Step 4: School vision

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(15 min)

Trainer notes

There are three exercises in this section.

  1. Vision: ‘where we’d like to be’.
  2. Reality: ‘where we are right now’.
  3. Bridge: ‘what we need to do to bridge the gap’.

Play Audio 1.1: Creating a whole-school wellbeing vision which is a brief guided visualisation to encourage participants to relax and think creatively about their wellbeing ethos.

As a pair, either draw a picture or verbalise the vision. Invite participants to share their vision with the group, describing what it means to them and what wellbeing ethos they’d love to establish. Note findings on a flipchart.
Distribute Handout 1.1: Pictures of vision, current reality, bridge as an example. See also slide 7.

This type of exercise may be new to participants and may trigger resistance. Reassure them that the ‘eyes closed’ exercise aims to draw from the right hemisphere of the brain and encourage creative problem solving. There is no ‘right’ way, so encourage them to have fun!