Last week we spent a lot of time exploring how we can Get Smart, as we continue to support each other with our HOWLs. Our particular focus was on our attitude to learning, using the video above to help us recognise the differences between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset.
We followed this up with a ‘self-awareness’ task, where we had to list three of our recent successes, and say why we were successful and then two things that we could could have done better, and explore what we could have done differently.
We also discussed some of the fixed mindset phrases we are all guilty of using, and flipped them to be more positive, for example:
- Instead of “I can’t do this” we are going to try and say “I need help understanding this.”
- Instead of “This is too hard” we are going to say “It’ll take me some time to get this.”
I have to say, it was good to see Mackenzie employ some of the tactics and strategies we have spoken about in Crew during a particularly tricky maths session on Friday 🙂
By the end of this week, we will all have a Growth Mindset Action Plan in place, to help us refocus and keep trying instead of giving up when the going gets tough!
