End of year reflective exercise

This resource is designed to promote staff wellbeing by prompting positive reflections on the academic year. Through questions including:  

• What was your favourite moment with a student or colleague this year?   

• Which colleague have you really connected with this year and why?  

• What self-care strategy has helped you most this year and why? 

Staff are encouraged to reconnect with the positive aspects of working in education, recognise their accomplishments, and appreciate the impact of their work. 

This activity is a useful way to make space for individual and collective reflection in staff meetings. Although the resource focuses on end of year reflections, it could be adapted for use on a termly basis too. 

Using this resource

This resource is designed for: 

• use by education staff across all settings  

• use by mental health leads  

• use by school or college leaders  

Learning outcomes

This resource addresses the following learning outcomes: 

• Access and utilise tools, strategies and resources to support their own mental health so that they can look after themselves, Identify and utilise tools, strategies and resources to confidently engage staff to help promote and support their mental health and wellbeing. 

• Share simple evidence-based strategies and exercises with staff and pupils/students to help them manage their mental health and develop their own coping strategies. 

• Facilitate development of school staff, identifying critical training and ensuring that all staff can recognise and understand the process to respond to mental health concerns.