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These videos are aimed at middle to upper primary students and support teachers to:
introduce and teach the BOUNCE BACK acronym of coping statements
build students’ resilience and coping skills
generate safe classroom discussions
develop shared class language and understanding about resilience.
They can be used to generate general discussions around wellbeing and resilience, setting the scene for the curriculum units.
It is recommended that teachers pause the videos where indicated, or as often as needed to generate robust classroom discussions. Each video also includes activities for resilient skill development.
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Bad times don’t last. Things always get better. Stay optimistic.
This video explores how to bounce back from a difficult situation by working at being hopeful.
Key vocabulary: hope/ful/, hope/less, negative, optimism/optimistic, pessimism/pessimistic, positive, un/realistic
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Other people can help if you talk to them. Get a reality check.
This video is about the importance of tapping into different people for help and how to give your worries a reality check.
Key vocabulary: evidence, expertise, fact/reality check, opinion, perception, source, worries
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Unhelpful thinking makes you feel more upset. Think again.
This video explores the differences between helpful and unhelpful thinking when tackling problems or difficult situations.
Key vocabulary: choice, exaggerating, generalising, helpful, negative, optimism, over simplifying, pessimistic, positive, un/helpful
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Nobody is perfect – not you and not others.
This video explores the differences between helpful and unhelpful thinking when tackling problems or difficult situations.
Key vocabulary: anxious, critical, myth, perfect/ion, perfection/ist/ism, pressure, setback, un/realistic
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Concentrate on the positives (no matter how small) and use laughter.
This video is about finding something positive or even funny in difficult situations, rather than focusing on the negatives.
Key vocabulary: concentrate, critical, difficult, hope/ful, laugh/laughter, negative/s, perspective, positive/s, positive tracker
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Everybody experiences sadness, hurt, failure, rejection and setbacks sometimes, not just you. They are a normal part of life. Try not to personalise them.
This video focuses on how setbacks are a part of everyone’s everyday life and how to handle them.
Key vocabulary: challenging, courage, difficult/ies, emotions, experience, failure, help/less/ful, limitations, mental fitness, normal/ising, obstacle, overcome, persist, personal/ising/ise, physical fitness, real/istic, reject/ion, sad/ness, setbacks, strengths
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