Make me a Superhero!
Make me a Superhero!
Session 1
Learning Objective
To 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?
Task
With a talking partner, write your own definition for the
word ‘resilience’.
What do you think helps these people to be more resilient?
Prof. Robert Winston
Mo Farah
Katie Piper
Sir Chris Hoy
Ellie Simmonds
Jessica Ennis
J K Rowling
Think
What are the characteristics of resilient people?
R/Y1
Sesame Street ’What I am’ video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy
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Y1/2
KS2
Michael Jordan ‘failure’ video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45m
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Session 2
Make me a Superhero!
Session 2
Learning Objective
To 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!
Task
Think of a time when you have felt really challenged at school.
What was your ‘Inner Chimp’ telling you at this time?
Learning Line
Origami Superhero
https://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 Objective
To 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’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
I think carefully about a
problem and plan out how to
deal with it
Logical
Honest
I think clearly and use my
knowledge of what has
happened before to help
make decisions
I tell the truth
I 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
Conscientious
Energetic
Optimistic
Curious
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
Helpful
Good- humoured
I like to help other people
I see the funny side of
things and I don’t mind
making a mistake
KS2 Powers Board
Powers
Patient
Determined
Willing or able to wait calmly
when faced with delay or
obstacles, or when tempted to
take immediate action. Steadily
persevering; persisting.
Good problem solver
Compassionate
Calm
a feeling of sharing another's
suffering, prompting a desire to
relieve that suffering;
commiseration; clemency.
Tenacious
Athletic
Creative
Optimistic
Adventurous
holding on or tending to hold on
strongly or persistently (If you are
tenacious, you may realize a
dream that seems impossible).
Logical
Honest
clear thinking following with logic
or reason from prior events or
statements.
Conscientious
expecting or tending to expect
favourable outcomes.
Energetic
Helpful
Sensitive
Charming
Curious
Intelligent
done in accordance with one's
conscience; scrupulous. Precise;
meticulous; careful.
Good-humoured
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 Superhero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0m2_xPofI
Session 4
Make me a Superhero!
Session 4
Learning Objective
To 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?
Activity
1. 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.
Task
Think-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 Superhero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0m2_xPofI
Session 5
Make me a Superhero!
Session 5
Learning Objective
To explore and develop qualities that can contribute to building resilience.
Learning Outcomes
To understand that sometimes we need the help of others
To understand the value of different character traits for different scenarios
To 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
Plenary
There 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 Superhero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0m2_xPofI