Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
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 […]
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 […]
At MiSP, we are always looking for ways to help and support you after training to teach our curricula and so, it has been with great excitement, that we have recently launched our ‘teacher surgeries’ for our trained teachers. We have been delighted to hear how useful they have been to the teachers that came […]
In line with our aim to make our curricula as accessible as possible, we are creating special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) supportive versions of student-facing materials. These materials consider the difficulties experienced by some when reading text, and allow for the sounding out of written text to facilitate ease of reading. In consultation with […]
Early Intervention Foundation rates MiSP’s curriculum highly for efficacy and affordability. During this #childrensmentalhealthweek, which shines a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental health, we are proud to announce that following a rigorous assessment process our curriculum, .b, has been awarded high ratings in the well-respected EIF Guidebook. The Early Intervention […]
Announcing our new free Teaching Skills Workshops for .b and Paws b teachers We have trained over 6,000 teachers to deliver our .b and Paws b curricula. We are now piloting new 90 minute workshops to provide additional support and continual professional development for adults teaching mindfulness in schools. Mindfulness in Schools Project is committed to nurturing […]
MiSP curricula has been taught to thousands of children and young people from all backgrounds in all types of schools and youth-related organisations the UK and beyond. We are keen to celebrate some of the young people who have discovered the benefits of mindfulness for themselves, who can inspire others to practice mindfulness in their […]
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 […]
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 […]