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As boarding staff, we aim to improve boarders' academic and sporting performance, relationships with others, and their mental health. These are all strongly linked to sleep attainment, and there is an extensive array of studies demonstrating the benefits and ways to improve sleep in a typical adolescent population, yet, we don't know if these are applicable to boarders!
A study we have done this year has done just this. We have found that boarding may actually be a great place to sleep! Boarders may be sleeping 40 minutes more each night compared to day-students, with routine and technology boundaries possibly linked to improved sleep.
- Teenagers' sleep is linked to daytime functioning (relationships, mood, academic, sport).
- Typically, teenagers struggle to attain adequate sleep.
- Boarding may actually be a great place to sleep.
- Sleep is aided by routine and technology boundaries.
- How can boarding houses utilise these inherent strengths to improve wellbeing?