Growth mindset and can do culture

Attitude to learningTeachers are determined that pupils

achieve well

Encourage pupils to try hard and recognise their efforts

Love the challenge of learning and are resilient to failure

Holistic “can do” cultureProve to them that they can do it

Verbal feedback and Pupil speak

Colour coding for explicit progress

Marking and RemarkingRecourses to help improve L@B

Praise process rather than outcome for all learners“Try hard”“Good try”“Effort”“Keep going”“Maybe next time”Viewed as consolation for getting it wrong

Move away fromAchievementGood gradesDoes not mean that you have done your best

Need to encourage these

traits for all learners as that

leads to progress

Model this as praise for all

Move away from peer compariso

ns

Personal best

LanguageReinforcing belief that traits are natural

Praise or criticism

You are great at

that

You areSo talented

You are so clever

That is an amazing piece of

work

You always do

brilliantly

You are lazy

You are naughty

You never try

You have not done enough

That is great

Growth mind-set Language

Reinforcing belief that pupils are in controlPraise and

areas for improvement

Your determination has paid

off

You have put a lot of effort into

this, keep it upYou have done well

because you have tried

hard

How could you

improve this

further?

You always try your

best

If you put the effort

in…

That behaviour is not helping you learnYou have great ideas, lets get some evidence

of them

I know you can do it, remember

when…

This would be even

more amazing

if…

Pupils own language

Aiming for A*Clear success criteriaStudent examplesHighlight when verbally A*Share their A* sentenceRetake and remarkPersonal bestQuality not quantityEveryone improvesExams are to show off

HOT thinking HOTtiesHOT questionsEncourage pupils to aim high and improve

Questions are just as important as answers – reinforce the idea that it is not just about getting it “right”

Classroom

displayProgress wallSkills basedCelebrating resilience

Give clear opportunities and support for ALL to improve

Move away from being “good enough”

Green marking

A skill that you have demonstrated Red marking

Respond to a HOT question or literacyProgress your responses to marking

Explain HOT ideas fullySPaG Improve literacy

Dirty timeDirected improvement

and reflection time for you

Spelling Punctuation and Grammar

SPaG

Paragraphs Thesaurus to improve vocab

www.thesaurus.com/

Dictionary for spellings

www.oxforddictionaries.com/

Capital letters and full stops

Change banned words

Use PEED

key words

Use evidence to support

arguments

Explain different point of view

GrowthMind setFixed

Mind set

I can’t do this

What can I do?