Y3/4 (A): Lesson 6: Celebrating mistakes

Developing a growth mindset and learning that mistakes are useful.

Learning objective

  • To develop a growth mindset and understand that mistakes are useful

Statutory guidance

  • That mental wellbeing is a normal part of daily life, in the same way as physical health

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: For the matching activity, they could work with a reduced number of cards or could work in a mixed ability pair. For the mind map activity, remind these pupils to look at the list you made together during the class discussion.

Pupils working at greater depth: For the matching activity, they could add some additional examples. Should describe different examples and contexts of mistakes and can explain how they are helpful.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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