Videos to support Bounce Back! from Sprout Wellbeing
These videos are aimed at middle to upper primary students and support teachers to:
They can be used to generate general discussions around wellbeing and resilience, setting the scene for the curriculum units.
It is recommended that teachers pause the videos where indicated, or as often as needed to generate robust classroom discussions. Each video also includes activities for resilient skill development.
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Bad times don’t last. Things always get better. Stay optimistic.
This video explores how to bounce back from a difficult situation by working at being hopeful.
Key vocabulary: hope/ful/, hope/less, negative, optimism/optimistic, pessimism/pessimistic, positive, un/realistic
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Other people can help if you talk to them. Get a reality check.
This video is about the importance of tapping into different people for help and how to give your worries a reality check.
Key vocabulary: evidence, expertise, fact/reality check, opinion, perception, source, worries
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Unhelpful thinking makes you feel more upset. Think again.
This video explores the differences between helpful and unhelpful thinking when tackling problems or difficult situations.
Key vocabulary: choice, exaggerating, generalising, helpful, negative, optimism, over simplifying, pessimistic, positive, un/helpful
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Nobody is perfect – not you and not others.
This video explores the differences between helpful and unhelpful thinking when tackling problems or difficult situations.
Key vocabulary: anxious, critical, myth, perfect/ion, perfection/ist/ism, pressure, setback, un/realistic
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Concentrate on the positives (no matter how small) and use laughter.
This video is about finding something positive or even funny in difficult situations, rather than focusing on the negatives.
Key vocabulary: concentrate, critical, difficult, hope/ful, laugh/laughter, negative/s, perspective, positive/s, positive tracker
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Everybody experiences sadness, hurt, failure, rejection and setbacks sometimes, not just you. They are a normal part of life. Try not to personalise them.
This video focuses on how setbacks are a part of everyone’s everyday life and how to handle them.
Key vocabulary: challenging, courage, difficult/ies, emotions, experience, failure, help/less/ful, limitations, mental fitness, normal/ising, obstacle, overcome, persist, personal/ising/ise, physical fitness, real/istic, reject/ion, sad/ness, setbacks, strengths
Tools, Tips & Activities for Wellbeing and Resilience from Dr Toni Noble
The following articles, written by Bounce Back! author Dr Toni Noble, provide parents and teachers with wellbeing tools, tips and activities for primary school-aged children to build resilience and wellbeing during this global pandemic and other challenges the future may hold.
Boosting positive emotions
Positive emotions help us to undo the negative effects of stress. While it is normal for children to experience challenging emotions like anxiety, fear or frustration at this time, this article suggests ideas to boost their positive emotions.
Staying connected
Social distancing is more about physical separation, not social disconnection from each other. The activities in this article are designed to help primary school-aged children to have fun interacting with a friend or classmate via phone or video through interesting and purposeful conversation.
Being kind, being thankful
Practising kindness and feeling gratitude for others’ kindness to you not only builds stronger relationships with our family, extended family, friends and neighbours, but improves our sense of wellbeing and happiness. Often the giver benefits just as much, or even more than the receiver.
Look for the silver lining
We can usually find something good in any bad situation, if we try. This article will explore how, by helping children to look for the small good things, they can begin to feel more hopeful.
