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‘What Went Well Tree’ part of school’s wellbeing strategy

Pupil wellbeing
From making a note of things they feel grateful for to performing random acts of kindness, pupils at a boys’ independent school are learning to maximise their sense of wellbeing and happiness.

The initiative is part of a wellbeing and resilience course for pupils at Hampton School in Middlesex.

Designed by Mark Nicholson, the school’s head of mindfulness and wellbeing and assistant head of the sixth form, the course is delivered in two stages. The key foundations are introduced in year 7 while the school’s 188 year 10 pupils follow a seven-week course, with lessons on happiness, setting future goals, gratitude and altruism and sleep and exercise.

As part of the gratitude and altruism theme boys keep a “gratitude journal”. The journal is optional and kept confidential but boys write about a variety of things they are grateful for, such as a delicious meal they enjoyed or playing in a band with friends.

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