‘Heartbeat’ is one of several videos I have created to support students at home: as they take on the challenges of distance learning, they will need help to keep anxiety levels down. My videos are simple and effective Mindfulness tasks for everyone: involving focus; observation; thinking about thoughts; using senses and breathing. Share this video with your students, to encourage them to maintain their wellbeing during this uncertain time. Use it as a mindful moment, brain break or transition task. In this video I encourage you to do some exercise to get your heartbeat racing and then use the heartbeat as a focus for Mindfulness. Enjoy!

‘Kim’s Game’ is one of several videos I have created to support students at home: as they take on the challenges of distance learning, they will need help to keep anxiety levels down. My videos are simple and effective Mindfulness tasks for everyone: involving focus; observation; thinking about thoughts; using senses and breathing. Share this video with your students, to encourage them to maintain their wellbeing during this uncertain time. Use it as a mindful moment, brain break or transition task. This task is about training your brain muscle to be mindfully focussed, using a well known game called Kim’s game. In it you will need to work out the missing object. Remember to be mindful of how it feels in your mind and body to focus.

‘Everyday task’ is one of several videos I have created to support students at home: as they take on the challenges of distance learning, they will need help to keep anxiety levels down. My videos are simple and effective Mindfulness tasks for everyone: involving focus; observation; thinking about thoughts; using senses and breathing. Share this video with your students, to encourage them to maintain their wellbeing during this uncertain time. Use it as a mindful moment, brain break or transition task. Here I explain how you can use simple everyday tasks to help you practice Mindfulness.

‘Find something new’ is one of several videos I have created to support students at home: as they take on the challenges of distance learning, they will need help to keep anxiety levels down. My videos are simple and effective Mindfulness tasks for everyone: involving focus; observation; thinking about thoughts; using senses and breathing. Share this video with your students, to encourage them to maintain their wellbeing during this uncertain time. Use it as a mindful moment, brain break or transition task. In this video, I invite you to look carefully around a room in your home and find something you haven’t noticed before.

‘A hand of joy’ is one of several videos I have created to support students at home: as they take on the challenges of distance learning, they will need help to keep anxiety levels down. My videos are simple and effective Mindfulness tasks for everyone: involving focus; observation; thinking about thoughts; using senses and breathing. Share this video with your students, to encourage them to maintain their wellbeing during this uncertain time. Use it as a mindful moment, brain break or transition task. In this video I ask you to draw around your hand and then mindfully fill it with things that bring you joy.

‘Back Drawing’ is one of several videos I have created to support students at home: as they take on the challenges of distance learning, they will need help to keep anxiety levels down. My videos are simple and effective Mindfulness tasks for everyone: involving focus; observation; thinking about thoughts; using senses and breathing. Share this video with your students, to encourage them to maintain their wellbeing during this uncertain time. Use it as a mindful moment, brain break or transition task. You will need a partner for this simple Mindfulness task. Concentrate to work out the letter your partner is drawing on your back!

This 2-page pdf resource, for primary students, uses a real story as a springboard into lessons about ‘kindness’. You will find a short paragraph about the theme, thought-provoking questions, four activities and a loving-kindness style mindful moment. The mindful moment will take a good 5 minutes and is for students who have successfully experienced mindful practices already. The story is online, and the activities require regular classroom resources along with a class set cups.

This pdf resource, for primary students, uses a real story as a springboard into lessons about ‘worry’. Wellbeing activities and a Mindful moment are included to help you deliver a practical lesson. Please choose from the ideas I have described or use them all. Additionally, include other stories that highlight the same theme, to enrich your teaching. You will not find a set of photocopiable sheets within this resource; instead, use the activities I have designed with regular classroom resources.

This 1-page pdf resource, for primary students, uses a real story as a springboard into lessons about ‘emotions’. You will find a short paragraph about the theme, thought-provoking questions, four activities and a Mindful moment script, which can be done within 5 minutes. The story is online, and the activities require regular classroom resources and collage materials.

This 2-page pdf resource, for primary students, uses a real story as a springboard into lessons about ‘anger’. You will find a short paragraph about the theme, thought-provoking questions, four activities and a Mindful moment script, which can be done within 5 minutes. The story is online, and the activities require a range of everyday objects and essential classroom resources.