Prioritising Wellbeing This Summer

Published 19th June 2025

As the summer term winds down, many D&T teachers are feeling the weight of another busy academic year. With deadlines, exams, enrichment activities, and curriculum changes all jostling for attention, it’s easy to forget one vital element: your own wellbeing.

To support the wellbeing of education staff, Education Support has released its Rest, Reflect, Reset Summer Wellbeing Toolkit, a free collection of practical, thoughtful resources designed to help you switch off, recharge, and reconnect with life beyond the classroom.

The Summer Wellbeing Toolkit offers a collection of practical resources, tips and activities to help teaching professionals unwind, decompress, and reconnect with themselves and life beyond the classroom.

Whether you’ve had a full-on year managing workshops, updating schemes of learning, or mentoring trainee teachers, this toolkit provides space for reflection and renewal.

Highlights include:

• Ideas for setting boundaries between work and rest
• Mental health check-ins and journaling prompts
• Tips on getting outdoors, being creative, and switching off from ‘teacher mode’

In addition to the toolkit, two webinar recordings are now available to watch and share with colleagues:

• Navigating Misogyny and Polarised Views: Supporting Staff Wellbeing in the Classroom: https://tinyurl.com/2udnhm4k
• Staying Well in Teaching: Research-Based Insights and Strategies: https://tinyurl.com/bdetc7wk

These sessions tackle the pressures staff face today and offer research-informed approaches to staying well in a demanding profession.

Please consider sharing the toolkit with your department or wider school network.

Explore the Summer Wellbeing Toolkit here: https://bit.ly/4dSsOVA