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 […]
We are delighted to announce that our charity has successfully received formal independent CPD accreditation from the CPD Standards Office. Mindfulness in Schools Project has successfully passed the rigorous assessment process and joins the CPD Standards Community as a member whose activities have been independently assessed to the highest professional standards. Our online introduction to […]
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 […]