The Smiling Mind Primary School Program is co-designed with psychologists and educators. It builds social and emotional learning and mental fitness across the whole school community. Featuring over 120 ready-to-use lessons and interactive activities, mapped to the Australian Curriculum.
Below are free to access resources to support yourself, your team and students.
This resource provides simple, student-friendly strategies to help children recognise and regulate their emotions. Use it as a quick classroom prompt or a visual reminder to support calm, confident and emotionally aware learners.
After lunch or recess, students often come back feeling energetic or unsettled. These short mindfulness activities are a simple way to help your class regroup, refocus, and transition smoothly into learning. Use them after breaks or at the end of the day to support calm, grounded classrooms and help students reset for what’s next.
This activity helps students recognise and celebrate their own strengths and the strengths they see in others. Using the Strengths Cards and Strengths Poster, students share positive observations with classmates, building confidence, connection, and a supportive classroom culture.
Teaching can be stressful, and simple breathing techniques can help you reset and feel grounded. This quick practise can calm your body and mind anytime—at your desk, in between classes and on the move. Use it whenever you need to pause, manage stress and refocus.
After a full school day, it can be hard to switch out of “teacher mode” and truly unwind. Taking a moment to reset is important for your wellbeing, helping you release stress and restore your energy. This short post-work meditation offers a simple way to let go of the day and ease into a calmer headspace whenever you need it.
The Smiling Mind Primary School Program offers a range of lessons, meditations and activities for your school to deliver SEL and improve student and teacher wellbeing.
Curriculum-aligned resources: 120 ready-to-use lessons (20 SEL topics per year level 1-6), interactive activities, classroom-friendly meditations and brain breaks for F-2, mapped to the Australian Curriculum’s Health and Physical Education learning area.
Proven impact and results: Smiling Mind has supported more than 1,700 Australian schools, with independent research by ACER (2023) showing improved teacher wellbeing and more engaged and emotionally resilient students.
Professional development: Teacher support and training to foster staff and student wellbeing, including mental fitness foundations, anxiety and stress management, trauma-informed professional development and ADHD awareness.
Whole-school & community engagement: Tools to involve parents and carers, with printable resources that easily extend to homes, including seamless integration with the free Smiling Mind App.
