Welcome to That Thing I Do!
Here you'll find free resilience training video resources that can be used in the classroom.
That Thing I Do is all about helping children and young people develop emotional, mental and physical strength and resilience to improve their wellbeing.
"Resilience (definition): the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness"
'The Daily 5' is our main video-based resilience training programme, designed for the classroom.
Sarah, our Resilience Trainer, takes us through the five steps:
1. Think 2. Jump 3. Stretch and Breathe 4. Find My Anchor 5. Ready and Resilient
The Daily 5 - Week 1. Courage
The Daily 5 - Week 1. Courage
Breakdown The Pose - Week 1. Courage
Movement Break 3
An Introduction to the Daily 5
The Daily 5 - 9. Supported (SD)
Breakdown The Pose - 9. Supported
Movement Break 7
More About The Daily 5
That Thing I Do and The Daily 5 brings fun and interactive resilience training videos that everyone in the classroom can join in with! Each Daily 5 video is about 10 minutes long and designed to be repeated through a week. There are other videos series that compliment The Daily 5 and can be used alongside it... More on those below.
Each of the five steps of The Daily 5 is a tool for teaching and developing resilience:
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Step 1 THINK: How am i feeling?
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Step 2 JUMP: Time to move!
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Step 3 STRETCH AND BREATHE: Breathing and stretch exercises, focusing on a 'pose' and stretch.
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Step 4 FIND MY ANCHOR: Mindful focus on our theme word.
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Step 5 READY AND RESILIENT: We are ready and resilient, able to return to our day!
Below, you can find a selection of videos from That Thing I Do - Try out The Daily 5, a Movement Break, a Breath Break, or a Breakdown The Pose.
All of these are specifically designed to be easy-to-follow and use in the classroom, and cater to all abilities and needs of the whole class.
Each week of The Daily 5 has a theme word to focus on as we explore how to become more resilient. Week 1 is 'Courage'.
We go to a different location for each week of The Daily 5! From forests, to the seaside; a clifftop to old ruins! We love to explore and find places to help us focus, learn, and become "fitter, stronger and more resilient".
Each Daily 5 is professionally filmed and recorded in Full High Definition and has its own original music soundtracks, all produced by our very own production team!
The Daily 5 works best when repeated up to 5 times each week. We recommend aiming to use each Daily 5 for at least three of the 5 days in the school week, and on the other days, explore the other videos associated with the topic for the week
For example:
On Week 1:
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Monday: The Daily 5 - 1. Courage
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Tuesday: pick a Movement Break (choose any!), a Breath Break and then 'Breakdown The Pose - 1. Courage'
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Wednesday: The Daily 5 - 1. Courage
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Thursday: a Movement Break, a Breath Break and then 'Breakdown The Pose - 1. Courage'
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Friday: The Daily 5 - 1. Courage