A fixed mindset leads us to believe our basic skills and qualities are more or less set from birth and there is not a lot we can do about it.
At Whiteabbey we want to encourage everyone to have a growth mindset, believing that most things can be achieved through hard work, listening to support, practice, and by not giving up when faced with a challenge.
People with growth mindsets know that some people may be particularly talented at certain things but recognise this as just ...a starting point; even these people need to work hard to improve their talent.
Having a growth mindset helps pupils to achieve more because they have resilience, value practice and are not afraid of a challenge.
In class we have been learning about and discussing the importance of effort and persevering with challenge.
We have been really proud of how our children have embraced this idea and the determination they have been showing when faced with new learning challenges.
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