Lesson 3: Celebrating mistakes

Developing a develop a growth mindset and learning that mistakes are useful.

Before the lesson

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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

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Should work in mixed ability pairs.

For the mind map activity, they might need to have the examples displayed nearby to help base their ideas on.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: 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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