My Happy Mind Ambassador Mrs Greedy
As a whole school programme grounded in science and dedicated to building positive mental wellbeing, myHappymind helps children understand how their brains work and creates a culture that helps to build children's resilience, confidence, and self-esteem. myHappymind also teaches the children how to self-regulate and manage their emotions in stressful times, allowing them to be their very best selves!
Children will have weekly lessons for myHappymind - where they will have the opportunity to think carefully about their thoughts and experiences, and have time to journal.
During the Autumn Term, the children learnt about what happens to our brains when we feel stressed, angry or overwhelmed. We found out about how the pre-frontal cortex and the hippocampus go to sleep, and only our amygdala is functioning. (Yes, even our Year 1s learnt this vocabulary!) This is why we can't think or react rationally when we are in this state and why we are often told to "take some deep breaths". My Happy Mind teaches some specific ways of regulating our brains and allowing the different parts to work together again. These are called Happy Breathing.