NOTE: Our $20 Lesson Plans are a brief ‘few page’ lesson outlines for teachers and students to facilitate. Our $50 E-lessons, on the other hand. are 15-20 page interactive and extended lesson/ subject plans that students can engage with on their own
Do you get the feeling more and more that the
mental health
of yourself and the planet is hanging by a
thread?
Keeping up with this world can be down right
exhausting.
So many people are suffering from
anxiety
& depression
Practicing
mindfulness activities
has been shown to help manage life’s challenges
AND
to help us to
come home to ourselves.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported that:
NOTE: Our $20 Lesson Plans are a brief ‘few page’ lesson outlines for teachers and students to facilitate. Our $50 E-lessons, on the other hand. are 15-20 page interactive and extended lesson/ subject plans that students can engage with on their own.
Lesson Plan contents:
Brief 4 page Lesson Plan
Mindfulness theory and video
Sit Spot main activity and lead in activities
Main activity brief and debrief idea’s
Desired outcome, success criteria and resources required
Mindful Reflection Sheet
Teachers/ Parents Guide with further information
CURRICULUM LINKS AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Mindfulness through nature is an insightful teaching resource in a range of general curriculum areas including:
Environmental Science
Outdoor Education
Australian History
Arts and Media
This e-lesson does tie into many relevant study areas, units of study and/or Key Knowledge areas in many curriculums. It ties into the sustainability cross-curriculum priority in the Australian Curriculum. More specifically, the years 7-10 Band descriptions of:
Students learn to critically analyse and apply health and physical activity information to devise and implement personalised plans for maintaining healthy and active habits. They also experience different roles that contribute to successful participation in physical activity and propose strategies to support the development of preventive health practices that build and optimise community health and wellbeing.
Personal, Social and Community Health Content Descriptors: Being healthy, safe and active
Investigate and select strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing.
The topics covered in this guide also covers the ‘Focus areas’ to be addressed in Years 9 and 10 including:
• health benefits of physical activity (HBPA)
• mental health and wellbeing (MH)
State Curriculum example – the Victorian Curriculum:
The Victorian Curriculum P-10 has the following ‘focus area’:
Challenge and adventure activities addresses how individuals participate in a variety of physical activities designed to challenge them physiologically, behaviourally, and socially in diverse contexts and environments.
Challenge and adventure activities include initiative games, movement challenges (as individuals and in teams or groups), recreational activities in natural and outdoor settings and navigational challenges.
With access to specialised facilities and equipment and relevant teacher expertise, these activities can also include bushwalking, camping/ bushcraft, initiatives, biathlon and triathlon, martial arts, rock climbing, canoeing and kayaking, mountain biking, BMX, road and track cycling, surfing, skiing, and swimming for performance.
The nature connection content, material and films also fit well into the following Key Knowledge:
Unit 1, Outcome 1 • the range of differing personal responses to outdoor environments, such as fear, appreciation, awe and contemplation
Unit 1, Outcome 1 • a variety of ways in which people know, experience, and respond to outdoor environments: – as a resource, for recreation and adventure, spiritual connection and as a study site – through experiential knowledge, environmental history, and ecological, social and economic perspectives.
SIT SPOTS
SIT SPOTS
