These slides were developed for an INSET session in Spring 2025.
Here’s the session overview:
Caring Connections: Wellbeing for All
In this session, we’ll focus on how caring connections between staff, students, and the wider school community can transform wellbeing and behaviour across the school. We’ll explore how empathy, understanding, and nurturing relationships can build trust, create a sense of belonging, and strengthen both professional and personal confidence. Through real-life examples, practical strategies, and reflective discussions, this session will help to embed wellbeing at the heart of the school culture—ensuring that both staff and students feel seen, valued, and supported.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of empathy and caring relationships in promoting both student and staff wellbeing.
- Recognise behaviour as communication, learning to respond with patience, curiosity, and understanding.
- Reflect on their own wellbeing and identify ways to create a more supportive, connected environment within the school.
- Explore practical ways to foster a culture of care that supports positive mental health and emotional resilience for all.
- Identify immediate actions they can take to strengthen relationships, boost morale, and build a sense of community.
If you were there, I hope these are a helpful aide-memoire. If not, I hope they make enough sense without me to be useful. If you’d like to download them, you can do so via this page on Slideshare.
Further Resources
Here are some resources that support the session:
- DOWNLOAD: Pause Poster
- DOWNLOAD: Reframing behaviour
- DOWNLOAD: Listening – small shifts
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