Lesson 2 - Growth Mindset

• To understand the growth & fixed mindset.
• To understand how our minds work.
• To challenge yourself.

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

• Understanding the consequences of their behaviour and actions.
• Developing pupils’ confidence, resilience, and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy.

• Lesson PPT, paper, pen and colours.

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.

• 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.

• 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.