Why Mindfulness?
The Do-BeMindful Initiative aims to support schools and teachers in meeting their responsibility to promote Health and Wellbeing that supports children’s mental well-being with a transformative Mindfulness programmes. They help:
♦ teachers enhance their practice
♦ enrich students’ learning journey
♦ engage parents in this educational process
Do-BeMindful Adventurers And Explorers Programmes
Involve 8 weeks of fun and engaging lessons as well as regular daily Mindfulness practices that help children to develop life skills that will benefit their mental health, emotional wellbeing and academic performance.
Around 20% of 5-16 year olds in the UK suffer from a mental health illness and approximately 50% of those with a lifetime mental illness will experience symptoms by the age of 14.
A recent survey found that over 75% of teachers had reported experiencing work-related anxiousness, 86% had suffered sleeplessness and 33% poor health as a result of work related pressures.
Peep Learning Together programme
Research tells us that the biggest influences on children’s outcomes are the quality of the relationship with their parents and carers, and what they do with their family, from birth – known as the home learning environment.
Peep Learning Together is a parenting programme that helps:
♦ parents and carers to improve their children’s life chances, by making the most of everyday learning opportunities – listening, talking, playing, singing and sharing books and stories together
♦ babies and children to become confident communicators and learners through play
♦ practitioners to develop their work with parents/carers and young children
♦ parents and carers to recognise and build on on their own learning potential and achievements
♦ communities to narrow the attainment gap, which appears even before children reach school.
More information can be found on their website at https://www.peeple.org.uk/ltp or the overview leaflet that can be accessed here.
The Solihull Approach is all about emotional health and well-being. They provide training and resources for practitioners working with children and families. They provide online courses and face to face groups for parents and training for schools.
They share key messages from research about how we relate to and understand each other; the foundation for our emotional, cognitive and social development.
Many thousands of parents have accessed the Solihull Approach ‘Understanding your child’ courses, in groups or online. The online ‘Understanding your child’ is now available in English, Urdu and other languages.
Further information can be accessed on their website at https://solihullapproachparenting.com and further opportunities for parents can be in their Ourplace.
Bookbug is Scotland’s universal early years book gifting programme and aims to inspire a love of stories, songs and rhymes from birth.
Sharing stories, songs and rhymes with babies and young children has many benefits including supporting children’s language, learning and social skills. It’s fun, free and simple, and the benefits will last their lifetime.
The Bookbug Bags and Bookbug Sessions support families to do more of these activities, which help build bonds and develop relationships and most importantly, are fun. You can find out more at the Bookbug website by clicking here.
