My Happy Mind
Grounded in positive psychology and neuroscience, myHappymind is a whole school approach that aims to develop resilient, confident, independent children and enables them to understand how to keep mentally healthy.
It helps children to:
- Feel happier
- Know what to do when they feel worried or stressed
- Improve their focus and learn more
- Achieve more of the goals that they set for themselves
- Develop better relationships with friends and families
- Feel great about who they are and have positive self esteem
The myHappymind resources for parents can be accessed online or via their free app. These resources will support parents to further embed the learning and ensure that they are able to engage in these topics with their child. https://myhappymind.org/parent-resources
What is My Happy Mind?
My Happy Mind is an award winning, NHS backed, whole school and nursery curriculum. It teaches children preventative habits that support positive mental health, resilience and self-esteem.
How is My Happy Mind delivered?
My Happy Mind is taught across the year in 5 modules. Each module introduces a new set of content and habits to help support children’s mental wellbeing.
- Meet Your Brain. This Module helps children to understand how their brain works and how to look after it when they are feeling sad, scared or worried. They will learn all about Neuroplasticity. In this module they meet Team H-A-P and Berty and Betty.
- Celebrate. This Module is all focussed on building children’s self-esteem. Children will learn about 5 Character Strengths that make them unique and special and will spot these in themselves and others. In this module they meet Charlie.
- Appreciate. This Module is all about children showing gratitude and how this can make us feel amazing! In this module they meet Arabella.
- Relate. This Module supports children with friendships and teaches them how to be a good friend. They will learn the key skills of Active Listening and how to see things from a different perspective. I this module they meet Rose.
- Engage. This Module is all focused on children setting Big Dream Goals. They will learn the 3 steps of how to set a goal and how this will support their happiness and achievements. This module builds the skills of perseverance. In this module they meet Ernie.
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 the impact of My Happy Mind?
Read about the impact of myHappymind here:
