Let’s Help Teachers Thrive: Everyday Tools for Mental Wellbeing
As schools break up for the summer, many teachers are finally catching their breath, stepping back from the whirlwind of lessons, planning, and pastoral care. This pause can be a chance to rest, but also to reflect: How am I really doing? According to the Teacher Wellbeing Index 2024, 78% of school staff reported symptoms […]
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From Transition to Culture Change: Embedding Wellbeing Across the University Journey
At Mindapples, we believe that looking after your mind should be as natural as brushing your teeth. Since 2008, we’ve supported people to build the knowledge, skills, and habits that support mental wellbeing. With over a decade of experience working with universities, we’ve co-produced resources with students and staff to meet the real challenges of […]
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Year 10 prepare to launch Mindapples to the whole school
Earlier this year Mrs Donna Hughes (Assistant Principal Personal Development) at Ormiston South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy (SWB) attended the Mindapples’ champions course for schools. Ormiston SWB is a large secondary school with over 1100 pupils in Bilston, Wolverhampton. We caught up with Mrs Hughes to find out what she thought about the course and […]
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Mindapple-a-day: Write lists
List writing is a very popular thing that people say they do partly for their wellbeing but also for productivity. It’s good to have a list of all the things you need to do, things that you don’t want to forget, to be organised – it can help to feel more in control of things. But also, […]
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Mindapple-a-day: Complete silence
It’s harder than you’d think to get total silence, there’s always a lot of background burble going on, whether it’s the noises of devices, people or even the sounds of nature. There’s lots of things going on that pull our attention away. The advantage of complete silence is that it allows you to completely focus […]
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