Exciting and new age Home Schooling E-Lessons and Activities that
help inspire todays youth
to enjoy learning and education!
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What is
Mindfulness?
Simply put, mindfulness is living in the now, or in the present.
When we are mindful, we become aware and conscious of things around us and within us.
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What are
Nature Sit Spots?
Taking regular time out in nature at a chosen spot to
Simply be.
Raising our awareness.
Why do we need Mindfulness?
Ever feel like you are swimming against the current?
Like the goalposts are constantly changing?
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
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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:
This is the reason we developed this E-lesson!
Use the power of
SIT SPOTS
to help develop and raise mindfulness
of our students and children.
Watch the video below for a quick rundown of what the E-Lesson contains:
The University of Essex stated in a study that:
‘Just five minutes’
“green exercise”
can produce rapid improvements in mental wellbeing, self-esteem and mindfulness with the greatest benefits experienced by the young’
E-Lesson Contents:
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Extended 13 page colour interactive E-Lesson with theory and discussions
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Mindfulness theory
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Why does nature make us feel better video
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Complete Sit Spot activity including:
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Lead in theory
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Greater depth explanations and video
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Suggested framework, boundaries and lead in activities
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Activity extension idea’s and extended debrief
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Desired outcomes, success criteria and resources required
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Mindful Reflection Sheet (with links to other reflection resources)
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Relevant quotes and statistics
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Reflective poem
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Teachers/ Parents Guide with further information
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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.
There are many links to Units 1-4 of Outdoor & Environment Studies (especially Unit 3&4). The following link is the 2018-2022 VCE OES Study Design. https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/outdoor/2018OutdoorEnviroStdsSD.pdf
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.
