Schools Tree Day - The Nature of Mindfulness - 2 minutes

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 & 8 Health and Physical Education:

• Plan and use health practices, behaviours and resources to enhance the health, safety and wellbeing of their communities (ACPPS077)
• Plan and implement strategies for connecting to natural and built environments to promote the health and wellbeing of their communities (ACPPS078)

Year 9 & 10 Health and Physical Education:

• Plan and evaluate new and creative interventions that promote their own and others’ connection to community and natural and built environments (ACPPS097)

Syllabus Outcomes: PDHPE4.6, PDHPE4.7, PDHPE4.8, PDHPE4.9, PDHPE4.14, PDHPE5.9, PDHPE5.14.

Time required: 2 minutes for each activity – these activities have been designed to ‘punctuate’ the day. You can use them before class, during class or at the end of your class.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead students in mindfulness activities.

• Nature of Mindfulness Guided Meditation 1, Calm music (if desired) such as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Saint-Saens’ Aquarium, Ken Davis’ Early Morning in the Rain Forest, etc.

Following this lesson is an ideal way for students to participate in Planet Ark’s Schools Tree Day – the largest nature-care event in Australian schools. You and your students will join thousands of amazing teachers in making a difference, fostering a child’s love of nature and creating positive environmental change. So, get growing! It only takes a minute to register for Schools Tree Day.