Personal & Social Development Self-Regulation & Resilienceusually ages 9–11

Resilience and Bouncing Back

Understand resilience as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt to difficult circumstances, and keep going — recognising that resilience is a skill that develops through experience, not a trait you either have or don't

How to tell they’ve got it

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Define resilience in their own words and explain why it matters
Describe a time they bounced back from a setback and what helped them recover
Explain that resilience grows through experience and that struggling doesn't mean you're weak

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After a real disappointment — like not getting a part in the school play or failing a test they studied for — can your child feel upset but then pick themselves up and figure out what to do next?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Coping with Life Changesages 5–7Resilience concept builds on coping with change

Choosing the Right Coping Strategyages 7–9Resilience builds on having multiple coping strategies

Vocabulary: resilience and selfages 7–10Resilience as a concept requires understanding 'resilience', 'setback', 'persevere', and 'regulate' as precise terms

Emotions and Decision-Makingages 9–11Resilience benefits from understanding emotions influence decisions

Resilience and Bouncing Backthis skill · ages 9–11

Unlocks

Personal Coping Toolkitages 9–11Coping toolkit reflection builds on understanding resilience

Good Stress and Bad Stressages 11–12Advanced self-regulation depends on earlier self-control skills

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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9HP4P01medium confidenceYear 3–4 · Personal, social and community health

investigate how success, challenge, setbacks and failure strengthen resilience and identities in a range of contexts

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2HP4P01high confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

VC2HP4P02low confidenceHealth and Physical Education · Levels 3 and 4 · Personal, Social and Community Health – Health Education strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Personal Coping Toolkitages 9–11 Personal Goal-Settingages 9–11 Time and Attention Managementages 9–11 Breaking Tasks into Stepsages 7–9

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