How can we use wellbeing opportunities to positively impact pupils’ ability to self-regulate in a Year 3 classroom?

The enquiry question As part of the Enquiring Schools programme, I completed an action research project on the question: 'How can we use wellbeing opportunities to positively impact pupils’ ability to self-regulate in a Year 3 classroom?'. Enquiring Schools is a high-quality CPD programme that supports teachers to conduct a small-scale enquiry and practically engage with research evidence. Self-regulation is ‘the control of one’s behaviour through the use of self-monitoring […] self-evaluation […] and self-reinforcement’ (American Psychological Association, n.d.). Self-regulation can help with overcoming barriers to learning related to poor psychological wellbeing (Bodrova, 2005). Self-regulation was the chosen focus as there was a specific rationale not only in my class but also in the wider school community. In my class, high levels of pupil anxiety were a significant barrier to learning due to a high proportion of safeguarding and SEMH needs, which meant that several ch