Take 5 Breathing

Take Five at School is a trauma-smart resilience-building programme based on breathing, grounding and awareness, which is used in classrooms. Pupils throughout school from FSU-Y6 take part in short breathing practices of 1 ½ minutes approximately (led either by an adult or by specially trained Take Five Breathing Ambassadors) to calm, relax and focus them ready for learning. At Langold Dyscarr, we use the breathing techniques throughout the school day to

Children who have taken part have described its benefits in the following ways: