School teachers are now offering sleep lessons to their students in an effort to promote healthy bedtime habits.
Last year, the Personal, Social and Health Education Association and the Department of Sleep Medicine at Evelina London Childrens Hospital teamed up with UK-based teachers in order to create lesson plans on sleep for students.This initiative was partly inspired by an earlier study showing that sleep has a greater effect on children’s health than sports, bullying, and screen time..
The new lesson plans were created to help young adolescents have healthy bedtimes in an effort to address what the researchers call a children’s sleep crisis.The classes are now officially open to all school children in the UK. According to a PSHE press release it came at a crucial moment. The Evelina London Childrens Hospital press release points out a significant increase in sleep-related hospital stays among children under 17 years old. They also claim that poor sleep is a hidden health crisis.
Jenny Fox, a PSHE Sleep Specialist, stated that adding sleep lessons to the academic curriculum will increase students‘ understanding of sleep and improve their overall well-being.
These lessons provide children and teens with the skills, knowledge and strategies to help them take greater responsibility for their sleep quality. Pupils are encouraged to explore the myths related to getting good sleep, offer advice to others about improving evening routines and understand the many benefits of improving the quality of their sleep.
Do Not Underestimate The Importance Of Student Slumber
Over the past year, we at Sleepopolis have covered quite a few stories concerning the issue of student sleep health. From Harvard University adding Sleep 101 to its list of prerequisite classes, to Seattle public high schools adoptinglater start timesso students can catch more Zzzs,it seemsacademicinstitutions everywhere are attempting toimprove student slumber. Each institution has explored.DifferentThe conclusion of all strategies is that students perform better when they get enough sleep.
However, notEverywhereThe school district is open for change and has vetoed any proposals to implement new policies related to sleep.It remains to be seen if sleep lesson plans and later start times will solve our collective slumber problems.. The fact that healthy bedtime habits are still a popular trend may indicate that people are becoming more concerned.
