Resilience Stories
Resilience is the ability to cope when things go wrong. Now, more than ever, we all need to practise resilience so we can 'bounce back' from the changes we have all gone through due to the COVID19 pandemic. The 3 pillars of GEM (Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfulness) will help our students to develop their resilience.
Resilience is the ability to cope when things go wrong. Now, more than ever, we all need to practise resilience so we can 'bounce back' from the changes we have all gone through due to the COVID19 pandemic. The 3 pillars of GEM (Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfulness) will help our students to develop their resilience.
Resilience can also be described as:
Bouncing back after difficult times
Dealing with challenges and still holding your head up
Giving things a go or trying your best
Being strong on the inside
Being able to cope with what life throws at you and shrug it off
Standing up for yourself
Getting back into shape after you have been bent or stretched
Watch these positive stories to help develop resilience through Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfulness.
Watch these positive stories to help develop resilience through Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfulness.
(Click on the pictures to follow the links to the videos)
Watch Hugh chat with students about failing and resilience
Watch Hugh chat with students about failing and resilience
Toasted TV How do we bounce back to build our resilience?
Toasted TV How do we bounce back to build our resilience?
Watch as Kyle Maynard climbs Mt.Kilimanjaro
Watch as Kyle Maynard climbs Mt.Kilimanjaro
Gratitude explained
Gratitude explained
Empathy explained
Empathy explained
Mindfulness explained
Mindfulness explained
Websites about Resilience
Websites about Resilience
Read alouds about Resilience
(Click on the pictures to watch a read aloud of these books)Read alouds about Resilience
Facing challenges
Facing challenges
Being persistent
Being persistent
Being grumpy
Being grumpy
Make a mood emoji wheel to help identify your moods
Make a mood emoji wheel to help identify your moods
Who are the people in my network that can help me?
Who are the people in my network that can help me?
Talk this through with your child - make a plan of people that can help your child in a variety of places. This will help them to build their resilience.