Mindfulness 1 M - Semester 1

Grade 1 Mindfulness -

AWARENESS: To Build The Foundational Mindfulness Skills Of Self-knowledge And Self-perception.

ATTENTION: To Develop An Understanding Of Attention And Develop The Skills Of Attention And Focus.

SAVOURING: To Foster Self-awareness And Social-awareness By Learning To Savour Experiences

MOVEMENT: To Build Self-awareness And Mindful Attention Through Movement.

RECOGNISING: To Develop The Ability To Recognise Emotions And Understand Their Transient Nature; Thereby Building Emotional Intelligence.

MANAGING EMOTIONS: To Continue To Build Emotional Intelligence By Developing Emotion Regulation Skills.

GRATITUDE: To Develop An Understanding Of What It Means To Be Grateful And To Foster Gratitude Personally And Through The Community.

OPTIMISM: To Develop An Understanding Of The Benefits Of, And The Ability To Cultivate An Optimistic Outlook.

STRENGTHS: To Identify And Grow Personal Strengths, And To Recognise And Appreciate Individual Differences And Strengths In Others.

GROWTH MINDSET: To Develop Growth Mindsets And The Ability To Identify And Change Fixed Mindsets.

SETTING GOALS: To Develop The Skills to Set and Achieve Goals

RESILIENCE: To develop the ability to bounce back from setbacks and learn from mistakes.

SELF COMPASSION: To foster self compassion and to develop skills to manage difficult thoughts, emotions or experiences.

POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS: To develop listening skills to promote pro-social behaviour and build positive relationships.

EMPATHY: To cultivate empathy and develop pro-social values that underpin positive relationships.

ACTS OF KINDNESS: To understand and experience the benefits of kindness personally and with others.

SENSES: To foster social and self awareness by increasing sensory awareness.

SELF KNOWLEDGE: To develop an understanding and behaviour of what it means to know one's self.

SELF WORTH: To learn and develop the skills to know which aspects of yourself you want to change and the aspects of yourself you can not change.

SELF ACCEPTANCE: To understand that accepting yourself without changing anything is important for your self worth.

SELF ASSERTIVENESS: To understand that self assertiveness includes self respect and respect for others.

SELF AWARENESS: To develop the important skills in emotional intelligence that underpin the ability to be emotionally aware.

MANAGING FEELINGS: To be able to perceive feelings correctly, both in yourself and in others.

COMMUNICATING MINDFULLY: To develop communication skills to promote pro-social behaviour and build positive relationships.

COMMUNICATING MINDFULLY: To develop the skills of communicating effectively in order to interact appropriately with peers.

EMOTIONAL CONTROL: To identify emotional control/impulse control.

VALUES: To develop an understanding of how values are attitudes that act as a driving force in your behaviour, to yourself and others.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS: To understand that beliefs and thinking patterns forms an important part of your ability to have control of your inner functioning and emotions.

HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS: To be able to learn how to make mistakes and to take responsibilities for your choices and actions.

HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS: To learn and develop decision making skills through mindful awareness of personal values.

VULNERABILITY: To understand the term vulnerability and to identify it as the emotion arises.

BRAVERY: To understand that bravery and courage go hand in hand.

BEING FIREPROOF: To understand that being vulnerable leads to being brave which proves your "fireproofness".

DEALING WITH ANXIETY: Anxiety and panic attacks

INTERNET SAFETY: How to manage the internet safely