Healthier Hearts and Lighter Minds

Healthier Hearts and Lighter Minds aims to build social and emotional literacy in primary schools for students, teachers and families.

Healthier Hearts and Lighter Minds is a social and emotional learning program offering a proactive approach to recognising and expressing emotions. Students learn emotional resilience and regulation and build empathy for themselves and others. The program also includes training for teachers and parents around building emotional literacy to support the students they care for.

Intended outcomes

  • Greater emotional regulation skills

  • Improved emotional intelligence

  • Better peer relationships

  • Improved behaviour

  • Reduced bullying and harassment

  • Improved educational outcomes

  • Improved mental health

  • Lower likelihood of suicide

Program details

Target audience

  • Students - lower primary

  • Teachers - lower primary

  • Teachers - upper primary

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

  • LGBTIQA+

  • Asylum seekers and refugees

  • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

  • Students with disability

  • Neurodivergent students

Program Provider

  • Mindfull Aus Ltd

3 x Trained facilitators per program.

Delivery Mode

  • Face to Face

  • Phase 1 - 120 minute session with brain breaks and pattern disrupts.

  • Phase 2 - 45 minute session

  • Phase 3 - 90 minute session

Implementation Considerations

  • Target population:  Primary school children between Prep and Grade 6.

  • Program adaptability: The program enables slight modification to meet specific outcomes or needs of the school, including incorporating a behaviour management plan, emotional resources or the like.

  • Staffing: Schools are not required to backfill for teaching staff during program implementation.

  • Training requirements: There are no pre-learning requirements for schools prior to program implementation.

  • Factors to consider: The program requires a space for 40 students to comfortably participate and move around. Where possible, schools require a whiteboard to help display information used in the program. A group size of no less than 10 participants is recommended to provide a sense of comfort for students and enable group activities. Mindfull Australia coordinators support schools to follow up post program with feedback, questions or further implementation options. Additional resources/materials may incur further costs dependent on what is required e.g. Youth Mental Health First Aid.

  • Australian context: This program has been developed and applied in Australia.

Packages available on the MH Menu

Detailed Packages

Foundational Healthier Hearts & Lighter Minds Program.

This includes: 

  • A Phase 1 session (2 x 2 hour sessions, equivalent to 80 students and 1 day delivery) 

  • A Phase 2 session (1x 1 hour session, equivalent to 80 students)

  • Phase 1 and 2 session logistics, transport, materials and resources

  • 12 months of lesson plans (40 hours' worth)

Integrated Healthier Hearts & Lighter Minds Program. This builds on the foundational program to also include:

  • A Parent Workshop (2 hours) 

  • A Teacher Professional Development Workshop (2 hours)

Holistic Healthier Hearts & Lighter Minds Program. This builds on the integrated program to also include:

  • A Phase 3 session (3 x 1.5 hour sessions, equivalent of 120 students and 1 day delivery)

  • Youth Mental Health Accreditation Training session (5 hours)

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