3-2-1: Your wellbeing journey

This quick exercise will help you reflect on where your school is on its wellbeing journey, enabling you to focus on areas for development and to think about the ‘what next?’.

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If you work in a classroom, you might already be familiar with the 3-2-1 exercise, or perhaps it is a prompt you have used during your own learning.

This quick exercise can help you reflect on where your education setting is on their wellbeing journey, to focus on areas for development and to help your organisation with the ‘what next?’.

Download our template questions below.

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About the author

Emily Kenneally is a UK-based communications specialist working across teacher mental health, social prescribing, and workplace wellbeing in education. She has over 10 years’ experience in the charity sector.

She is a trauma-informed mindfulness practitioner, trained in non-clinical Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) at NHS Sussex Mindfulness Centre, and holds a Master of Design from the University of Brighton.

Since 2019, she has delivered wellbeing workshops to 1,400 adults and children across education and healthcare, including at the University of Surrey and NHS Sussex.

She joined Education Support as Content and Media Manager in 2022, co-producing 100+ teacher wellbeing resources with educators and partners, including The Mental Health Foundation and NAHT, contributing to BBC News reporting of the Teacher Wellbeing Index.