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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 5: Developing a growth mindset

Developing resilience, children learn to identify strategies to help overcome barriers and manage difficult emotions.

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Learning objective

To identify strategies to help overcome barriers or manage difficult emotions.
To develop a growth mindset.

Success criteria

I can describe how

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Non-statutory guidance

The National curriculum

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Cross-curricular links

British values

Individual liberty.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Discuss what the children have been doing to work towards their goal, referring to their Activity: Steps to success ladders from Lesson 4: Steps to success. Recap how they should be taking small, manageable steps towards their goals. As a class, discuss any obstacles they may have encountered or why it might be difficult to persevere.…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could focus on recording their feelings in the ‘feelings’ column on the Activity: Challenges recording sheet, leaving the other two columns blank; could have the option to time other children using a stopwatch, if they show signs of becoming agitated during the challenge.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be challenged to explain what a growth mindset is and how it could be applied in different contexts.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: Explaining what a growth

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Vocabulary definitions

fail

To not succeed at something you tried to do.
challenge

Something that is hard to do but can help you learn.

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In this unit

Assessment - RSE & PSHE Y2: Health and wellbeing

Lesson 1: Experiencing different emotions

Lesson 2: Being active

Lesson 3: Relaxation: breathing exercises

Lesson 4: Steps to success

Lesson 5: Developing a growth mindset

Lesson 6: Healthy diet

Lesson 7: Looking after our teeth

Originally created by:

Sarah Huggins

RSE & PSHE specialist

Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in education. Starting as a Primary teacher, Sarah then moved into an advisory role that covered both PSHE education and Citizenship. She delivers courses for teachers, as well as sessions for children and young people and creates…

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