Using Intentional Stillness to Aid Sleep Primary
Students explore the connection between stillness, relaxation, and sleep quality. This lesson provides evidence-based strategies for using intentional stillness to improve sleep hygiene, helping students understand why good sleep is fundamental to mental health and how to create better pre-sleep routines.
Learning Outcomes
Outcome 1:
Understand the importance of sleep for mental and physical health
Outcome 2:
Identify common barriers to good sleep (screen use, stress, poor routines)
Outcome 3:
Apply intentional stillness techniques specifically designed to aid sleep onset
Outcome 4:
Design a personalised pre-sleep stillness routine
What's included
A quick look at the classroom-ready resources that come with this lesson.
Contributing Experts
People who helped produce this lesson.
Dr John Coleman
Dr John Coleman, OBE, is a world-renowned psychologist and leading authority on adolescent development, distinguished by a career spanning clinical practice, academic research, and government advisory. A former Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, he has authored numerous definitive texts on the teenage brain and youth health. In recognition of his international impact and lifelong service to young people, he was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II.
Amy Bradshaw
Amy Bradshaw is an strategic school leader with 20+ years experience. Multi Academy Trust Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead and teaching experience at every stage. Qualified Mindfulness practitioner for adults and children and Bounce Forward Associate Trainer. Amy is passionate about making mental health the golden thread that runs through the heart of school and communities.
About the Organisation
Bounce Forward is a registered charity on a mission to transform how we think about mental health, shifting the narrative from deficit and crisis to strength, prevention, and psychological fitness. They create evidence-based programmes, curricula, and training that give young people, school staff, and the adults around children the knowledge, language, and daily habits to build genuine mental resilience. From whole-staff training to five-year school curricula, everything they do is practical, grounded in science, and designed to make a lasting difference not just in the moment, but across a lifetime.