Personal Qualities Resources
Please use these resources to help provide perspective on and then build your personal qualities for the term.
Paul de Gelder
Task: Watch the YouTube clips, visit his website and then answer these questions about Paul De Gelder.
1.Who is Paul de Gelder? 2.What was he like when he was a teenager? 3.What happened to him? 4.What do you think helped him during his recovery? 5.How has Paul demonstrated resilience? 6.What is his current role? 7.What is Paul’s take home message? 8.Write an entry in your journal reflecting on Paul’s journey and how it has made you feel. Website Link / Document
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Resilience
Resilience is the ability to grow and thrive in the face of challenges and bounce back from adversity. Resilience enables you to take calculated risks and capitalise on opportunities.’ Kevin Reivich & Andrew Shatte, the Reslience Factor, 2011
Task: Download and complete this worksheet and answer the questions below. Answer the following questions in your journal:
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Sleep
Task:
1. Go to https://www.worldsleepsurvey.com/ and complete the sleep survey online. This should take 5-10 minutes 2. Write a reflection in your journal about your results. What surprised you? Were you expecting the results? 3. Watch an Insight (SBS) episode that aired on 10th May 2016, entitled “Are We Getting Enough Sleep?” to the right. We spend about one third of our lives sleeping. There’s no other activity we engage in more, and it’s as critical to our health as food and water. Put simply, our cognitive abilities deteriorate without sleep.
So, are we getting enough? And, when we are catching z’s, how do we know if the quality of our sleep is enough to sustain the demands of our busy lives? We live in a 24-hour society of smart phones, emails, text messages, and Twitter feeds. We call on stimulants like caffeine to keep us awake, and often turn to alcohol to send us to sleep. Is there a fast and fool-proof way to re-set our circadian rhythms, and how do we counteract the impact of so much screen-time? This week, Insight explores the sleep problems plaguing Australians. We hear from a doctor who says fatigue often strikes in the emergency room, a shift worker whose extreme sleep deprivation led doctors to conclude he’d suffered a stroke, and a sleep scientist who champions the power of naps – especially at work. We also learn why 70 per cent of teens are sleep deprived, and examine the link between sleep and mental health. |
Essential Questions1.Think about the following questions and reflect on them in your journal:
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