Enhancing Resilience 2 links to English

Coping

Stressful self-talk
Looking under the surface - pages 28-29

What is self-talk?
Picture it - page 30

Stress under the surface (worksheet) - page 31

Getting into your head (worksheet) - page 32

Level 5 Speaking and listening

At Level 5 students express creative and analytical responses to texts, themes and issues. They identify main issues in a topic and provide supporting detail and evidence for opinions. They critically evaluate the spoken language of others and select, prepare and present spoken texts for specific audiences and purposes. They use a variety of multimedia to support individual presentations in which they inform or persuade an audience. When listening to teachers, students ask clarifying questions and build on the ideas of others. They identify key ideas and take notes. They show an awareness of the influence of audience on the construction and presentation of spoken texts, and of how situational and sociocultural factors affect audience responses.

Level 6 Speaking and listening

At Level 6 students analyse critically the relationship between texts, contexts, speakers and listeners in a range of situations. When engaged in discussion, they compare ideas, build on others’ ideas, provide and justify other points of view, and reach conclusions that take account of aspects of an issue. In their presentations, they make effective use of the structures and features of spoken language to deal with complex subject matter in a range of situations. They draw on a range of strategies to listen to and present spoken texts, including note-taking, combining spoken and visual texts, and presenting complex issues or information imaginatively to interest an audience.

The activities in Enhancing Resilience 1 can be used across the curriculum. They can be used at the beginning of each school year as new class-groups establish a working routine, atmosphere of trust, safety and acceptance.

Coping

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

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Start a lesson by commenting on positive behaviour you have noticed in each student.

Coping

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

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Use the activities in Enhancing Resilience 1 and Enhancing Resilience 2 in staff professional development sessions as energisers, mixers and starting points for discussion about health and wellbeing.

Coping

The 'experts' speak

The 'experts' speak - pages 60–61

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Yard/playground duty is a valuable time to make connections with students and develop/reaffirm positive working relationships.

Coping

Mope, hope or cope

Identifying coping strategies - pages 33–34

Coping collections - pages 34–35

Bunches of fives - page 36

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Coping

Making meaning

What do we mean by stress? - page 23

Stress spotters - page 24

Making stressburgers - metaphors for stress - page 25

Workbook activity - page 26

Homework - page 26

Stress (handout) - page 27

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.

Protective layers

Costume race - pages 77–78

Sample questions - page 78

These are useful activities for classroom learning and connection.