ANOGRAMS!

Re-order the letters to make a

word.
dim sent
mindset

electing nile
intelligence

stage try
strategy
 Are
babies
born
smart?
Was Einstein born a genius?
Was Walt Disney born a cartoonist?
Was Charlie born a pop star?
Was J.K Rowling born a writer?
 Good at science? Good at maths?

Are any of
us born…

Good at
acting?
Good at music?
Who is the most
intelligent?
 No matter how much
intelligence you have,
you can always
change it quite a lot. You can learn new
things, but you can’t
really change how
intelligent you are.

How much do you agree

with each statement?
Strongly agree agree disagree strongly
disagree
Two beliefs about intelligence…

“My intelligence is fixed. This “My intelligence will grow

is just the way I am.” and develop.”
Fixed Mindset

Intelligence is CARVED IN STONE

Scores in a test MEASURE POTENTIAL.

Intelligent people shouldn’t have to

WORK HARD

Failure reflects a LACK of

INTELLIGENCE
Growth Mindset
Intelligence can CHANGE.

Learning requires HARD WORK

and EFFORT.

ALL individuals CAN LEARN and

IMPROVE.

We CANNOT MEASURE a person’s

POTENTIAL.
Which mindset do you
want to have?
 Are
babies
born
smart?
At birth, we can’t walk or talk.

These abilities don’t pop up

overnight…

So what happens?
 How?

Why?
The answers can be
found by looking at
the brain.
This is a
neuron.
The brain is
made up of
around 100
billion of them.

They are
grouped
together to
form ‘lobes’.
 Parietal
Lobe
Frontal
Lobe

Occipital
Lobe

Temporal
Lobe
Frontal lobe: Parietal lobe:

Emotion Touch
Reasoning Pressure
Speech Temperature
Motion Pain
Planning
Problem solving
Temporal
Occipital lobe:
lobe:
Hearing and Vision
Memory We use this
lobe to process
what we see.
All the lobes are important in
everyday life.
They let us:

Do things

Think things

Remember things
 All of the areas of the brain are made of cells
called NEURONS

They transmit information all around the brain.

 Neurons pass information through
CONNECTIONS with other neurons at
SYNAPSES
Learning helps our neurons GROW.
The more we learn, the more
connections they make.
A homunculus is used
to show the amount of
space our body parts
use in the brain.

Some parts are much

bigger because we use
them much more, or
with more accuracy.
The more we use a part of
our body, the more space our
brain needs to control or
interpret it.

In fact, by learning the brain

can start to change the space
it uses.
People who play music
have been found to
have auditory centres
that are BIGGER than
normal.

The ‘sound’ area of their

brain grew through
practising their music.
What animals tell us…
Lab rats were put into two different environments.
Boring: Interesting:

Nothing to do in the cage Cage had lots of

but eat and sleep. opportunities for rats to
play and learn.

No stimulation. Lots of stimulation.

 After a while, the
rats in the
interesting
environment
were found to be
more intelligent
than the rats in
the boring
environment.

Their brains were

even heavier
than the brains of
Rat results… the boring rats.
Effort

Good
mistakes

Trial and
improvement

Reflection
 So, babies
are not
stupid.
They’re just
growing
connections
in their
brain.
It gets STRONGER and BIGGER and BETTER
with:
• Practice and effort
 Thinking about mindset…

OBSERVE the mindset

you adopt.

You can CHOOSE to have a

growth mindset.
When you meet challenges,
REMIND yourself about the
growth mindset.
Effort

Good
mistakes

Trial and
improvement

Reflection
 This person could This person was This person was This person was
not talk until they rejected from cut from their fired for ‘lacking
were four years Oxford University, university sports creative
old. and rejected by team and told by imagination’ and
Their teacher told all 12 major their coach that could not get
them they were publishing houses they were “no hired as a cartoon
‘academically in the U.K. more talented artist by any
sub-normal.’ than anyone else”, newspaper.
Albert Michael Walt
J.K.Rowling
Einstein Jordan Disney

This person was This person was This person was This person’s first
told by his father rejected from a told they were album sold only
and his teachers prestigious ‘unfit for 200 copies and
that he was ‘lazy Theatre, Film and television’ and they were
and dreamy’ and Television school fired in their first dropped by their
had a ‘below three times. job as a news record label.
normal intellect.’ anchor.

Charles Stephen Oprah Katy Perry

Darwin Spielberg Winfrey
Think of a time when you have tried really hard at
something and improved with practice.

For example – learning to ride a bike.

Write a journal entry about this time.

Lesson 2:
Sorting activity – growth vs fixed
mindset phrases.
Responses to failure. Guess who.
Why do we set goals?
Setting goals
Strategies for
building a
growth
mindset:
Learn, learn, learn!

Realise that hard

work is key.

Face set-backs.
Learn, learn, learn!

Fixed mindset says:

“The main thing I want to do in school is to show others
how good I am.”

Growth mindset says:

“It’s much more important for me to learn, than
to get top grades.”
Realise that hard work is key.

Fixed mindset says:

“When I have to work really hard in a subject, I don’t
feel very smart.”

Growth mindset says:

“The harder I have to work at something, the more effort
I have to put into something, the better I’ll be at it.”
Face set-backs
Fixed mindset says:
“I’ll spend less time on this subject from now on.”
“I’ll distract myself during the lessons so I don’t make any
more mistakes.”
“I’ll try to cheat on the next test.”

Growth mindset says:

“I’ll work harder from now on.”
“I’ll focus on things I need to improve.”
“I’ll spend more time preparing for the test.”
“I’ve missed more than
9000 shots in my
career. I’ve lost almost
300 games. 26 times,
I’ve been trusted to
take the game winning
shot and missed. I’ve
failed over and over
and over again in my
life. And that is why I
succeed.”
Pick one thing you are good at and two or
three things you’d like to improve:
Why should we set goals?
What is a growth mindset goal?

I will succeed in reading one

Specific book every two months.

Motivational I will be able to use simple,

Actionable compound and complex
sentences in all my writing
Realistic assignments.

I will learn to use present

Time-bound simple and past simple tense
correctly.
Think of one or two things you
are good at in English class and
write them down.

Think of two or three things you

would like to be better at in
English and write them down.
Growth Mindset Goal: Action Plan!

What is my SMART goal?

TASKS:
Current state:

What fears or barriers might be holding me back?

What obstacles might happen as I work towards my
goal?

How do I sabotage myself and limit my own success?

Who good give me feedback on my progress and
strategies?

Who can support me?

How often will I review my goal and plan?

How will I know I have achieved my goal?

Remember to…
• Focus on effort, struggle and persistence despite
setbacks.
• Choose difficult tasks.
• Focus on strategies.
• Reflect on different strategies that work and don’t
work.
• Focus on learning and improving.
• Seek challenges.
• Work hard.
“People are made, not born.”