Resilience Assembly for Children KS1 and KS2

Assembly on resilience for children

1. Are you mentally , physically and emotionally resilient?

2. Think about this ...

3. The 1% tolerance

4. Marginal Gains Sir David Brailsford

5. Resilience March 2015 … … November 2015

6. So, what is it?

7. Do we really know what it means?

8. Resilience is defined as an individual's ability to properly adapt to stress and adversity.

9. Stress and adversity can come in the shape of family or relationship problems, health problems, or workplace and financial worries, among others.

10. Resilience

11. The Straw and The Potato

12. Think; pair; share ...

13. Can you place a straw through the middle of a potato?

14. Types of resilience at school

15. Your teachers want you to be resilient in ways other than just emotional.

16. In school, we want you: to manage your workload to be on time to class; to meet deadlines to concentrate for long periods of time to control your thoughts and emotions to enjoy challenge and problem solving.

17. Do you recognise yourself at school?

18. The Absentee

19. The Snail

20. The Rule Breaker

21. The Cheeky One

22. The Academic-Masochist

23. The Multi-tasker

24. The Ostrich

25. Work to the maximum!

26. Work to remember!

27. 10 phrases to teach to students resilience

28. Number 1 “Come on, laugh it off!” Strategy: Humour Good for: students who experience disappointment, failure and even loss.

29. Number 2 “Don’t let this spoil everything” Strategy: Containing thinking Good for: students who feel overwhelmed; who experience rejection; perfectionists.

30. Number 3 “Let’s take a break” Strategy: Distraction Good for: students experiencing stressful situations; kids with busy lives.

31. Number 4 “Who have you spoken to about this?” Strategy: Seeking help Good for: handling all types of personal worries.

32. Number 5 “I know it looks bad now, but you will get through this” Strategy: Offering hope Good for: Kids experiencing loss, bullying, change or extreme disappointment.

33. Number 6 “What can you learn, so it doesn’t happen next time?” Strategy: Positive reframing Good for : students who make mistakes, or experience disappointment.

34. Number 7 “Don’t worry – relax and see what happens!” Strategy: Acceptance Good for: students who worry about exams or performing poorly.

35. Number 8 “This isn’t the end of the world” Strategy: Maintaining perspective Good for : students who blow things out of proportion.

36. Number 9 “You could be right. But have you thought about … ” Strategy: Flexible thinking Good for: students who experience extreme feelings or exaggerate.

37. Number 10 “What can we do about this?” Strategy: Taking action Good for: students who feel inadequate.

38. The problem

39. Resilience Summary 1. If you plant doubt , it can be self-fulfilling. 2. Testing things out will often lead to better solutions. 3. Sometimes a direct approach is the best solution. 4. Overcoming a difficulty and experiencing success is a great feeling.

40. It can be done, but how? Video or demonstration.