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THE HAPPY-CENTRED SCHOOLS PSHE PROGRAMME

Enhancing the personal, social, emotional and economic wellbeing and happiness of your school community, and supporting children's mental health.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Download your free Coping Skills theme lesson plans and resources.
Resources
Lessons

Full programme includes:

PSHE lessons for Primary Schools

Including hundreds of resources and handouts

Teachers' Guide

Teachers’ guide and appendix

Latest Relationship Education Guidance

Lessons and resources support RSE guidelines

5 Happiness Themes

  • Coping skills
  • Theme 2
  • Theme 3
  • Theme 4
  • Theme 5

The Happy-Centred School programme is a scientifically-researched, evidence-based primary PSHE programme.

The Happy-Centred School (HCS) programme will enhance the personal, social, emotional and economic wellbeing and happiness of your whole school community, and support children's mental health.

HCS increases pupil achievement

Increasing happiness in children can help break the deeply ingrained, limiting beliefs and self-perceptions that stifle aspiration and hamper the ability to achieve.

Developed by educational experts

HCS is developed by former headteachers and industry experts in psychology, motivation, engagement and behaviour change. It draws on research by academics such as Dr Martin Seligman, a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, and Andrew Oswald, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick.

Improving SATs results

HCS has received positive feedback from existing HCS Schools. One school saw improved standards across a variety of areas, with a 20% increase in Key Stage 2 SATs results, attributed, by the Headteacher, to an improvement in self-confidence and coping skills of Year 6 pupils.

Successful learners

There is a pressing need for primary school pupils to develop lifelong strategies, which will positively affect their happiness levels and improve their ability to be successful learners.

Learning should be fun 

The HCS programme is fun and educational. It uses popular culture and a host of games to reinforce messages and ensure their relevance to today’s young people. As all teachers know; happy children learn more.

There are five happiness themes

  • Self-confidence
  • Achievement & success
  • Positive Relationships
  • Support
  • Coping Skills

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Barbara Sims, Headteacher Kaizen Primary School, Newham
Children across all year groups at Kaizen have been positively influenced by the Happy-Centred School project. The weekly lessons enable children to think deeply about themselves and ways in which they can develop further.

What you get when you buy the complete PSHE programme

Lesson Plans:

Over 200 PDF format lesson plans (6 lesson plans, for every year group from Foundation Stage to Year 6, for each theme). These include end-of-theme assessment activities

P4C:

Philosophy 4 Children advice and wide range of questions

Resources:

Over 200 additional resources including award leaves

Teachers’ guide:

Teachers’ guide and appendix

Format:

All materials in downloadable print-ready PDF format

A small sample from the hundreds of resources available to support the full Happy-Centred School PSHE Programme lesson plans

Watch Stephanie Davies, Laughology CEO, introduce the Happy-Centred School PSHE Programme

Watch the pupils of Kaizen Primary School, Newham, talk about what being part of a Happy-Centred School means to them.

The Co-Headteacher of Kaizen primary School talks about the benefits of being a Happy-Centred School

Watch Stephanie Davies, Laughology head-girl, explain how HCS works and how it can benefit your school and pupils.

We're feeling the love

Priory Primary School Teacher
We got the Ofsted call Tuesday after the Happy Centred School Inset day and your words about framing language and thinking positively really resonated with me. Such good timing as it helped me so much.

We're feeling the love

Rachel Nye, Headteacher -Tolworth Junior School
‘We saw a huge improvement in our children's perseverance, resilience and confidence when learning and tackling new things, including SATs papers!’

Additional support

There are a host of additional extras which can be purchased, alongside the HCS programme. For example:

  • Why not recruit the services of one of the Laughology team to introduce the programme and enthuse staff?
  • Or you could book a day’s INSET on Wellbeing; Growth Mindset; FLIP it thinking or the Amazing Brain.
  • Alongside this, Laughology runs workshop sessions for children, which complement the programme and bring it further to life.
  • To enable whole school targets, and to measure impact, one of the Laughology team could support you by undertaking an independent audit of happiness levels within the school. This would support your judgement of Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare.

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