In this practical session aimed at primary colleagues, Adrian Bethune will discuss what happiness is, what the research says about the link between happiness and attainment, and three simple ideas to take away – tribal classrooms, rewiring the negativity bias, and acts of kindness. Adrian is a part-time teacher a primary school in Aylesbury, the Education Policy co-lead at the Mindfulness Initiative, founder of Teachappy and dad to two young boys. In 2012, he was awarded a ‘Happy Hero’ medal by Lord Richard Layard at the House of Lords for his work on developing wellbeing in schools. Adrian is author of the award-winning Wellbeing In The Primary Classroom – A Practical Guide To Teaching Happiness (Bloomsbury, 2018) and co-author with Dr Emma Kell of A Little Guide to Teacher Wellbeing and Self-care (Sage, 2020).