Arts and Minds Portal is an online holistic hub designed to help schools deliver high-quality, creative art and wellbeing lessons at the click of a button.

Each lesson integrates art, mindfulness, mindset, and movement — helping both teacher and pupil develop creativity, confidence, focus, and emotional balance.

The portal provides pre recorded ready-to-teach lessons and resources that align with the Curriculum for Art & Design and support wider school priorities in PSHE, emotional wellbeing, and whole-child development.

Arts and Minds up skills and supports teachers in delivering engaging, curriculum-aligned lessons that enhance both staff confidence and pupil wellbeing.

Teachers can:

• Access creative lesson plans and training videos instantly
• Explore practical strategies for integrating mindfulness and movement into art lessons
• Gain confidence and competence in creative teaching
• Track and evidence professional learning (CPD) through optional completion certificates
• Reduce planning time while promoting calm, engaged classrooms

Created by an experienced educator who is currently writing the new KS1-3 Art and Design curriculum for N.Ireland, Arts and Minds helps schools meet CPD and wellbeing goals while supporting staff resilience, creativity, and classroom capability.

Arts and Minds is built on the belief that creativity and calm go hand in hand.

By combining art, mindfulness, mindset, and movement, schools can:

• Foster focus, self-awareness, and emotional regulation
• Build resilience and empathy in pupils
• Strengthen community and wellbeing across the school
• Support a balanced, joyful approach to learning

Each module promotes the whole-child approach — connecting emotional health with creative expression and cognitive development.
Sinéad is an Art and Design teacher with over 26 years of classroom experience and a certified NLP, Mindset, and Mindfulness practitioner.

She has delivered online lessons to over 19,000 pupils across Ireland and England during Children’s Mental Health Week, helping schools celebrate creativity and emotional wellbeing.

Recognised as BBC Artist of the Week during lockdown and recipient of multiple awards for her contribution to art and mindfulness, Sinéad continues to equip and inspire teachers to bring creativity and calm into every classroom.