Resilience: Taking Responsibility

Revisit the idea of your why 

Remind ourselves what Resilience means  

Think about what you can do to take responsibility for your learning at GCSE 

 

The first step in taking responsibility – Finding your why?

Yours Why

a guiding principle that drives your motivation and gives meaning to your actions

How to find your why

Think about what or who you care about most and what or who makes you proud of yourself and what you could achieve

 

Resilience

The capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

(Oxford Dictionary)

Links to the Locus Rule (last session). Resilient learners adapt to the situation in which they find themselves, rather than just blaming the situation for all their problems. 

 

 

Resilience: Taking Responsibility

 

Resilient learners take responsibility for their outcomes and progress.

“The only person you will do a disservice to by not working at school is you," - Why is this?

 

Taking responsibility – complete missed work

If you miss school, what do you do?

 

Often work that you miss comes up in exams, and you need to be ready for that.

 

Taking Responsibility – give yourself enough time to complete homework and revision

 

Taking responsibility – give yourself enough time to complete homework and revision 

Devise a realistic weekly schedule. Doing this and sticking to it will enable you to approach exams calmly and stay on top of your workload.

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
16.00 – 16.30	Sea Cadet	Unwind	See Friends	TV	Unwind	Exercise	Visit Nan
16.30 – 17.00	Sea Cadets	Unwind	See Friends	TV	Unwind	Exercise	Visit Nan
17.00 – 17.30	Sea Cadets	Homework	See Friends	Exercise	Get ready	Homework	Homework
17.30 – 18.00	Sea Cadets	Revision	See Friends	Exercise	Get Ready	Revision	Revision
18.00 – 18.30	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
18.30 – 19.00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
19.00 – 19.30	Homework	Swimming	Homework	Homework	See Friends	Relax	Homework
19.30 – 20.00	Revision	Swimming	Revision	Revision	See Friends	Relax	Revision
20.00 – 20.30	Pack school bag	Pack school Bag	Pack school bag	Pack school bag	See Friends	TV	Pack school bag
20.30 – 21.00	Relax	Relax	Relax	Relax	See Friends	Relax	Relax

“Taking responsibility is the first step toward success. If we blame others for our failures, we’re giving away control over our future”