Today, all of our GROW teams attended a seminar by Louise from Do Be Mindful, who had travelled all the way from Scotland to speak to our schools. This was in fact Louise's first trip to England in order to share the inspiring work that they do with adults and children around Scotland. Mindfulness is the practise of "paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgementally" (Jon Kabat-Zinn) and has been proved to help adults and children to manage stress, to enjoy better relationships,and to improve performance and health and wellbeing. For our professional development, all of our staff will be completing a course run by Do Be Mindful over the next five weeks to enhance our own skills and wellbeing.