Resilience skill
Focusing on resilience and growth mindset, our Online Resilience Course is for children aged 8-11 and focuses on how to face challenges, handle mistakes, deal with adversity and thrive in an ever changing world. It is made up of 5 x 90 minute online sessions.
Each student will join the online session using ‘Zoom’ software (which can be downloaded) from their home.
Students from all countries are welcome. Course times are based on UK time and all students must be fluent in English.
Online - Zoom
8 - 11 years
5 days
15.03.21 - 19.03.21
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
All times are UK time.
£195
£195.00
Focusing on resilience and growth mindset, our Online Resilience Course is for ages 8-11 and teaches children how to face challenges, handle mistakes, deal with adversity and thrive in an ever changing world.
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Developing resilience and a growth mindset can affect a child’s attitude and can also improve the way they learn in the classroom. Taking risks, dealing with setbacks, and pushing themselves to achieve more are all outcomes which can positively impact their education and attainment.
Our Online Resilience Course focuses on the theory behind developing resilience, and how we can apply this to our everyday lives. It is made up of 5 online sessions lasting for 90 minutes.
Each online Life Skills Course includes access to additional exciting activities for your child to do independently at any point during their day/week. Each of these is designed to be a fun distraction from what is going on around them. These activity sheets will be emailed to you along with a summary of the content shared during the online session each day.
Helping your child to develop their resilience is one of the most effective ways to help them thrive at school, home and beyond. By developing a growth mindset, children can learn to push themselves outside of their comfort zone, embrace new experiences, challenges and persevere in areas that might not be their strengths. Understanding that intelligence and ability are not predetermined and that mistakes can help us learn, can have a huge impact on the way a child approaches life.
The 90 minute sessions will be run on a software called Zoom. The children will need to have access to a device that has the internet, runs PowerPoint and facilitates the use of audio and camera (webcam).
Information on Zoom Software
Please note that a free Zoom account and Zoom client software for PC, Mac or Linux is required in order to participate in these sessions. If you have not used Zoom before, please use these links to learn how to download the necessary software and then register an account;
(You can register with your name/email as the parent as during the first session it is possible to change the name displayed on the camera screen to your child’s)
Other notes on the online course:
More information will be shared in our pre-course email, which you will receive towards the end of the week before the course starts.
Our Online Resilience Course features the same content as our offline Resilience Life Skills Course but is delivered using technology. The content focuses more on the theory behind developing resilience, see below for the specific themes covered.
Session 1: What does resilience and growth mindset mean?
What’s the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset? What mindset do we have?
Session 2: Making mistakes
Mistakes can be marvellous! What’s happening in our brains when we learn? (neuroplasticity)
Session 3: Comfort zone
What does it feel like to go outside of our comfort zone? Why is this important? What can we do when we feel anxious? Applying our resilience to our own situations, fears and worries.
Session 4: The power of our thoughts
How do our thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other? What thinking traps do we fall into? How can we relate this to our everyday lives?
Session 5: Emotional Resilience
What about our emotions and responses? What does being emotionally resilient look like with my friends? family? as I grow older?
You will learn all about a growth mindset and how to deal with any type of challenge. Do you ever have negative or unhelpful thoughts? You will find out how to deal with these and how to listen in to much more empowering thoughts instead.
Our courses are not designed just for children who struggle with resilience, we believe everyone should be developing this important life skill. The online programme is a great opportunity for any child to gain a better understanding of what a growth mindset looks, sounds and feels like and how powerful it can be when applied in different situations. They will learn that we don’t have to believe everything we think and that they can choose how to respond and react to the various challenges life inevitably throws at us. The online collaboration and communication with others throughout the programme can help boost general self-confidence and self-awareness. The course is a great way for children to explore being outside of their comfort zone within a fun and supportive environment.
Our highly experienced team of Role Models are passionate about both education and social & emotional wellbeing. They’re energetic, engaging, and curious. They’re adept at combining educational rigour with fun, to create active learning environments that children love. All have been interviewed by our Recruitment Team and are reference and DBS checked.
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The Role Models Life Skills programme includes 8 different courses for children in Years 1-6 (ages 5-7 & 8-11). These separate courses can be completed in any order, or on their own.
Our courses follow an education framework developed by teachers, education experts and business leaders. This framework, based on the work of the Partnership for 21st century learning, defines the skills and knowledge that children need to thrive at school, at home and beyond. Our courses have been written by our Character Education team who are highly qualified educators. Our course content emphasises the importance of developing life and career skills alongside academic attainment.
David - Online course participant
It taught me to be confident in the classroom and put my hand up and not worry if I say something wrong!
Sally - a London parent
Can I just say that today’s session was absolutely brilliant! You kept my 6 year old son totally engaged and interactive the whole time - he was absolutely engrossed the entire session. He has been a nightmare to ‘home school’ this week but as you ended the session today, he asked for more! Great work!! Thank you!
Mara - a Switzerland parent
The structure of the session was very helpful in warming up the kids, the selected stories were awesome and memorable, the teacher was fun and engaging, it was great for my daughter to hear the stories and experiences of other kids and realising how her difficulties are shared by others. A+++++
Sarah - a London parent
She has thoroughly enjoyed the resilience course. Critically from our perspective, it has given her space, language and tools to explore how to stretch herself beyond her comfort zone in a no-shame / self-empowering way. The associated parent support has also been very helpful. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.
Amanda - a London parent
I just wanted to say another huge thank you for this session. I was so impressed with the way it was structured. You captured their attention immediately and the content was so relevant for my kids with some great take homes which we will hopefully work on embedding into the everyday. Your resources are great. Such a positive 2 sessions for them. Thank you so much. I'm so glad I found your website. I would highly recommend you guys!
Sarah - a London parent
I wanted to thank you for the great session that my 9 year old attended this afternoon. We were having a dreadful day at home school and the session really lifted his spirits (and gave me some time out!). Thanks once again, very much appreciated.
Ella - Online course participant
It was very helpful and exciting, it taught me about comfort zones and growth mindset. I found the comfort zones to be the most helpful, I will use the learning when I try something new. I thought learning online was very good because it was exciting to use. It was also good to learn to deal with situations.
Nicole - Online course participant
The growth mindset part was most helpful. I think it will help me be more confident in the classroom and put my hand up and not worry if I say something wrong
Patrick Fordham
While teaching Business and Computer Science on the Isle of Sheppey Patch realised the importance of Confidence and resilience for pupils. Not only were these characteristics vital for pupils to take on the pressures of school, but also in later life.
Shahnaz Zarif
For the last seven years Shahnaz has been a history teacher, running a department in London. Shahnaz is also a musician and performer who used to run the kids club at an independent cinema. She took great pleasure in planning and delivering games, pre-show prizes and post movie birthday parties at this kids club.
Catherine Chambers
Catherine is a London based artist and community arts facilitator. She has endless experience working with children creatively. She spends a lot of time in Ethiopia where she helps both children and adults with their English, and they help her with Amharic (the national language of Ethiopia).
Sarai Littlechild
Sarai is an engaging and Creative Arts graduate with lots of varied experience working with vulnerable adults and children.
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