Healthy Schools: mindfulness

Mindfulness can help with self-awareness, stress and anxiety. It can be used by all age groups, throughout a lifetime. Here are some resources to help you introduce it to children and young people.

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Mindfulness can help with self-awareness, stress and anxiety. It is a tool that can be used by all age groups and across a lifetime.

Schools

Primary

Download this free wellbeing journal (external link) and distribute it to students. The Solace women's charity (external link) can provide guidance to teachers on how to use it

Disclaimer: please note, we advise teachers to look at the material and decide for themselves what is appropriate to use for the child or class.

Secondary

There is also a secondary school version of the Solace women wellbeing journal (external link). Contact Solace (external link) if you would like some guidance to use the tool. 

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For all children and young people

• This easy Brief Mindfulness tool provided by deep:black can help students and pupils to ‘ground’ when needed:
  • Brief Mindfulness (PDF, 250MB)
• You can print this out or send this list of exercises developed by Haringey Mental Health Support Team (MHST):
  • Relaxation Strategies (PDF, 720KB)

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For teachers and families

• This 30-minute video from Haringey Educational Psychology Service (EPS) covers relevant research on mindfulness and examining how dedicated frameworks can support staff wellbeing.

  Note for iPhone users and Youtube. There is a known bug with iOS and Youtube, Two buttons are read before the player but provide no functionality. We advise that you skip these to access the content.

• This helpful and informative 6-page tool will help you to understand better the benefits of mindfulness for wellbeing:
  • Mindfullness - Chums (PDF, 2MB)

• This 2-page resource from EPS offers lots of useful tips:
  • Tips for calming anxiety using mindfulness (PDF, 111KB)

• This short Trailblazer video includes exercises to help children and young people relax and feel calmer.
  

  Note for iPhone users and Youtube. There is a known bug with iOS and Youtube, Two buttons are read before the player but provide no functionality. We advise that you skip these to access the content.

• This 25-minute recording of a guided meditation, organised by the Anchor Approach team, is led by a qualified yoga teacher:
  

  Note for iPhone users and Youtube. There is a known bug with iOS and Youtube, Two buttons are read before the player but provide no functionality. We advise that you skip these to access the content.

   

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