Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
By Emily Slater, CEO, Mindfulness in Schools Project For 2024, MiSP remains committed to making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people, and the adults working with them. Our recent Team ‘away day’ enabled us to revisit our current key objectives for the upcoming year, including: Expanding the reach of our […]
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 […]
The Paws b programme has been delivered – to the best of our knowledge – for the very first time in Mozambique to the children at Southern Cross Academy. The programme was delivered by Gerry Rickard, who trained to teach Paws b earlier this year and completed a Masters in Mindfulness-Based Teaching at Bangor University. […]
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:
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 […]
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 […]