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Calm Bootcamp

Refill your cup, breathe with ease and bring kindfulness and mindfulness into your classroom this summer. You'll gain practical coping tools you can use yourself and roll out across a whole school: yoga movement, breathing, nutrition, emotional regulation, goal setting and more.

Book now €89 Bookings close 20th July
Calm Bootcamp 2026 summer course
20 hrsof learning
3EPV days
100%online
1st–22nd Julyyour own pace

Course details

Calm Bootcamp course

Course structure

20 hours total: 10 hours online learning plus 10 self-verified hours (module exercises, resources, discussion forum and a reflective learning log). Compulsory elements are two discussion forum posts per module, a reflective learning assignment and a personal learning record. Technical support is provided throughout.

Department of Education and Skills

Certification & EPV days

Approved by the Department of Education & Skills for EPV certification, with your start and completion dates printed on the cert. One course earns 3 EPV days, two courses 4 days, three courses 5 days. If you buy more than one, you complete them one at a time.

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Duration

Courses run from Wednesday 1st July and must be finished by 5pm on Wednesday 22nd July. Bookings close on 20th July. You work through it in your own time within that window. As per DES criteria you must complete the required hours, and your dates appear on your cert for your EPV days.

Course modules

1. Stress & anxiety

What stress and anxiety really are, the neuroscience of how they affect the brain and nervous system, and why calming strategies matter for both teacher and child. Practical classroom application with CBT work and reframing.

2. Kindfulness & CBT

Practising kindfulness towards self and others. Self-compassion tools for the inner critic and negative thoughts, CBT coping skills, empathy, guided meditations and fostering a calm, positive classroom climate.

3. Body awareness & mindful movement

Coming to your senses, relaxation strategies like the body scan and progressive muscle relaxation, connecting to breath, different kinds of breath-work, gratitude and affirmations.

4. Wellbeing well

Understanding your wellbeing well and how to fill it. Revising practical coping skills, goal setting, role models and support systems, plus the foundations: nutrition, exercise, sleep, time outdoors and resilience.

5. Let's get moving

More mindful movement, exercises and stretches to aid focus, awareness of surroundings and personal space, assertiveness skills, reframing the inner critic, deeper breath-work and calming strategies.

What teachers say

"I finally found an online summer course I 100% enjoyed from start to finish, and the requirements weren't a struggle. Practical, effective ideas for the classroom. I couldn't recommend it highly enough."

Katie

"Really engaging course, enjoyable to do with practical ideas, strategies and resources. Well run, easily accessible and interesting throughout. I'll definitely come back for another."

Mari

"Excellent and thought provoking, with resources very relevant to everyday classroom life. I loved the audio with each slide, and the discussion forums gave great ideas from other teachers."

Elaine

"The perfect summer course for any teacher who wants to promote wellbeing in the classroom and in their own life."

Yvonne
Ciara Lynch, Calm Bootcamp course author

About Ciara Lynch

Ciara has been a primary school teacher for over 12 years across a range of classes, working in recent years mainly in a learning support and resource role. Her qualifications in psychology, counselling and psychotherapy, along with play therapy, equip her to support children with emotional, mental and behavioural difficulties.

She is also a trained sensory and proprioceptive activities facilitator and a mindfulness practitioner, with a strong interest in yoga and mindful movement as ways to reduce stress, increase self-care and build a positive self-image.

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