Growth Mindset
What Is Growth Mindset?
The term ‘growth mindset’ refers to a way of thinking, learning and taking on challenges. A person with a growth mindset is open to constructive criticism, takes feedback and uses it, takes on new challenges, pushes themselves outside of their comfort zone and shows resilience and perseverance. Studies show that it is people with a growth mindset (as opposed to a fixed mindset) who achieve in life, are successful in all they do and are happy. Of course, this is exactly what we want for all our children.
Some Key Aspects of Growth Mindset
- We remember it’s always OK to make mistakes – we learn from them
- We never give up! We try a different approach, or use a different strategy
- We learn from each other – you guys often make the best teachers!
- We don’t compare ourselves with others, but we do learn from others
- We challenge ourselves – which really helps us make progress
- We take risks – we don’t limit ourselves by taking the easy option
- We join in as much as possible – and we learn much more by being involved
- We remember that mastering something new feels so much better than doing something you can already do
- We remember that the brain is making new connections all the time – the only thing you need to know is that you can learn anything!
Our Growth Mindset Mountain
Our School Council led a vote to choose between a growth mindset pit or a growth mindset mountain. A pit represents falling into what feels like a deep whole when stuck with learning and encourages children to climb out. A mountain measures the success as children progress through stages of learning. Or children chose a growth mindset mountain through their democratic vote. This will give guidance and encouragement to those who are insecure and anxious about learning new things. Click below to see our growth mindset mountain.
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Our Very Own Inspirational Superheroes!
Our characters link to our five whole school targets which are to be more creative and independent and to improve our levels in reading, writing and maths. Our superheroes have courage, they want to do the right thing; they never give up. They have special powers such as being super-fast or super-clever. They know that you have to believe in yourself and keep trying to master things you haven't yet learnt. Our superhero characters are:
Creative Cosmo:
- he never copies someone else's idea
- he has a new idea every ten seconds
- he absorbs power from light and uses it to boost his creative brain
- he can read minds and help people think creatively (Telepathy)
- he wants to be able to fly but can't do it yet
Independent Imelda:
- she always makes the right choices and follows rules
- she has a massive problem solving brain
- she faces challenge with a smile and always has a go at things
- she always finds a way to solve a problem (Resourcefulness)
- she wants to be able to breathe underwater but can't do it yet
Reading Rinaldo:
- he is never too scared to have a go at reading new words
- he loves reading and wants to read all of the time
- he can teleport into the land of a story setting
- he has incredible sight and can read closed books (X-ray vision)
- he wants to be able to be invisible but can't do it yet
Writing Wrigley:
- he knows he will sometimes make mistakes as he is learning
- he always checks to make sure his writing makes sense
- he can make a written character come to life
- he can make his super-fast pen write without touching it (Telekinesis)
- he wants to be able to leap over a house but can't do it yet
Maths Maddison:
- she uses courage to keep going and never stops trying
- she explains her ideas with ‘I think’ sentence openers
- she can say all times tables in super-fast time
- she can put number bond answers into your head (Mind-control)
- she wants to be able to see in the dark but can't do it yet
Our Growth Mindset Song
Give it 1..give it 2 .. give it 1, 2, 3.
Give it 1..give it 2 .. give it 1, 2, 3.
Give it 1..give it 2 .. give it 1, 2, 3.
Give it 1..give it 2 .. give it 1, 2, 3.
We are the children of Drighlington School.
Believing, achieving in all we do.
Facing our challenge and having fun.
We’re superheroes,
We get things done!