Whole School Matters draft manuscript
Getting Started on The Whole School Approach
MindMatters Recognition and Overview
MindMatters Planning Tools
School Audits and Surveys
Curriculum Links
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Community Partnerships
Whole Student Approach
Student Empowerment
School Stories

Enhancing Resilience 2 links to PDHPE

Activities & Sessions

Possible Outcomes

Making meaning 

What do we mean by stress? - page 23

Stress spotters - page 24

Making stressburgers - metaphors for stress - page 25

Workbook activity - coping with stress - page 26

Visualisation of coping - page 26

Stress (handout) - page 27

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Stressful self-talk

Looking under the surface - pages 28-29

What is self-talk? - pages 29-30

Picture it - draw a picture to express feelings - page 30

Stress under the surface (worksheet) - page 31

Getting into your head - positive and negative self-talk (worksheet) - page 32

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Mope, hope or cope 

Identifying coping strategies - pages 33-34

Coping collections - pages 34-35

Bunch of fives - designing useful coping strategies - page 36

Cope cards (templates) - pages 37-45

Bunches of fives (worksheet) - page 46

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Getting help 

Getting help - pages 47-48

Support networks - page 48

Help card - page 48

What if? scenarios (handout) - page 49

Support network (worksheet) - page 50

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.8 - critically analyses health information, products and services to promote health

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

5.16 - predicts potential problems and develops, justifies and evaluates solutions

Getting it said 

Role-play explanation - pages 51-52

Persuading a friend to seek help - pages 52-53

Telling someone you need help - pages 53-54

Seeking help for a friend - pages 54-55

Talking heads (worksheet) - page 56

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.8 - critically analyses health information, products and services to promote health

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

5.16 - predicts potential problems and develops, justifies and evaluates solutions

Is it the same for boys & girls? 

Is it the same for boys & girls? - page 57

Sample questions - page 58

Coping styles (handout) - page 59

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.8 - critically analyses health information, products and services to promote health

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

The experts speak

The experts speak - chat show ‘How the modern teenager copes with the stresses of modern life’ - pages 60-61

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Group support 

Smarties relay - pages 67-68

Sample questions to discuss support, encouragement and cheating - page 68

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Trust 

Blindfold walk - pages 69-70

Sample questions to discuss trust - page 71

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Relaxation exercises 

Guided relaxation - page 72

Guided relaxation - pages 73-76

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

Protective layers 

Costume race - pages 77-78

Getting attention, reaching goals, protection from negative thoughts and put-downs, building protective layers around self sample questions - page 78 

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Supportive structures 

Five ways to lift a peer - page 79

Designing social support - page 80

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.8 - critically analyses health information, products and services to promote health

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

Goal setting 

Hot-air goals - feelings about achieving/not achieving goals - pages 81-83

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

5.15 - devises, justifies and implements plans that reflect a capacity to prioritise, think creatively and use resources effectively

Difficult decisions 

SharkMeat role-play - pages 84-85

Processing questions for players - page 85

Sample questions - page 86

SharkMeat cards (templates) - page 87

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

5.16 - predicts potential problems and develops, justifies and evaluates solutions

Conflict maps 

Dealing with conflict - pages 88-90

Sample questions to deal with conflict - page 90

Conflict map (worksheet) - page 91

5.1 - analyses how they can support their own and others’ sense of self

5.2 - evaluates their capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges

5.3 - analyses factors that contribute to positive, inclusive and satisfying relationships

5.11 - adapts and evaluates communication skills and strategies to justify opinions, ideas and feelings in increasingly complex situations

5.12 - adapts and applies decision making processes and justifies their choices in increasingly demanding contexts

5.13 - adopts roles and responsibilities that enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives

5.16 - predicts potential problems and develops, justifies and evaluates solutions