Resilient
Having resilience is often defined as your ability to withstand adversity, bounce back and grow despite life’s downturns. Research identifies that some people are more resilient than others and that this is often dependent on a range factors including personal attributes and your experience.
Resilient is a word that is bantered around often during difficult and challenging times. We continually hear that our teachers want our students to be more resilient and through the school consultation process, you as parents also identified that you want your children to develop the strategies for becoming resilient in all facets of their lives too.
Resilient students typically demonstrate problem solving skills, a sense of purpose, motivation, goal orientation and use their time positively. They are also supported by their families, school and teachers to build and demonstrate these qualities.
As a part of the BCS GRIT model we ask our students to demonstrate four areas on their journey to becoming resilient learners.
· I can use a growth mindset to overcome challenges
· I can persevere with my learning
· I can take risks in my learning
· I can bounce back from my frustrations, failures and mistakes
We believe that for our students to be successful in their learning they need to have a crack, aim high, step outside their comfort zone and if at first they don’t succeed, well they can always try, try again.
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding on the 20th.