Years 1–6 · Australian Curriculum Aligned
A complete wellbeing program for the mindful classroom
Our year-long program delivers engaging video lessons designed for the digital blackboard — press play and the lesson runs itself. Teachers can learn alongside their students, take a quiet moment, or step away to handle something urgent. Students build a real understanding of stress, big feelings, and how their brains work, and gain practical tools for calm, focus, and resilience — year after year.
6
Year levels,
each fully sequenced
each fully sequenced
32
Lessons per year,
across all year levels
across all year levels
ACARA
Curriculum aligned
HPE learning area
HPE learning area
10+
Mindfulness techniques
per year level
per year level
Why Mindful Classroom
Wellbeing skills that stick
In the same way children learn to read and write, they can learn to understand their minds. Mindful Classroom builds that capability steadily, from Year 1 through to Year 6.
Brain-Based Learning
Age-appropriate neuroscience — Wise Owl, Watchdog, flipping your lid — helps students understand their own minds and emotional responses.
Practical Tools for Life
Breathing, meditation, and mindfulness techniques students can use anywhere, any time — in the classroom, at home, or on the oval.
Curriculum Aligned
Designed to meet Australian Curriculum (ACARA) Health and Physical Education standards across all primary year levels.
Builds Resilience Year on Year
A sequential journey that grows capability and confidence from the inside out, with each year building on the last.
Ready-to-Deliver Video Lessons
Engaging video lessons mean any teacher can deliver high-quality mindfulness sessions — no prior training required.
Whole-School Approach
A shared language and consistent practice across every classroom creates a calmer, more connected school culture.
“Our students have genuine tools now — not just something they do for five minutes on a Friday. You can see it in how they handle conflict, how they settle themselves, how they talk about their feelings.”— Primary School Teacher, WA
The Full Curriculum
What students learn, year by year
Select a year level to explore the lesson sequence — a complete wellbeing journey built specifically for each year group.
Year 1 — Finding, Noticing and Building Who We Are
- What is calm?
- What is stress?
- Your body’s alarm system
- What your body does and why
- The relaxation response
- Meet your brain team
- Helping your watchdog settle down
- Owl eyes
- What are thoughts? What are emotions?
- Witnessing thoughts and feelings
- The pause between
- When your cup gets full
- Invisible backpack
- Invisible backpack part 2
- Worry ants
- Picture it then take one small step
- What is kindness?
- How kindness spreads
- Being kind to yourself
- What is gratitude?
- How to practise gratitude
- How to practise gratitude (continued)
- Really being with someone
- Noticing what’s beautiful
- What is happiness?
- How to be a good friend
- Finding good things right where you are
- Growing your happiness garden
- Your face and body talk
- Music, movement and play
- Building your happiness habits
- Being a happiness helper
Mindfulness & Meditation Techniques
Flower + bubble breathing
Owl eyes
Noticing & shifting thoughts
River witness
Name it to tame it
Moving energy
Visualisation
Friendly thoughts
Compassion / loving kindness
Gratitude practice
Expanding field of vision
Relaxation response
Year 2 — What Changes Me?
- Why do we need to breathe?
- Breathing changes how we feel
- Breathing and your brain
- Using your breath on purpose
- Noticing and adjusting with our breath
- Natural flow breath count
- Switching sides breathing
- Flower + bubble breathing (consolidation)
- Why does my body feel that way?
- Meet your brain team
- Listen to your body
- Notice, name, check, breathe
- Feelings are not the enemy
- Let your feelings join you
- Look after your watchdog
- Your brain needs you
- What is a thought?
- Sticky thoughts
- Worry bugs
- Friend thoughts
- How to let thoughts float away like clouds
- Choosing your thoughts
- How thoughts help us do brave things
- A growing mind
- Music, movement and play
- The secret of silent music
- How energy moves through your body
- Building joy
- Sound vibrations
- Healing sounds in nature and music
- Moving meditation
- Sound healing — the power of your voice
Mindfulness & Meditation Techniques
AAA breathing (anapana)
Natural flow breath count
Flower + bubble breathing
Energy breath
Alternate nostril breathing
Notice and name
Curious observer
Friendly breathing
Mindful movement
Affirmations
Relaxation response
Ground to crown breathing
Moving meditation
Year 3 — Becoming More Powerful
- Meet your brain team — stressed, calm and focused states
- How focus works in your brain
- What gets in the way of focus — and how to rebuild it
- Neuroplasticity
- What is attitude? What is perspective?
- How attitude shapes who you are
- How attitude affects what happens to you
- Training your brain with affirmations
- What is attitude? What is perspective? (deeper)
- How attitude shapes who you are (continued)
- How attitude affects what happens to you (continued)
- Training your brain with affirmations (continued)
- How the people around you shape your attitude
- Choosing where to put your attention
- How to actually change the way you think
- More strategies and putting it all together
- What is resilience?
- What is adaptability?
- Overcoming challenges
- How your brain changes when you practise
- The power of sleep and rest
- Eating for a strong mind
- Moving your body to strengthen your mind
- Putting it all together — your resilience toolkit
- What does it mean to be strong? Noticing my strengths
- Strengthening the prefrontal cortex
- Together we are stronger — listening, friendship, connection
- Grit and success
- What is happiness? What makes people feel happy?
- How to cultivate positive connections with others
- How to like the situation we are in
- How to increase and stabilise happiness
Mindfulness & Meditation Techniques
AAA breathing (anapana)
Flower + bubble breathing
Extended exhale
NFBC (natural flow breath count)
Affirmations
Expanding field of vision / owl eyes
Breath of fire
Ground to crown breathing
Alternate nostril breathing
Compassion / loving kindness
Visualisation
Relaxation response
Year 4 — More Confident, More Capable
- The stress response and the relaxation response
- Stress and calm
- The brain
- Interrupting the stress response
- How your brain learns — neurons, pop/buzz/zap
- Pop, buzz, zap — coaching your neurons
- Your inner coach
- Coaching under pressure
- Thoughts, feelings and the witness
- What is happening in your body?
- How to be with big feelings
- Working with strong emotions
- Noticing emotional patterns
- Visualisation and emotional integration
- Making friends with strong feelings
- Strong feelings and your success
- What is kindness?
- How kindness spreads
- Being kind to yourself
- What is gratitude?
- How to practise gratitude
- Grateful for the people around us
- Really being with someone
- Noticing what’s beautiful
- What is happiness? What makes people feel happy?
- How to cultivate positive connections with others
- How to like the situation we are in
- How to increase and stabilise happiness
- What is happiness? What is a happy relationship?
- Noticing what’s beautiful
- Your face and body talk
- Noticing and celebrating incremental change
Mindfulness & Meditation Techniques
Flower + bubble breathing
Expanding field of vision
AAA breathing
5-4-3-2-1 grounding
Pyramid of bravery
Guided dopamine meditation
Visualisation
Compassion / loving kindness
Relaxation response
Expanding field of vision
Year 5 — Stimulating Transformation: Agents of Change
- How breathing works and why it matters for meditation
- Different ways to breathe
- Deliberately using the breath
- Increasing adaptability and awareness
- Extended exhale and breath of fire
- Natural flow breath count (zen breath)
- Alternate nostril breathing
- Putting breathwork together
- What is stress?
- Anxiety in the body
- Notice and name
- Settle and use the energy
- Thinking clearly under pressure
- Stay in the zone
- Making friends with strong feelings
- Strong feelings and your success
- What is a thought?
- Thinking traps and automatic negative thoughts
- Challenging thoughts and realistic thinking
- Observing thoughts without getting caught up
- Choosing your thoughts and building new neural pathways
- Mindful decision making and taking wise action
- Mindset and success — how your thoughts shape your achievements
- Putting it all together — your mental mastery toolkit
- Music, dancing and play — what happens in the brain
- How to silently trigger a shift in mood
- How energy moves through the body
- How to increase joy and stabilise happiness
- Sound vibrations and healing frequencies
- Moving meditation
- Sound healing — the power of your voice
- Putting it all together
Mindfulness & Meditation Techniques
AAA breathing
Flower + bubble breathing
NFBC (zen breath)
Breath of fire
Alternate nostril breathing
Extended exhale
Body scan
5-4-3-2-1 grounding
Name it to tame it
Pause and reset
Affirmations
Door of thought
Relaxation response
Mindful movement
Year 6 — Magnifying the Good: Self-Confidence
- What is focus and how to train it
- The brain’s team
- Focus under pressure
- Building a healthy brain
- What is attitude? What is perspective?
- How attitude affects what happens to you
- How the people around you shape your attitude
- Training your attitude
- What is attitude? What is perspective? (deeper)
- How attitude affects what happens to you (continued)
- How the people around you shape your attitude (continued)
- Training your attitude (continued)
- The chemistry of positive states
- Practical tools for deliberately building positive states
- Grit and goal-setting
- Your inner resources and daily practice
- What is resilience?
- What is adaptability?
- Overcoming adversity — how challenges forge character
- Neuroplasticity — how to deliberately change your brain
- Sleep and rest — the foundation of peak performance
- Eating for peak performance — nutrition as brain fuel
- Movement as medicine — how physical activity builds mental strength
- Putting it all together — your complete resilience system
- What does it mean to be strong? Noticing my strengths
- Strengthening the prefrontal cortex and setting goals
- Together we are stronger — listening, friendship, connection
- Grit and success — noticing and celebrating incremental change
- How to cultivate positive connections with others
- Noticing what’s beautiful
- How to increase and stabilise happiness
- Your complete wellbeing toolkit
Mindfulness & Meditation Techniques
NFBC (zen breath)
Extended exhale
Expanding field of vision
Visualisation
Relaxation response
5-step chemical release meditation
Guided visualisation + goal setting
Compassion / loving kindness
Proven Impact
What schools tell us
🎓 Student Wellbeing
Calmer
Students report feeling more able to settle themselves after mindfulness lessons
Focused
Teachers observe improved attention and readiness to learn
Resilient
Students develop real strategies for managing big feelings and setbacks
👩🏫 Teacher Experience
Effortless
Ready-to-deliver video lessons mean no extra preparation time for busy teachers
Confident
Ready-to-deliver video lessons mean any teacher can deliver high-quality mindfulness sessions with ease
Supported
In-person incursions and workshops available alongside the digital program
🏫 Whole-School Culture
Shared Language
Consistent vocabulary across all year levels creates a whole-school wellbeing culture
Sequential Growth
Each year level builds meaningfully on the one before — students grow, not just repeat
Community
Complements in-person incursions and workshops for a truly embedded approach
“The lessons give kids real language for what’s happening inside them — and that changes everything about how they show up in the classroom and at home.”— Primary School Teacher, WA
Transparent Pricing
Priced for every school
Program cost for 12 months, based on total student enrolment. Enquire about our 24-month pricing for additional savings.
Extra Small
Up to 80 students
$800
incl. GST · 12 months
Small
81–200 students
$1,500
incl. GST · 12 months
Most Common
Medium
201–500 students
$2,400
incl. GST · 12 months
Large
501–800 students
$4,200
incl. GST · 12 months
Extra Large
800+ students
$4,950
incl. GST · 12 months
Questions about pricing or 24-month options? Get in touch — we’re happy to help.
Start with 10 free lessons today
See the difference a few minutes of mindfulness can make for your students. No commitment — just 10 complete lessons, one for each year level, ready to deliver tomorrow.
Or get in touch with our team and we’ll help you find the right fit for your school, including incursions, workshops, and facilitator training.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions
Yes — we offer 10 free lessons, one per year level, so you can experience the program exactly as your students would. You can access them immediately at mindfulmeditationaustralia.org.au/free-lessons.
No prior experience is needed. Our video lessons are designed so that any teacher can deliver high-quality mindfulness sessions with confidence. We also offer facilitator training for schools who want to go deeper.
Yes. The program is designed to meet Australian Curriculum (ACARA) Health and Physical Education standards across all primary year levels (Years 1–6).
Absolutely. Mindful Classroom is designed to work as a standalone program or alongside other wellbeing and SEL programs already in use at your school. The structured, sequential lessons make it easy to slot into existing timetables.
We offer in-person school incursions, staff and student workshops, and facilitator training to complement the digital program. These can be arranged as one-off sessions or as part of a longer engagement. Contact us to discuss what’s right for your school.
Pricing is based on your school’s total student enrolment, with five tiers ranging from $800 for schools up to 80 students through to $4,950 for schools with more than 800 students (all incl. GST, 12-month access). We also offer 24-month pricing — get in touch to enquire.
Yes. In addition to the Mindful Classroom digital program, we deliver in-person mindfulness incursions directly to students. These can stand alone or work alongside the digital program for a richer, more embedded experience. Learn more about incursions.