Sparky and Shady for Early Years
Primary School Teachers
Easy to implement
Short videos, simple language and flexible delivery for busy classrooms.
Curriculum aligned
Supports wellbeing, social-emotional learning, Health and Physical Education, and Personal and Social Capability.
Behaviour strategies
Gives teachers practical language for challenging behaviours, peer conflict, mindful moments and repair.
Wellbeing, mindfulness and behaviour support for children aged 5-8
A practical, evidence-informed program that helps children build emotional awareness, self-regulation, wise choices, friendship skills and readiness to learn. It gives teachers shared language and behaviour support strategies for everyday classroom practice.
Includes family access, implementation guidance, and resources
aligned with Australian, state and territory curriculums.
Sparky and Shady for Early Years - Primary School Teachers
A framework for classroom wellbeing, mindfulness, behaviour and learning
In the first years of primary school, teachers are helping children build the foundations for learning, relationships, identity, wellbeing and classroom participation.
At the same time, children are learning to recognise emotional responses, seek help, make safe and respectful choices, cooperate with others, navigate friendship challenges and recover when things go wrong.
Sparky and Shady helps bring this learning together through one shared, child-friendly framework.
It supports teachers to:
introduce mindful moments
build children’s emotional awareness and self-regulation
strengthen children’s confidence, identity and sense of belonging
support respectful relationships, cooperation and fair play
respond to big feelings and tricky behaviours in calm, consistent ways
guide children through conflict, repair and problem-solving
use shared language across classroom, playground and home
connect wellbeing practice with curriculum expectations and whole-school wellbeing goals.
Sparky and Shady gives young primary students a simple way to understand themselves and others, while giving teachers practical language and strategies for everyday moments at school.
What’s included
Annual access to the Primary School Teachers’ program includes:
- a detailed introduction containing a professional resource suite
- six pre-recorded step-by-step implementation sessions
- Just Watch, Jump In and Deep Dive implementation options
- five child-friendly wellbeing lessons
- short videos, stories, games, meditations and printable posters
- teacher notes and suggested language
- mindfulness moment script
- five behaviour support strategies
- Families Program access for up to 40 families
- optional pre- and post-program data collection.
Professional resource suite
The Primary School Teachers’ resources include:
- Leadership Implementation Guide
- Sparky and Shady Philosophy for Primary School Education
- Behaviour Support Handbook: Big Feelings and Tricky Behaviours
- Evidence Base and Theoretical Foundations of Sparky and Shady
- Primary School Health and Physical Education Curriculum Alignment Guide
Includes Australian Curriculum, NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, with Personal and Social Capability links where relevant. Australian Curriculum alignment applies to ACT, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory. - Child Safety, Protective Behaviours and Wellbeing Overview
- Primary School Outcomes Quick Reference Chart.
Sparky and Shady for Early Years - Primary School Teachers
How it works
- Decide on whole class, small group or individual child participation.
- Choose a suitable five week time block to begin.
- Login and watch the videos at a routined time – once a week.
- Select the follow up activity that best suits your setting.
- Catch up children who were away as needed.
- Display the posters to support self-regulation and confidence.
- Use the mindful moment, morning and daytime meditation as part of your routine.
- Use the behaviour support strategies to guide children when they experience Shady moments.
- Rewatch videos and reinforce strategies as needed to create healthy habits.
- Share the Families Program with families to support parents and carers with strengths-based wellbeing and behaviour guidance.
14-day guarantee
If Sparky and Shady isn’t right for your school, contact us within 14 days and we’ll happily refund your purchase.
Testimonial
“This program is easy to follow with minimal preparation needed. It contains great suggestions for discussions and follow-up activities. It allows the students to explore the different aspects of who they are and how they work without any kind of judgement. Letting parents know exactly what’s being taught allows the conversations and consistency of language to be continued at home. It was fun to teach and raised some deep concepts within our small group that needed to be addressed for these children. I highly recommend this program. It does make a difference!”
Gayle Ellicott
Learning and Support Teacher, Narranga Public School