Many thanks to all the parents who visited Primary 6 last Thursday evening and allowed me to share with you what we will be doing this academic session.  It was also great to catch up with a few old faces and to meet a few new faces. I will soon include an abridged version of the Meet the Teacher PowerPoint with the main points the pupils wish to share with you.

In class, we have been focusing upon Growth Mindsets.  Mindsets are beliefs – beliefs about yourself and your most basic qualities. Think about your intelligence, your talents, and your personality. Are these qualities simply fixed traits, carved in stone, and that’s that? Or are they things you can cultivate and develop throughout your life?

In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, such as their intelligence or talent, are fixed. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent rather than trying to develop it further.  They also believe that talent alone creates success – without effort, practise or failure.  However, in a growth mindset, people believe that their basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.  Brains and talent are just the starting point!  This view (or mindset) creates an environment for learning and an understanding of resilience – all that is essential for great accomplishment.  People with a Growth Mindset realise that no one has ever accomplished great things – not even Mozart, Darwin or Einstein – without years of practice, learning (and re-learning) and the odd failure here and there!  

Mr Hunter