Previous research by academics from City University London found that the Christmas break is of vital important to teachers in terms of restoring their “emotional and psychological health”.
The results showed that teachers who continued worrying about work during the Christmas break were less likely to recover fully from the demands of the teaching term.
However, those who satisfied three based psychological needs during the Christmas break felt the positive effects not just during the holiday, but also in the first few weeks of the spring term.
The three “basic psychological needs” were a sense of competence, autonomy and feeling close and connected to other people.
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