Year 7 Mindset & Resilience booklet (PSHE)

This is an introductory unit and booklet for P.S.H.E. that helps students understand the key tenets of the Growth Mindset, ideally planned an hour a week for year 7 (or any year group that has no understanding of Fixed and Growth Mindsets) to show them how mindset impacts on learning and achievement).

Learning objectives are to understand how mindset can influence learning, achievement and success in many areas of life, and to enable students to identify ways of thinking that can hold them back and prevent them from achieving their potential.

NB - This booklet forms part of a spiral curriculum year 7 through to year 9 to help a wide range of challenging and disadvantaged students build their resilience to perceived failure within the school system, and increase their window of tolerance towards assessments and work within the classroom. It was created following training and support given by the Psychology department and Research Team at Portsmouth University, led by researchers in the field within UK cognitive & educational Psychology and within the context of “Changing Mindsets” research funded by the Education Endowment Fund and The National College of Teaching and Learning. However, the design and implementation within these resources is all my own creation.