Growth Mindset
Growth Mindsets
This week's ethos statement is:
I can learn from my mistakes. I know that ‘failure is the key to success’
This is crucial, not only to school’s work but in everything we do! It would be very helpful if parents, too, adopted a ‘growth mindset’ attitude and choice of language when discussing school work with their children:
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INSTEAD OF… |
TRY THINKING… |
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I’m not good at this |
What am I missing? |
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I give up |
I’ll use a different strategy |
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It’s good enough |
Is this really my best work? |
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I can’t make this any better |
I can always improve |
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This is too hard |
This may take some time |
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I made a mistake |
Mistakes help me learn |
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I just can’t do this |
I am going to train my brain |
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I’ll never be that smart |
I will learn how to do this |
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Plan A didn’t work |
There is always Plan B |
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My friend can do it |
I will learn from them |
We want parents to join with us in really valuing and learning from errors and mistakes.
It is important to learn that through making mistakes, the best learning takes place. We want everyone to show resilience: keeping going even when you have made mistakes. We want everyone to work together to solve problems to overcome challenges. Watch this space on how the classes progress!