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Lesson 2 - Growth Mindset

Year 5

Year 6

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Lesson overview

Lesson Objectives
  • To understand the growth & fixed mindset.
  • To understand how our minds work.
  • To challenge yourself.
Key Vocabulary

Mindset, fixed mindset, growth mindset, the brain, neurons, emotions, muscles, strategies, challenge, intelligence, pledge, positive, praise, learning and mistakes.

Curriculum Links
  • Understanding the consequences of their behaviour and actions.
  • Developing pupils’ confidence, resilience, and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy.
Equipment & Resources
  • Lesson PPT, paper, pen and colours.

Lesson activities

Starter Activity

Introduce the session with the lesson objectives along with the key words pupils will hear.

Explain and talk through the human brain using slides 3 – 6.

Watch the brain jump video as a class. Initiate a whole class discussion about the video.

Main Activity
  • Explain to the class what a ‘mindset’ is using slides 8 and 9.
  • Pairs discussion: Ask pupils to think of a time when they had to work hard to get better at something. Ask pupils to share their story with a partner and talk through why it was hard and what they did to help them achieve it. Invite pupils to share their stories with the class.
  • Watch the video about the growth mindset and initiate a whole class discussion about it.
  • Talk through what a fixed and growth mindset is using slides 14 -16 and ask pupils to say which they are.
  • Group activity: Ask pupils to work together in groups to change the sentences on slide 17 into growth mindset sentences.
  • Individual task: Ask pupils to complete the questions on slide 18 about their mindset. Pupils can share and compare responses with a partner.
Plenary
  • Recap the lesson and explain how a growth mindset can help us using slide 19.
  • Ask pupils to design a growth mindset affirmation card for themselves.

Related Downloads

  • Lesson Plan - Healthy Mind L2
  • Resource - Healthy Mind R2

Lessons in this unit

Lesson Plan Content

Lesson 4 - Feelings
Lesson 5 - Positivity
Lesson 6 - Anger Management
Lesson 1 - A Healthy Mind
Lesson 2 - Growth Mindset
Lesson 3 - Resilience
Be happy. Be healthy.

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