Asking a seven-year-old and a sixteen-year-old to reflect on their day isn’t the same task, so Wellbeing Journals aren’t either. Each journal is built around a student’s key stage – simple mood check-ins lower down the school, more considered reflection as students get older.
A student picks how they’re feeling, adds a little context if they want to, and the entry becomes part of their own record over time – not a one-off form, but a pattern they and their pastoral team can both see. Staff get the same picture in aggregate: today’s mood across a class, the trend across a term, and a nudge when something looks worth a conversation.
The journal belongs to the student first. What staff see is the pattern, not every private word.
Wellbeing Journals are included from our Classroom plan upwards.