1. Social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) Well-being of the workforce Excellence and enjoyment

2. A tool to support the review of the emotional climate of your school. Give all staff in the school the opportunity to use this tool. For each statement indicate a score between 1 and 10 (where 1 indicates poor performance and 10 the best possible performance). Are their common highs and lows? What can you do to address the low scoring aspects? The wellbeing of the workforce is key if adults are to model the social skills and behaviours promoted by SEAL.

3. We put great emphasis on the quality of relationships in the school - between children, between adults and children, between adults and adults.

4. We work well together as a staff; we have our bad days but morale is mostly good.

5. Staff work together on their planning and to help each other find solutions to problems.

6. We look after the well-being of staff, paying attention to working environments and providing support in combating and managing stress.

7. We make sure that the school environment is welcoming and supports children`s and adults` well-being – paying attention to such details as comfortable seating areas, space for all children to call their own and keep their belongings, water fountains, clean and pleasant toilets, varied playground spaces.

8. Children are regularly asked to give their views on the school and learning opportunities it offers: their ideas, even those that are challenging, are taken seriously.

9. Staff recognise the effect that their behaviour, body language and responses have on children. They model the behaviours they promote.

10. Staff always try to maintain a relationship of respect even when responding to poor behaviour, for example, by labelling the behaviour, not the child, and making time to follow up behaviour issues positively later on when the emotional temperature is lowered.

11. We have many strategies in place to support children`s well-being, for example, circle time across the school, peer mediation and buddying schemes, and opportunities for all children to talk one-to-one with an adult when they need to.