The Power of Sleep: Helping students get the sleep they need to be their best.
Our Power of Sleep seminar helps students understand the importance of sleep in their senior school years and empowers them with strategies and skills to get a better night’s sleep.
Available for face to face or interactive online delivery
Why Choose The Power of Sleep?
A good night’s sleep lays the foundation for positive physical and mental health as well as cognitive performance.
Unfortunately the stress of senior school, combined with changes in the teen body clock and the impact of technology, has a strong negative effect on students’ abilities to maintain healthy sleep patterns. This can lead to reduced academic performance, increased anxiety and lower overall mental health.
This makes sleep, or the lack of it, one of the most important physical and mental health issues facing senior secondary students today.
By getting adequate sleep can
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Better concentrate and focus on their studies
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Improve academic performance by boosting memory and higher order thinking skills
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Protect their mental health – reducing the effects stress and anxiety
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Strengthen their immune systems
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Improve their performance in creative or sporting pursuits
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Maintain a healthy body weight
About The Power of Sleep
The Power of Sleep is a practical program in which students will gain more knowledge about the value of sleep – specifically in the demanding years of senior school – understand the problems they face in getting adequate sleep, and are empowered with ways to improve their sleep, they will be best placed to improve their overall sleep patterns .
During the program students will learn:
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Why quality sleep is essential to their academic performance, mental health and general wellbeing
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How to do a quick audit on their personal sleep patterns
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Why getting a good night sleep can be hard – including the impact of technology, changes to their body clock and more
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How to improve sleep patterns – simple ways to help get a better night’s sleep.
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Relaxation exercises to help them fall asleep more easily and stay asleep more soundly
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