School Programmes
Kind Minds for Schools
Kind Minds for Schools is a whole-school programme designed to bring mindfulness and social-emotional learning (SEL) into the everyday culture of classrooms. Created for children aged 2-11, our preventative curriculum educates children, staff and parents/carers using 4 simple steps - Concentrate, Calm, Connect and Create.
Our Curriculum Structure
The Kind Minds Curriculum includes 4 key pillars of learning content. The content within these 4 pillars of learning increases in complexity as the children progress through their primary years.
Concentrate
Children develop the ability to train and direct their attention using creative and sensory mindfulness activities.
Calm
Children learn self-regulation tools including mindful breathing. They explore the interconnection between their brains, minds and emotions.
Connect
Children learn how to be a kind friend to themselves and others through mindfulness meditation and interactive social-emotional learning lessons.
Create
Children express themselves through creative mindfulness activities and learn to apply the mindfulness tools they have learnt into their everyday lives.
How is the curriculum delivered?
Each staff member receives a personalised login to our comprehensive online portal, providing you with unlimited access to our curriculum for a full year.
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For Children:
A universal curriculum of downloadable lessons plans/slides, resources and videos for early years (ages 2-5) and primary (ages 5-11).
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For Staff:
Professional development videos and audio recordings to support educators to develop their own mindfulness practice, alongside ensuring all staff feel confident to deliver our curriculum.
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For Parents/Carers:
Termly resource packs and workshop slides to enable a consistent partnership between home and school.
“I believe that all schools should have the Kind Minds Curriculum to support children with their wellbeing and emotions. ”
Nina Johnson
Principal, Zouch Academy
Kind Minds Partner School
Is Kind Minds right for my school?
To ensure that we see the best outcomes for children's mental health, we work with schools that are ready to timetable 20 minutes per week to deliver our curriculum (in both early years and primary). Our feedback from the Kind Minds Beta Test complements the wealth of existing research which demonstrates that mindfulness programmes are best implemented when incorporated within the ethos of the whole school (Hawkins 2017).
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Pastoral Lead, The Olive Primary School
Kind Minds is the best wellbeing curriculum I have come across. I have a simple structure to follow and we finally have emotional literacy resources, lessons and guidance that goes above and beyond the provisions within the national curriculum. Highly recommend to all school senior management teams.
Nina Johnson
Principal
Zouch Academy
The Kind Minds Curriculum is really embedded at Zouch. The children are used to their mindfulness time and activities at 1pm everyday throughout the school. I recently carried out a pupil voice on behaviour across the school, and almost all of the children talked about the strategies they have been taught which help them to self regulate if they are feeling upset or angry. This shows the impact of the consistency of teaching the children the Kind Minds Curriculum. I feel that every school should have the Kind Minds Curriculum to support their children's emotions.
Lizzie Stroud
Primary Teacher
Children's Yoga Teacher
I have been using the Kind Minds Curriculum with my class and it's amazing to see how the children have learnt to listen to their bodies to help them name their emotions. One of the boys said "Emotions are like bits of energy dancing around your body". This child has even shown his parents how to do mindful breathing as a tool to support him to unwind before bed.