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Building Resilience

Building Resilience Have a Goal “Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. ” (W. Clement Stone)

Skipper has found that these ten tools help him to cope with the river of life

Building Resilience Have a Goal In this unit we will cover: • Setting a realistic goal helps to motivate us • Learning to overcome setbacks helps us cope with future ones • It is important to celebrate our successes

Building Resilience Skipper has a dream For as long as Skipper can remember, he has wanted to write his very own book. He decides to set himself a goal to write a book about his sailing adventures on the river of life.

Building Resilience Setting a realistic goal helps to motivate us

Building Resilience Goals give our life direction Having a goal gives you a starting position and a destination to reach for. If you don’t know where you are heading, you’ll never get there

Building Resilience Goals help us to pursue dreams that are important to us We all need something to look forward to, especially in challenging times. Feeling good about the future is important for our mental wellbeing. Do you have a goal you want to achieve?

Building Resilience Learning to overcome setbacks helps us cope with future ones

Building Resilience Skipper asks for feedback Skipper asks his friend to read what he has written. They point out several mistakes and make new suggestions. Skipper is very disappointed and considers giving up.

Building Resilience Everyone has failed at something at some point Here are some people who famously failed. Can you guess who they are? Her first book was rejected by 12 major publishers before going onto sell over 400 million copies Who am I? He didn’t start speaking until he was four or reading until he was seven. His teacher thought he was stupid! Who am I? He was fired by the editor of a magazine because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas”, Who am I?

Building Resilience Failure and mistakes are okay because: 1. They are normal and happen to everyone 2. They can give us the chance to reflect on what went wrong 3. They give us the opportunity to try different ways to move forward

Building Resilience Can you remember some of the challenges I have dealt with in the past? Skipper has dealt with setbacks before While rereading his book, he is reminded of all the times he has overcome difficulties in the past on the river of life. This gives him renewed confidence that he can deal with this setback.

Building Resilience Who can get ‘on board’ with you? Can any of you offer me any help? With his friend’s feedback in mind, he decides to get more friends on board and ask for their help and suggestions. Together they help Skipper to improve his book and achieve his goal.

Building Resilience It is important to celebrate our successes

Building Resilience Skipper finally finishes his book Thank goodness he kept going because it means we have all been able to learn from his adventures on the river of life. Skipper feels really proud to know that his stories will be shared with others.

Building Resilience When was the last time you felt proud of something you’ve achieved? Always celebrate your achievement When you reach your goal, take time to enjoy the feeling of achievement and remember to thank those that helped you.

Building Resilience Skipper knows someone else who overcame difficulties to achieve their goal…

Building Resilience Class Task Together create a ‘Get on Board’ display in your class. On one side put up ideas of what you need help with? Or the other side, suggestions of who/what could help you? Family Activity Work together on a goal. The goal can be anything you want to improve. Think about who or what will help you to achieve it. Bring your ‘goal’ in to share with your class

Building Resilience We’re On This Road by Stephen Fischbacher It’s a long road it’s a winding road it’s a beautiful road it’s a rocky road You might be running you might be jogging you might be walking you might be crawling x 2

Building Resilience Aah - Aah We’re on this road You, me, everybody, together x 2 You might be winning you might be losing you might be grinning you might be snoozing x 2

Building Resilience Aah - Aah – Aah We’re on this road You, me, everybody, together x 2 It’s a long road It’s a winding road It’s a rocky road It’s a beautiful road