Rainbows of Resilience
Free Social and Emotional Toolkit for Schools
Blue
Theme
The blue theme relates to adaption and new ways of thinking. it consider building resilience and broadening skills for children and young people. It also works on encouraging self-belief to enable skills development and learning.
Resources.
Tips for developing resilience form Positive psychology
https://positivepsychology.com/resilience-activities-exercises/
RESILIENCE programme
www. partnersinpsychology.co.uk
Recovery Curriculum
https://www.evidenceforlearning.net/recoverycurriculum/#mentalhealth
01/
resilience through listening
opportunities for children and staff to be listened to will be vital during the transition period. Develop listening skills and listening time in school to hear each others expereincess
02/
dealing with mixed emotions as a normal experience
normalise emotions and confusion following periods of uncertainty. acknowledge changes but, enable students by identyfying feeling mixed emotions as a normal expereince
03/
focussing on restoring balance for children
introduce the concept of balance to children- children can develop balance materials such as a card scale to indicate their daily feelings of balance
04/
encouraging creativity
encourage pupils to share ideas and creativity from home as well as school. where restrictions of home resources are necessary take photos or document things electronically
04/
fostering enagagement
encourage pupils to engage in something new. encourage trying new things and embracing change as opportunity. you can use a theme of 'new notes' of the week to record and celebrate new endeavours and successes including new friends, new skills, new teachers etc