Mindful Classroom

Mindful Classroom — A Complete Wellbeing Program for Years 1–6
Years 1 – 6  ·  Australian Curriculum Aligned

Mindful Classroom

Our Mindful Classroom is a complete year-long wellness journey program for Years 1–6. Lessons are designed specifically for each year group, helping students understand stress, anxiety, big feelings, and how their brains work when they face a challenge. Students learn ways to find calm and feel safe even under pressure — and how to help others. Try it out today with 10 free lessons.

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Brain-Based Learning

Age-appropriate neuroscience helps students understand their own minds and emotional responses.

Practical Tools

Breathing, meditation, and mindfulness techniques students can use anywhere, anytime.

Curriculum Aligned

Designed to meet Australian Curriculum (ACARA) Health & Physical Education standards.

Builds Resilience

A sequential, year-on-year journey that grows capability and confidence from the inside out.

Full Curriculum

What students learn, year by year

Select a year below to explore the full lesson sequence and the mindfulness and meditation techniques students will practise throughout that year.

  1. What is calm?
  2. What is stress?
  3. Your body’s alarm system
  4. The relaxation response
  5. Meet your brain team
  6. Helping your watchdog settle down
  7. What are thoughts? What are emotions?
  8. Witnessing thoughts and feelings
  9. The pause between
  10. When your cup gets full
  11. Invisible backpack
  12. Invisible backpack part 2
  13. Worry ants
  14. Picture it then take one small step
  15. What is kindness?
  16. How kindness spreads
  17. Being kind to yourself
  18. What is gratitude?
  19. How to practise gratitude
  20. Really being with someone
  21. Noticing what’s beautiful
  22. What is happiness?
  23. How to be a good friend
  24. Finding good things right where you are
  25. Growing your happiness garden
  26. Your face and body talk
  27. Music, movement and play
  28. Building your happiness habits
  29. Being a happiness helper
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
  1. Why do we need to breathe?
  2. Breathing changes how we feel
  3. Using our breath on purpose
  4. Noticing and adjusting with our breath
  5. Why does my body feel that way?
  6. Meet your brain team
  7. Listen to your body
  8. Notice, name, check, breathe
  9. Feelings are not the enemy
  10. Let your feelings join you
  11. Look after your watchdog
  12. Your brain needs you
  13. What is a thought?
  14. Sticky thoughts
  15. Worry bugs
  16. Friend thoughts
  17. How to let thoughts float away like clouds
  18. Choosing your thoughts
  19. How thoughts help us do brave things
  20. A growing mind
  21. Music, movement and play
  22. The secret of silent music
  23. How energy moves through your body
  24. Building joy
  25. Sound vibrations
  26. Healing sounds in nature and music
  27. Moving meditation
  28. Sound healing — your voice
AAA breathing (anapana) Natural flow breath count (zen breath) 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
  1. Meet your brain team — stressed, calm and focused states
  2. How focus works in your brain
  3. What gets in the way of focus — and how to rebuild it
  4. Neuroplasticity
  5. What is attitude? What is perspective?
  6. How attitude shapes who you are
  7. How attitude affects what happens to you
  8. Training your brain with affirmations
  9. How the people around you shape your attitude
  10. Choosing where to put your attention
  11. How to actually change the way you think
  12. More strategies and putting it all together
  13. What is resilience?
  14. What is adaptability?
  15. Overcoming challenges
  16. How your brain changes when you practise
  17. The power of sleep and rest
  18. Eating for a strong mind
  19. Moving your body to strengthen your mind
  20. Putting it all together — your resilience toolkit
  21. What does it mean to be strong? Noticing my strengths
  22. Strengthening the prefrontal cortex
  23. Together we are stronger — listening, friendship, connection
  24. Grit and success
AAA breathing (anapana) Flower + bubble breathing Extended exhale Affirmations Expanding field of vision / owl eyes Breath of fire Ground to crown breathing Alternate nostril breathing Natural flow breath count (zen breath) Compassion / loving kindness Visualisation Relaxation response
  1. The stress response and the relaxation response
  2. Stress and calm
  3. The brain
  4. Interrupting the stress response
  5. Neurons, learning and calming the alarm brain
  6. Coaching your brain
  7. Thoughts, feelings and the witness
  8. What is happening in your body?
  9. How to be with big feelings
  10. Working with strong emotions
  11. Noticing emotional patterns
  12. Visualisation and emotional integration
  13. What is kindness?
  14. How kindness spreads
  15. Being kind to yourself
  16. What is gratitude?
  17. How to practise gratitude
  18. Grateful for the people around us
  19. Really being with someone
  20. Noticing what’s beautiful
  21. What is happiness? What makes people feel happy?
  22. How to cultivate positive connections with others
  23. How to like the situation we are in
  24. How to increase and stabilise happiness
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
  1. How breathing works and why it matters for meditation
  2. Different ways to breathe
  3. Deliberately using the breath
  4. Increasing adaptability and awareness
  5. What is stress?
  6. Anxiety in the body
  7. Notice and name
  8. Settle and use the energy
  9. Thinking clearly under pressure
  10. Stay in the zone
  11. Making friends with strong feelings
  12. Strong feelings and your success
  13. What is a thought?
  14. Thinking traps and automatic negative thoughts
  15. Challenging thoughts and realistic thinking
  16. Observing thoughts without getting caught up
  17. Choosing your thoughts and building new neural pathways
  18. Mindful decision making and taking wise action
  19. Mindset and success — how your thoughts shape your achievements
  20. Putting it all together — your mental mastery toolkit
  21. Music, dancing and play — what happens in the brain
  22. How to silently trigger a shift in mood
  23. How energy moves through the body
  24. How to increase joy and stabilise happiness
AAA breathing Flower + bubble breathing Natural flow breath count (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
  1. What is focus and how to train it
  2. The brain’s team
  3. Focus under pressure
  4. Building a healthy brain
  5. What is attitude? What is perspective?
  6. How attitude affects what happens to you
  7. How the people around you shape your attitude
  8. Training your attitude
  9. The chemistry of positive states
  10. Practical tools for deliberately building positive states
  11. Grit and goal-setting
  12. Your inner resources and daily practice
  13. What is resilience?
  14. What is adaptability?
  15. Overcoming adversity — how challenges forge character
  16. Neuroplasticity — how to deliberately change your brain
  17. Sleep and rest — the foundation of peak performance
  18. Eating for peak performance — nutrition as brain fuel
  19. Movement as medicine — how physical activity builds mental strength
  20. Putting it all together — your complete resilience system
  21. What does it mean to be strong? Noticing my strengths
  22. Strengthening the prefrontal cortex and setting goals
  23. Together we are stronger — listening, friendship, connection
  24. Grit and success — noticing and celebrating incremental change
Natural flow breath count (zen breath) Extended exhale Expanding field of vision Visualisation Relaxation response 5-step chemical release meditation Guided visualisation + goal setting Compassion / loving kindness

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