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“Bouncing back after bad stuff happens!” - or “I get knocked down, but I get up again!”
What does RESILIENCE mean? Ø RESILIENCE means having an ability to recover after something bad has happened. Ø At a personal level, it can mean how long it takes to feel better after an illness, or to feel ok again after having a poor day at school.
King Robert The Bruce King Robert the Bruce of Scotland was defeated in battle. Ø As he was in danger, he found safety by hiding in a cave, where he stayed as he recovered from all he had been through. Ø He was extremely depressed and thought about giving up the Scottish throne and running away. Ø Photo by Flickr user David A G Wilson and reproduced under Creative Commons License
King RobertØ Legend & The Spider has it that as Robert the Bruce sat thinking, he noticed a spider building a web at the mouth of the cave. Ø The spider kept falling but each time it got up again and continued with building its web until it was finished.
What happened next… Ø Robert watched how the spider persevered. Ø He realised that the spider did not give up, each time there was a problem he picked himself up until he succeeded. Ø Robert the Bruce went back to his troops and tried again. Ø And he successfully won back his throne!
The famous moral of the tale is…. “If at first you don’t succeed. Try, try and try again”
Ø Robert the Bruce learnt about resilience. Ø Resilience features in lots of other stories for example ‘The Three Little Pigs’, ‘Harry Potter’, and ‘Cinderella’. Ø Can you think of some more? Photo by Flickr user johnmuk and reproduced under Creative Commons License
Planet Earth – Resilient? It’s not just characters in young children's stories who need to be resilient. Ø What about Planet Earth, threatened by climate change? Ø What about New Orleans, devastated by hurricanes and floods? Ø
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