Author: Alice Peel
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Updated Grow Your Mind Scope and Sequence
A clearer map: what we cover (and what we don’t) To make planning easier, we’ve created two new documents that clearly outline which parts of the curriculum Grow Your Mind covers and what we don’t. You’ll now find: These updated Scope & Sequence documents take the guesswork out of planning. Instead of piecing things together…
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Grab 5 Minutes of Wellbeing – Updated
We are excited to share our updated Grab 5 Minutes of Wellbeing resources, the first step in a larger reorganisation of Grow Your Mind content to make everything simpler and easier to navigate. We know whole school wellbeing is not achieved through standalone Units of Work. It grows from consistent daily habits, shared language and…
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Grow Your Mind: In Defence of Mental Health Lessons (Done Well)
A recent Guardian article suggesting we stop teaching mental health lessons in schools certainly hit a nerve. It is not the first time someone has asked if wellbeing programs belong in the curriculum, and it will not be the last. The article written by Lucy Foulkes, titled Mental-health lessons in schools, sounds like a great…
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Grow Your Mind is great… If you actually use it
Term 3 is here. You want to make the most of your Grow Your Mind subscription… but so far, it hasn’t quite happened. You know social and emotional wellbeing matters. You know the platform is packed with ready-to-go lessons and activities. And yet, there’s always something in the way. Thanks to our free weekly check-in…
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The Good Enough Book
Let’s say you are a hiker. You love trekking through the wilderness. You enjoy the sky, the time to think, and the fresh air. You aren’t as mad about the storm approaching, you know, the one that looks a little menacing as it appears to be engulfing all of the trees in its creeping white…
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4 ways to build resilience in your child (that aren’t annoying)
So you are after 4 quick ways to help your kid be resilient. Here we go: Number 1 If your kid is crying, launch into a TED talk about the fact that injustices occur everywhere. Number 2: Tell them to toughen up followed by the equally unhelpful: onwards and upwards Number 3: Regardless of the…
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One place for change is schools
Right now in Australia, one woman is killed every week by her partner or ex. I am a primary school teacher and one of the co-founders of a mental health social venture, called Grow Your Mind…
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No sandwich left behind
No teacher should have a half eaten lunch. There are only 2 suitable reasons for not being able to finish your sandwich: All other examples: playground drama, friendship fight and/or kids being mean to each other are NOT suitable reasons for a half eaten sandwich and only 3 nibbles of your apple. And yet, sadly…
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Our achilles heel has become our superpower
For 7 years we have been on a content writing mission. We have prided ourselves on creating innovative, playful and research informed lessons and learning activities for you to use with your students. This has included but not limited to: You name it, we have been busy creating and writing it. Our aim has always…
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Mental fitness must start in primary school
My Sifiting Sooty (Reticular Activating System) picked up two fantastic pieces of news this week: In Wootten’s words: “That means if we work hard during childhood to build skills and strategies and ensure kids are feeling supported, connected and safe, we could see eight times fewer people experiencing mental illness later in life.” Let that…
