![]() Addressing emotional developmental needs through Thrive builds resilience and resourcefulness, decreases the risk of mental illness and helps those children at risk of underachieving to re-engage with learning. Just as early identification of reading difficulties can enable children to make better progress and engage with learning, so will early identification of emotional needs. This enables us to make early identification of emotional developmental needs in children and put appropriate provision in place. In addition to Mindup the school also uses the Thrive approach. In order to understand their minds and behaviour the children are taught about the brain, particularly 3 parts of the brain: Enhance a child’s ability for success in learning and life.Help children form positive relationships and act with kindness and compassion.Teach children the skills and knowledge to regulate their stress and emotions.The Mindup curriculum is based on scientific and educational research and aims to: In order to develop positive emotional and social well-being for all our children the school has introduced the Mindup curriculum. If we can’t understand and control our emotions we can’t control our behaviour or access learning. If we are unhappy or worried we will struggle to build and maintain relationships, learn or cope with problems. Good mental health is crucial to good learning and life outcomes. It will also allow them to have the concentration and focus to learn, and the resilience to overcome problems. We know that secure social and emotional well-being will allow children to find happiness and develop positive relationships. I look forward to sharing more ideas and resources in my next post.Gascoigne School is committed to the development of children’s social and emotional well-being. If you have feedback or questions about any of these topics, please either comment here or contact me directly at. If you’re reading the Mindfulness book and working on the 8-week plan, I’d also like to hear about your experience. Please let me know if you try the meditation above and what you think of it. If you are a teacher or a parent, or work with children, you may be interested in learning more about this curriculum and how it can help children improve their SEL skills. The book I referred to above can also be purchased on the site here: or on. Many resources will provide you with more information. To learn more about this important work, go to The Hawn Foundation here. This method continues throughout the curriculum. They find out about the importance of mindful awareness through lesson activities that help them understand the purpose, connect to learning, and experience more application that helps them to extend the lesson. Students learn how to use the concept of what is mindful and unmindful to understand their own thoughts and take appropriate actions. Other curriculum guides are available for Grades Pre-K – 2 and for Grades 3 – 5. In the book, “The MindUp Curriculum: Brain-Focused Strategies for Learning – and Living (Grades 6 – 8), one of the lessons has to do with mindful awareness. In her work through The Hawn Foundation, Goldie Hawn (yes, the famous actor and celebrity) has collaborated with Scholastic to offer the MindUP curriculum for children. Mindfulness takes us back to social and emotional learning, or SEL. What about Social and Emotional Learning? Here’s a link so you can experience it, too: It’s a great start and end to my day, and helps me stay focused on the present. I want to share with you a wonderful meditation from the program that I’m doing twice each day, the Mindfulness of the Body and Breath meditation. I want to spend more time with the week one content and really incorporate it into my everyday experience. I’m repeating the first week in the 8-week program because I lost my momentum during the July 4 th holiday weekend. ![]() Hello from guest blogger, Lisa Robinson! This week is my second one in the program presented in “Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World” by Mark Williams and Danny Penman.
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