Bouncing back after bad stuff happens

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Resilience

• Bouncing back after bad stuff happens!
• - or -
• I get knocked down, but I get up again!

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What does RESILIENCE mean?

• RESILIENCE means having an ability to recover
  after something bad has happened.
• At a personal level, it can mean how long it
  takes to feel better after an illness, or to feel
  ok again after having a poor day at school.

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King Robert The Bruce

• King Robert the Bruce of Scotland was defeated in
  battle.
• As he was in danger, he found safety by hiding in
  a cave, where he stayed as he recovered from all
  he had been through.
• He was extremely depressed and thought about
  giving up the Scottish throne and running away.

Photo by Flickr user David A G Wilson and
reproduced under Creative Commons License
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King Robert The Spider

• Legend has it that as Robert the Bruce sat
  thinking, he noticed a spider building a web at
  the mouth of the cave.
• The spider kept falling but each time it got up
  again and continued with building its web until
  it was finished.

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What happened next

• Robert watched how the spider persevered.
• He realised that the spider did not give up, each
  time there was a problem he picked himself up
  until he succeeded.
• Robert the Bruce went back to his troops and
  tried again.
• And he successfully won back his throne!

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The famous moral of the tale is.

• If at first you dont succeed. Try, try and try
  again

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More Tales of Resilience

• Robert the Bruce learnt about resilience.
• Resilience features in lots of other stories -
  for example The Three Little Pigs, Harry
  Potter, and Cinderella.
• Can you think of some more?

Photo by Flickr user johnmuk and reproduced under
Creative Commons License
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Planet Earth Resilient?

• Its not just characters in young children's
  stories who need to be resilient.
• What about Planet Earth, threatened by climate
  change?
• What about New Orleans, devastated by hurricanes
  and floods?