Make me a Superhero!

Make me a Superhero!Session 1Learning ObjectiveTo explore and develop qualities that can contribute to building resilience.

Learning Outcomes• To understand what ‘resilience’ is• To write a definition for the word ‘resilience’• To identify the characteristics of resilient people.

Resilience... what is it?

Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!

Some people seem to be better at bouncing back than others. Why might that be?

TaskWith a talking partner, write your own definition for the

word ‘resilience’.

Sir Chris Hoy

What do you think helps these people to be more resilient?

Mo FarahKatie Piper

Prof. Robert Winston Ellie Simmonds Jessica Ennis J K Rowling

ThinkWhat are the characteristics of resilient people?

Michael Jordan ‘failure’ video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szcKS2

Y1/2

R/Y1Sesame Street ’What I am’ video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVzjoj96vs

Session 2

Make me a Superhero!Session 2Learning ObjectiveTo explore and develop qualities that can contribute to building resilience.

Learning Outcomes• To understand what negative unhelpful thoughts are and how these stop

us learning and achieving• To identify a time when I have had a negative thought• To be able to replace negative thoughts with productive positive ones• To have a bank of positive phrases to use in times of need.

The Inner Chimp – don’t listen to him!

TaskThink of a time when you have felt really challenged at school.

What was your ‘Inner Chimp’ telling you at this time?

Learning Line

Origami Superherohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0m2_xPofI

Real Life Superheroes

We can’t fly and we don’t have X-ray vision. Being a real-life superhero is about finding your strength and using it to do good, be that physical, mental or positive values (empathy,

compassion, love). Superheroes want to do good for others. They have

initiative, they have confidence in their abilities and they usually believe that they can accomplish anything that they

set out to do. The voice in their head is telling them that they can do it!

Think

What superhero do you want to be?

Who is your enemy - your Inner Chimp? Name it e.g. doubt, impatience, short attention span etc.

Challenge Think about what your superhero self would be saying to you when you are facing a new challenge.

Using your worksheet from before, make a list of all the different phrases that he or she would use to encourage you.

“ A hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

Christopher Reeve

Session 3

Make me a Superhero!Session 3 Learning ObjectiveTo explore and develop qualities that can contribute to building resilience.

Learning Outcomes• To identify personal strengths and talents• To identify what I need to get better at (for being a superhero)• To assert thoughts and feelings.

Task – Work with a critical friend Using the Powers board to select from, choose one of

the powers/skills that your friend possesses and explain a time when you have witnessed him or her

using it.

KS1 Powers Board

Powers

Patient Determined Compassionate Calm I’m good at waiting I don’t give up easily I think about other

people’s feelings and I care about them

I think before I respond and I don’t get angry

easily

Good problem solver

Adventurous Athletic Creative

I think carefully about a problem and plan out how

to deal with it

I’m quite daring and I like to get stuck into an

adventure

I’m fit and active I like to make and draw things and I’m good at

finding interesting ways of doing things

Logical Honest Optimistic CuriousI think clearly and use my

knowledge of what has happened before to help

make decisions

I tell the truth I always look on the bright side and expect good

things to happen

I’m interested in the world around me and like to find

out new things

Conscientious Energetic Helpful Good- humouredI work hard and very

carefully making sure I do the best job that I can

I always have lots of energy to do new things

I like to help other people I see the funny side of things and I don’t mind

making a mistake

PowersPatient Determined Compassionate Calm

Willing or able to wait calmly when faced with delay or

obstacles, or when tempted to take immediate action. Steadily

persevering; persisting.

a feeling of sharing another's suffering, prompting a desire to

relieve that suffering; commiseration; clemency.

Good problem solver Tenacious Athletic Creativeholding on or tending to hold on

strongly or persistently (If you are tenacious, you may realize a

dream that seems impossible).

Logical Honest Optimistic Adventurousclear thinking following with logic

or reason from prior events or statements.

expecting or tending to expect favourable outcomes.

Conscientious Energetic Helpful Sensitivedone in accordance with one's

conscience; scrupulous. Precise; meticulous; careful.

Good-humoured Charming Curious Intelligent

KS2 Powers Board

Challenge - Aspirational powers – think about a power that you would you like to develop further,

maybe something that you find tricky at the moment? How might you develop these powers

further?

Origami Superherohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0m2_xPofI

Session 4

Make me a Superhero!Session 4 Learning ObjectiveTo explore and develop qualities that can contribute to building resilience.

Learning Outcomes• To identify impulsive responses• To learn ways to control our impulses and behaviour.

Discuss – How do these Superheroes control their

impulses?

What happens if they don’t?

Activity1. How many emotions can we list as a class?2. Think of a possible negative response for some of these

emotions e.g.

Emotion Response

Anger Hitting someone

Coping Cup Activity

On a slip of paper, write down an example of something that makes you feel unhappy or worried, or any one of the negative

emotions we’ve talked about. Fold up your paper and place it in the cup.

Challenge!To empty the cup you must think of a positive alternative to the

negative ones listed on the slips. For each positive suggestion a negative slip can be discarded.

Keep a record of the positive suggestions – this will help with your next task.

TaskThink-Act Poster Include the following rule on your poster:

• STOP-THINK (don’t respond straight away)• BREATHE• 3 RESPONSES (don’t say anything until you have thought

of 3 possible responses)• ACT

Origami Superherohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0m2_xPofI

Session 5

Make me a Superhero!Session 5Learning ObjectiveTo explore and develop qualities that can contribute to building resilience.

Learning OutcomesTo understand that sometimes we need the help of othersTo understand the value of different character traits for different scenariosTo know when we might need to ask for help and who we should/could call upon.

Task – Diamond 9 Work in groups of 3 or 4. Consider your scenario.

Decide on the most useful powers to deal with the scenario. The most important or useful character

trait should be placed at the top and the least important or useful should be placed at the bottom.

Think, who are the other people who can help us with these scenarios?

Diamond 9 Powers

Patient Energetic Determined

Good problem solver

Sensitive Good-humoured

Optimistic Honest Adventurous

PlenaryThere are more Superhero Friends that we may want to call upon at different times, especially when our problems are

very sensitive and tricky to deal with. Which adults or agencies may we want to call upon at such

times?

Origami Superherohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0m2_xPofI