myHappymind

We are proud to announce that we are a myHappymind Bronze Accredited school! This means that as a school we consider the mental health and wellbeing of our children as one of our top priorities. We have created a whole school culture that helps build our children's resilience, confidence and self esteem as well as teaching them how to self regulate in those stressful times. This Accreditation badge has been awarded thanks to all the effort our staff, children, governors and parents have put in to bring the lessons of myHappymind to life all around our school!

To Learn more about the myHappymind for Schools programme visit their website here -

https://myhappymind.org/

What is myHappymind?

myHappymind is a whole school programme that teaches our children to understand how their brain works to control their thoughts and feelings. It focusses on understanding neurodevelopment and neuroplasticity in a child friendly way.

It is an NHS-backed curriculum in primary schools, secondary schools, and nurseries and is focused on building resilience, self-esteem, and happiness in children. It uses wellbeing strategies firmly rooted in science, research, and the fields of neuroscience and positive psychology.

One of our favourite tools to make us feel happier and settled is happy breathing. Children are taught that when we feel scared or anxious the amygdala part of our brain takes over and stimulates our fight, flight or freeze reaction. The only way to turn this off is to bring as much oxygen as you can to your brain, so we breathe in and out slowly; this is happy breathing. Ask your child about happy breathing - they will be happy to show you!

The children work through 5 modules:

Module	Children Learn
1. Meet Your Brain	The different parts of our brain and how they help us. How to use Happy Breathing to help us when we feel sad, stressed or worried. What happens in our brain when we learn something new and how we can look after our brain.
2. Celebrate	What Character Strengths are and why they matter. How to recognise Character Strengths in ourselves. How understanding Character Strengths can make us feel.
3. Appreciate	How to develop an Attitude of Gratitude How to be grateful for others, experiences and ourselves. How giving and receiving gratitude makes us feel.
4. Relate	Why relating to others is so important. How Active Listening can help us to build relationships with other people. How to see things from a different perspective.
5. Engage	Why it is important to have goals that we are passionate about. How to set our own goals. That when we feel good, we do good.

Parents can also access the myHappymind app and get access to all kinds of tools, podcasts and mini masterclasses on a range of topics to help and support your family. Click the link below to help you to get started.

Get the parent app here: https://www.learn.myhappymind.org/Customer-Parents-Resources-Activation-Code

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