YOUR NEXT MOVE: REFLECTION TOOLKIT

Created for pupils aged 11–16, this practical, strengths-based resource provides a collection of short, accessible activities that pupils can work through largely independently, with some initial guidance and appropriate adult support.

Rather than beginning with What did you do wrong?, the toolkit encourages pupils to become curious about what happened and what might help next.

Activities help pupils explore their strengths, emotions, thoughts, assumptions, reactions and the impact of what happened. They practise ways to create space before responding, discover different ways to regulate, consider what they can and cannot influence, and look ahead to the choices, relationships and goals that matter to them.

The activities are modular rather than sequential.

Staff can select the activity most relevant to the pupil and situation, or pupils can use several over time.

Topics include: • strengths and identity • emotions and early signals • thoughts, interpretations and assumptions • listening and reacting • regulation and finding a reset • consequences, influence and what happens next • alternative responses and possible pathways • future goals, hope, support and agency