Mind & Hands Campaign

The campaign’s name, “Mind & Hands” derives its meaning from the above poster’s tagline, which conveys that students are capable of managing stress with their own efforts.

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It aims to encourage students to adopt an approach coping style in managing stress, which has been shown to lead to better physical and mental health outcomes (Taylor & Stanton, 2007).

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The campaign will be implemented across all primary schools nationwide and will take place during regular school hours. The following activities will be introduced:

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Mental Well-being Module

Takes place: Assembly /Health Education class

 

The module will teach students specific actions to manage stress, based on the five aspects of Singapore Health Promotion Board’s Mental Wellbeing Scale (2011). Its lesson materials (videos, presentation slides, printed handouts) will utilise stress coping strategies such as expressive writing (Lu, Zheng, Young, Kagawa-Singer, & Loh, 2012) and self-affirmation (Epton & Harris, 2008).

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Mindful Breathing

Takes place: Recess

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More than ten local schools have introduced mindful breathing programmes (Toh, 2017), which has been found to significantly reduce students’ stress (Kuyken et al., 2013). To impart a practical relaxation technique that can be easily integrated into daily life, the campaign aims to implement mindful breathing programmes nationwide.

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