Staff Self-Reflection Resources

We all know how stressful school life can be, and how important it is to take care of our mental health and well-being, but how often do we pause to be still in our busy schedules?

The idea of these reflections is to encourage you to take a few minutes to consciously stop and reflect. We hope that they will help you to centre yourself and maybe to see things in a new light. There is plenty of research that shows the very real and sometimes unexpected benefits of intentionally attending to our own well-being.

How you do this will look different for each of you. You might choose to sit quietly with a cup of tea, or go for a walk, or simply find a space to be alone with your thoughts - there is no one-size fits all. Before we can support and encourage others, we need to nourish ourselves first, and we hope that these simple, weekly reflections will be a helpful starting point.

“The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.”

2024-2025 Autumn Term

Reflection      Legacy      Connections  Rememberiing    Hot Water Bottle

Tension         Van Gogh  Story             Kindness             Waiting

Autumn          Ripples                           Murmurations    Pinecones

Rewind

2023-2024 Summer Term 

Blossom    Dragons    Hope    Gravity    Balance    Bees

Oceans    Neighbour  Playlist   Shade   Parasols  

Circles    Gratitude

2023 - 2024 Spring Term

Unplug    Monopoly      Blue      Mondrian     Be kind      Potter

Kindness    Imperfection    Treasure    Wellies    Spring    Eggs

2023 - 2024 Autumn Term

Starting Blocks     Acorns    Balloons     Geese     Laughter

Playmobil    Roads     Bulbs     Bridge     Opportunity

Juggling     Sticking Plaster       Holly   

2022-2023

Apples                  Building Blocks

Bread                   Data

Ubuntu                Hands

Socks                    Logs

Bicycle                 Marmite

Smoke alarm      Steps

Bluebells             Lens

Book                   Stained Glass

Beads               Boat

2021-2022

New Beginnings          Dandelions

Masks                             Footsteps

Autumn Leaves              Level

Batteries                        Perspective

Snowdrops                       Tide

Butterflies

Labels

2022-2023

Conkers               Cookies

Dice                       Daffodils

Jelly Babies       Aloe Vera

Jigsaws               Elastic Bands

Bear                      Fish

Bauble                 Chocolate

Mountains          Herbs

Lollies               Sunflowers

Pebbles             Ubuntu

2021-2022

Shadows             Luggage

Mosaics               Mirror

Fireworks            Pause

Keys                    Shells

Radiator              Waterfalls

Equinox               Weeds

Roots                  Endings