A seasonal journal-planner-notebook for educators

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

The academic year has its own rhythm — structured but rarely spacious, and we move in cycles through terms and transitions, high excitement and low energy.

Whether you're in the classroom, supporting or leading a school, you likely spend your time holding space for others. There’s always a next task, a next term, a next set of expectations. Reflection often becomes something we “save for the holidays” and rest can feel just out of reach.

I created Your Woven Year as a gentle alternative, seasonal companion and invitation to work with, not against, the natural cycles of energy and creativity. It’s not about tracking productivity or writing endlessly but about having a space to reflect and realign — even amidst a busy week.

Inside Your Woven Year

Your Woven Year offers a soft, spacious structure that can flex with your life and work. It’s undated, so you can begin anytime - and return as often as you need.

  • Seasonal introductions that acknowledge shifts in energy and focus

  • Monthly themes and prompts to support clarity, direction and reconnection

  • Weekly planning pages to focus your attention and manage your energy

  • Rest and holiday reset sections to help you truly pause, renew and realign

  • End-of-month/year reflections to gather what’s been/guide what’s coming

Whether you write daily, weekly or simply when it feels right, Your Woven Year is here to support you, without pressure or expectation.

Why this journal?

I’ve spent most of my career thinking deeply about learning, as an educational and coaching psychologist working alongside teachers, leaders and practitioners.

I’ve noticed a quiet, persistent pattern. We give a lot - to children and young people, to teams, to communities, to systems and we plan everything… except space for ourselves.

This is not a productivity planner. It’s not a deep-dive journal. It’s a hybrid — a practical, flexible tool designed to help educators stay grounded and connected to what matters most across both life and work. It’s here to help you find and celebrate the joy in living, in life and work.

It’s a space you can return to — to reconnect, to remember.

Use in a linear way through the year or begin on any week, month or season.

designed to celebrate the shifting seasonal energies and wisdom.

JOURNAL CONTENTS

What you can expect to find inside the journal.

  • A5, 236 pages printed in full colour on 100gsm Cream Offset

  • Undated monthly view ideal for monthly planning and prioritising

  • Undated week view which can be used and adapted for your needs

  • Dot grid for your notes, scribbles, drawings or doodles

  • 250 gsm Callisto Pearl embossed cover

  • Thread sewn and designed to lay flat

Price: £28 + P&P / Shipping: July 2025

FAQs

  • No, Your Woven Year is designed to meet you where you are whether that’s weekly, monthly or when you feel the need to pause. There’s no pressure to fill every page.

  • No, it’s undated, layflat and seasonally structured so you can start at any point in the year and move at your own pace. 

  • Absolutely. It makes a thoughtful gift for teachers, school leaders or anyone working in education. You can order multiple copies through the pre-order link or email me with any questions - sarah@saorsa-psychology.co.uk

  • Pre-orders will ship from July 2025, just in time for the new academic year. 

  • Not at all. It’s for anyone working within education — school leaders, support staff, psychologists or anyone navigating the rhythm of term-time life.

Grounded in the principles of psychology and coaching, The Thread offers monthly gatherings and seasonal workshops. It’s a sanctuary for reflection and rejuvenation where professional and personal wellbeing are woven together.

Join us to connect with peers, to be nourished personally and professionally and leave feeling enriched and ready for the month ahead.