At after school family club ‘Hide & Seek’ along with disco dancing, playing lego, piggy back rides and general spinning around till we might fall over have become mainstays on our Wednesday evenings together at school and we all go home feeling tired but like we’ve had the most wonderful time, because truly, we have!
Read MoreThis October a new collaboration bringing together Happy Confident Kids and Movement Foundations for a new and unique after-school course for families living with anxiety kicks off in South Gloucestershire.
These sessions are suitable for children (7-13 yrs) and their carers. All participants can engage on a level which promotes wellbeing and enjoyment. We believe that all can develop and progress in their own unique way; by feeling safe and comfortable in the experience; gaining deeper understanding of the benefits of mindful movement, play and nature connection.
Read MoreWarmley Park School champions communication for its students above all, seeing this as a pathway to not only development and education, but also identity and advocacy for life. Wellbeing and community is extremely important to their core values, which certainly aligns with Movement Foundations, and so working in the college with students aged 16-19 for the past 3 months has been a joy and a privilege.
Find out more about how Movement Foundations is working with Warmley Park School…
Read MoreThe Self Practice of Self Love, Self Care, Self Kindness, Self Compassion, Self Acceptance and Self Trust is too often superceded by the act of Self Loathing.
Read MoreOn the 1st October Movement Foundations School Program and Kate from Sow Fresh hosted a SOW AND GROW EVENT at Temple Street Canteen in Keynsham.
Families came out to the edible courtyard space behind the cafe that Kate established there, and we were shown by Kate how to Sow and Grow edible microgreens using the kits that her company Sow Fresh sell to inspire people to grow this incredibly diverse and nutritious food at home. They are super quick and super easy to grow, add lots of flavour and extra health benefits to our food at home.
Read MoreCreating new community is what Movement Foundations School Program is all about. Creating opportunities to move together, to experience our natural world together, and share in ways which nourish us all, any age, any back ground story. We need this. We need this now, more than ever. Heck, I need this!…
Read MoreMany people around the world have found themselves working from home much more often if not full time since 2020. This effects us all in different ways and you may not feel that you have the perfect set up to work effectively from home. There are many simple things that you can do to improve your wellbeing whilst home working – and indeed also if your back in an office environment more often - here's some of Emily's top tips.
Read MoreHuman movement is at an all-time low, and our children are currently facing both a movement and nature deficiency, spending more time inside and moving less than any other generation throughout human history.
Read MorePlantlife’s No Mow May campaign doesn’t ask you to do much. In fact, it asks you to not do anything at all…
Read MoreI'm sure many other working parents who have either been furloughed or entrepreneurs who have had to take a bit of break from developing their businesses have felt like me - in a bit of a slumber during this lockdown. I've noticed that many of my peers and collaborators have been quieter. Probably simply trying to survive it and also taking some time to slow down and quietly reflect on what is happening right now, where we've been and where we might all be going in the future. Can you relate?...
Read MoreSince March 2020 when our world changed, and school closed for the rest of that academic year, it got us thinking even more about what are some of the most important things our children should be learning from Pre-school and Primary age to start conversations, spark imaginations and well equip them with the resources, skills and mindset to meet the challenges of our world.
Read MoreKids know intuitively and instinctively what's good for them in terms of movement. It seems in today's modern times that there are so many appealing activities for children to do sitting still, and the growing culture (particularly in towns and cities) for children to play more at home rather than out independently with other children restricts children's natural movement opportunities and capabilities. In this recent 50 minute long podcast Emily Doe (Project Founder) talks to Nick Bloy from www.wellbeingrepublic.com about 'The Importance Of Getting Children Moving'…
Read MoreIf you like our resources and what we stand for at Movement Foundations School Program then we have created some simple home resources to Influence, Inspire and Educate whether you are homeschooling, unschooling or your children go out to mainstream school during term time.
Read MoreThis nursery school in inner city Bristol is taking a fresh (and natural) approach to creating a sensory environment for their children. This month The Wellbeing Award talks to headteacher Simon Holmes about how they came to be creating a rainforest inside the classrooms.
Read MoreExplore and Play (by Elena Noseda at Biophilia Project) is a free, mixed-age, all-weather, every season, child-led play session. The goal of Explore and Play is to offer the outdoor free play that previous generations had granted and that slowly has declined over the past thirty years. The session will start when the school day finishes and participants (Parents and Children together) create a positive, safe, unstructured space and time where children can simply do what they do best: play!
Read MoreLearn about The Wellbeing Award and how to submit an article…
The Wellbeing Award is an online Magazine which shares inspiring projects and practices for Health and Happiness. We welcome article submissions from any individual child, home ed group, community group or school in the UK. We are excited to hear about the efforts that you are making to positively effect the wellbeing of your community!
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