn in the .b/Paws b/.breathe/dots courses, but it takes practice! Here is […]
By Liz Lord In this first of a series of blogs looking at the essential qualities of school mindfulness teachers, Liz Lord tracks the explosion in popularity of the children’s book, The Lost Words, by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, and explores the lessons we can learn from their experiences. I first learned of the […]
During 2020 MiSP has received generous donations from R3, the global enterprise software firm that is pioneering digital industry transformation in the world of Blockchain. That is because they are committed to the health and wellbeing of their team, and to taking their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) seriously. R3 have had some great ideas of […]
On Tuesday 1st December 2020 we hosted the second of our ‘Inviting the Experts…’ series of webinars. This is a series of CPD sessions which we have set up recognising the incredible work that is going on in schools right now in particularly challenging circumstances and the need for school staff to have access to […]
On Wednesday 18th November 2020 we hosted the first of our ‘Inviting the Experts…’ series of webinars. This is a series of CPD sessions which we have set up recognising the incredible work that is going on in schools right now in particularly challenging circumstances and the need for school staff to have access to […]
How to get mindfulness onto your school timetable Effective implementation of mindfulness in schools needs planning and thought. One of the most important strategic decisions however is very simple: get mindfulness on the school timetable. Once it’s there, it can be routinely taught, week in, week out, term after term, and hundreds of children and […]
This month saw the inaugural meetings of our Inclusion and Support Groups which have been set up to provide support to our communities and to facilitate dialogue, learning and development. They have provided a wonderful opportunity for mindfulness teachers and practitioners to meet and begin to share experiences, issues and achievements. We look forward to […]
by Kareem Ghandour At iBme UK our focus is to support young people in developing self-awareness, compassion, and ethical decision making, and empowering them to apply these skills to their lives and communities. For the past four years we’ve offered residential retreats for young people from diverse backgrounds, giving them access to in-depth experiences of […]
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.” Eleanor Roosevelt Give the gift of mindfulness this holiday season. By donating to Mindfulness in Schools Project you are helping to bring the gift of mindfulness to teachers, children and many others in the school community. You […]
At MiSP, we were delighted recently to receive a generous donation to our work from Fairview Primary School in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland. The school’s Vice-Principal, Neil McAllister, told us why they wanted to donate: “With the sudden closure of schools in March, it was such a long time before we were able to welcome children […]