What is the impact of mindfulness activities bridging the lunchtime period, on classroom behaviour?

"Pupils are potentially losing up to an hour of learning each day in English schools." (Ofsted, 2014, p. 4) A 2012/13 survey, commissioned by Ofsted, gathered the views of 1,048 teachers on the impact of low-level class disruption and established the above statement. This figure equates to up to 38 full days of teaching per year as a result of low-level class disruption (Ofsted, 2014). The extent of the damage to students as a result of this loss of valuable learning time, is immeasurable. The focus of our study was to implement mindfulness in a primary school settings as a pre-emptive classroom management strategy, thus utilising it as a behaviour management strategy in its own right to help reduce this low-level disruption. An article written by Cowley for the Times Educational Supplement makes reference to the difficult mastery of lesson timings, even quoting ‘knock off five minutes to get everyone settled’ (Cowley, 2008, p.7). This resonates with the introductory quote f