Key Outcomes
Outcome
How
What it means to you
Support Mental Health and
Well-being
• Through breathing exercises that help children feel calm
• Through visualisations that help children deal with their emotions
• Through mindfulness techniques that help children focus their mind
• Children who are mentally well are more able to learn
• Children who are able to deal with their emotions, will have less outbursts and will behave in a more controlled manner
• This supports learning and overall helps improve results for Ofsted
Improved Concentration and Listening skills
• Through balancing poses
• Concentration techniques
• Following the story
• Children with better listening skills will be able
to focus more on their tasks
• This leads to improved grades
• Contributes towards better Ofsted results
Increased Confidence
• Non-competitive and all inclusive – all children
can do well and develop at their own pace
• Children will be able to express themselves
through movement and being vocal – ‘roaring like a lion!’
• More confident children will try more in class and are more likely to try new challenges
• This will help improve grades for the school
and contributes towards better Ofsted reports
Improved behaviour
• Improved concentration results in better
behaviour
• Through having more confidence, children will start to believe in themselves and behaviour will improve
• Children are given techniques to deal with
emotions such as anger, frustration and feeling upset
• Contribute towards less stressed staff
• Help to improve grades
• Contributes towards better Ofsted results
Promoting mindfulness
• Through breathing and relaxation techniques
• Instilling a sense of calm
• Informing children how these techniques can
help and when they can use them
• Children who are able to deal with their
emotions will react more rationally
• This will improve behaviour
• This will improve children’s mental health
• Contributes towards less stressed staff
Improved hand writing
• Postures strengthen the wrist and fingers
enabling children to hold the pen better
• Help with meeting targets
• Contributes towards better Ofsted results
Meeting Early Learning Goals
• YogaBugs runs in-line with the EYFS and helps children meet their development milestones
• Contributes towards meeting targets
• Contributes towards better Ofsted results
Improves balance and coordination
• Through a variety of yoga postures and
• Cross marching to develop the left and right
side of the brain
• Contributes towards meeting PE targets
• Contributes towards better Ofsted results
