
It features information and resources for parents/carers and families that can be accessed from any device and printed. We have just launched our MindUP for Families page on our website.
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In light of the planned school closure, please click here to access some free MindUP resources.

FURTHER INFORMATION For further details about the MindUP programme, including research findings, the curriculum overview and case studies, visit OUR SHARED VISION MindUP is central to our strategic vision, it supports us to create a whole-school culture of gratitude, optimism, happiness and respect within which we can all grow and flourish. The interactive teaching and learning approaches, complemented by whole-school mindful practices, help create an exciting learning environment within which children can thrive academically, socially and emotionally. MindUP improves wellbeing through Neuroscience, Mindful Awareness, Positive Psychology & Social Emotional Learning Who We Are The Goldie Hawn Foundation. This core mindful breathing exercise which takes place three times a day, enables pupils and staff to calm their minds, focus and get ready to learn. The MindUP lessons are complemented by the ‘Brain Break’. The 15-lesson curriculum includes practices developed to help children improve their focus, manage their emotions and face challenges with resilience, kindness and compassion.

THE CURRICULUM The unique evidence-based framework provides knowledge and understanding of neuroscience, mindful awareness, positive psychology and mindful practices to affect positive change within the classroom and beyond. Co-founder of the MAP Mindful Awareness Project. Thrive and Mindup follow the same brain science and the same recognition that positive relationships and connections are crucial to our brain development and well-being.SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING THROUGH MINDUP At Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi we are proud to be part of the growing network of MindUP schools who promote the mental health and emotional wellbeing of our whole school community. Director of the MindUP Meditation Center, mindfulness practitioner and researcher. 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:

The Mindup curriculum is based on scientific and educational research and aims to: Featuring Goldie Hawn, Academy Award-winning actress, producer, author, child advocate and philanthropist. Hawn spoke about her ground-breaking MindUP. In order to develop positive emotional and social well-being for all our children the school has introduced the Mindup curriculum. Featuring Goldie Hawn, Academy Award-winning actress, producer, author, child advocate and philanthropist. 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. Mindfulness is a quality that every human being already possesses, it’s not something you have to conjure up, you just have to learn how. Taking positive actions helps students think and feel more positively about themselves and the world. MindUP encourages mindful action in the world. Three-minute brain breaks three times a day (and before tests) can help students calm themselves and focus. It will also allow them to have the concentration and focus to learn, and the resilience to overcome problems. Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. MindUP teaches children to take brain breaks. We know that secure social and emotional well-being will allow children to find happiness and develop positive relationships. Gascoigne School is committed to the development of children’s social and emotional well-being.
