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Growth Mindset Go!
Turning setbacks into comebacks through resilience, effort and mindset. Ages: Kinder – Year 6
Service Description
Wellbeing & SEL Outcomes Normalises failure as a pathway to growth, fosters reflection, and celebrates persistence supporting Resilience and Personal Development skills. Why Educators Love It Makes learning from mistakes fun and empowering. Transform mistakes into milestones with Pud Mushkin’s playful approach to personal growth. In this energising, feel-good session, children explore how getting things wrong can help us grow stronger, kinder, and more resilient. Pud reminds us that progress isn’t perfect and that setbacks are simply part of the journey. With movement-based games, creative role-play, and joyful reflection, children learn to reframe failure, celebrate effort, and practise bouncing back after things don’t go to plan. What We Explore Through active play, role-play, and group discussion, children: 🏅 Reflect on everyday slip-ups and proudly accept “Mistake Medals” that celebrate learning moments 🏃 Take part in team sports challenges where rules change, goals shift, and flexibility is key 🍦 Role-play in Pud’s ice cream shop, exploring real-life scenarios involving disappointment, problem-solving, and trying again 🎶 Practise phrases and affirmations that support a growth mindset and self-compassion with music 📚 Share stories of mistakes and what they taught us, building a culture where “oops” moments are okay 😊 Explore how different feelings show up when we make a mistake and what helps us move through them What Children Grow Each activity supports the development of: 🌱 Resilience – Learning how to try again after failure and keep moving forward. 🧠 Growth mindset – Valuing effort, persistence, and small steps of progress. 🎭 Emotional reflection – Understanding how mistakes feel, and what they can teach us. 🤹 Courage and confidence – Taking healthy risks and having a go, even when it feels tricky. 🎉 Celebration of self – Recognising inner strengths and the learning hidden in every “oops.”
