Presentation to

Primary School SEALTitle (if relevant)

Workshop 2: Going For GoalsPresented by

Children’s Services - SEAL Team

THEME 4

Going for Goals

Assembly - Keep going

You can do it

Going For Goals

This theme focuses primarily on the key aspect of motivation, with a subsidiary focus on self awareness. It gives an important opportunity for all children's abilities, qualities and strengths to be valued.

• Motivation• Self awareness

Going for GoalsNotice and celebrate children (and adults) who

are:• Taking responsibility-for their successes and

when things go wrong• Waiting for what they want; persistence

(keeping going)• Showing resilience-bouncing back or

maintaining effort through a difficult experience or after a mistake or failure

• Setting and achieving goals

Going for Goals

The theme is structured around the following key strands:

Knowing myself

Setting a realistic goal

Planning to reach a goal

Persistence

Making choices

Evaluation and review

Foundation Stage – key vocabulary

Learn TomorrowNow Succeed Today Proud Finish Future Before GoalAfter Target

Early Foundation Stage Learning Opportunities

Circle games and Rounds

1. Understanding myself

2. Setting a realistic goal

Activities• When I was a baby I could……: displays photographs

• Organising the day

• Questions for reflection and enquiry

• Review

Later Foundation Stage Learning Opportunities

Circle games and Rounds

Co-operation Games, all change Games file

1. Knowing myself

2. My goal is……….

3. Keeping going

Activities

Photographs of children's strengths

Display with individual goals

Goals for self directed activities

Organising the day

Key vocabulary – Year 1 and 2Goal Consequences

Achieve Achievement Steps

Impulsive Distracted

Distractions Persistent

Persistence Boredom

Frustrated Frustration Bored

Learning opportunities Years 1Circle games and rounds1. Setting our goals2. Just because………3. The problem solving process

• Activities How we learn: The miracle learner: Ready to learn challenge resource sheet ..\..\going for goals\Doc6.doc

• Thought showers • Problem solving situations• Story – I know we learn in different ways

Resources – Year 1Poster – Peaceful problem solving

Working together self-review checklists

Music for different moods (CDROM)

Photocards – determined

Learning opportunities Year 2Circle Games

There’s a chair on my right:

1. Knowing how I learn best

2. You cant eat an elephant in one bite

3. Persistence

4. Putting it all together

5. Going for a goal• Activities – learning tasks seeing hearing doing: Origami

resources reflection and enquiry: talking drawing spider diagrams: planning a goal: ongoing activities:

• Story Daisy and Rehana

Photocards

Resources – Year 2Poster – problem solving

process

Working together self review checklist

Photocards “determined”

The ladder

• I know we learn in different ways

• I can choose a realistic goal• I can tell you how I learn

best• I can say what I want to

happen when there is a problem

• I can break a goal down into small steps

• I can recognise when I become bored and frustrated

• I can tell you why things have been successful

Intended learning outcomes

goal target obstacle

barrier responsibility

responsible perseverance

boredom frustration

respect encouragement

Key vocabulary – Years 3 and 4

Learning opportunities - Year 3

Circle games and rounds; can we do it? Rocket launchthe tangled web, co-operation jigsaws, round1. Knowing how we are clever2. Scaling3. Foil frustrations – beat boredom4. Taking responsibility 5. Going for a goal6. Weighing up the consequences • Activities:• How am I clever? Using scaling: using pupils learning

strengths: setting a class goal: Invite a visitor: lucky dip: planning a goal: questions for reflection and enquiry:

• Story: Daisy and Rehana

Resources – Year 3 and 4Working together self review checklist Photocards childrens learning

Learning opportunities Year 4Circle Games and rounds :Find the pair1. Knowing myself2. Feelings and learning3. Barriers to reaching learning goals4. Evaluation and review5. Perseverance6. Planning to meet a goalActivities: describing a learning experience: My learning map:

Graphs helps me learn stops me learning: Barriers that I can change Barriers that I cant change: Research a role model: Class book of records: Questions for reflection and enquiry: Language to encourage:

Poems: The Race:

Learning maps

Key vocabulary – Years 5 + 6Goal

Target

Obstacle

Perseverance

Excuses

Admiration

Consequences

Resources Year 5 and 6

Feelings Detective

Photocards – disappointment

Working together self-review checklists

Learning opportunities Year 5 Circle games: Rounds: Good Try

1. Effective learners

2. Role models

3. Planning to reach a goal

4. Hall of Fame and Roll of Honour

5. Applying what we have learned

Activities: Thought showers on someone they admire: teaching each other something new: planning to teach: creating a class hall of fame: review what they have learned: Questions for reflection and enquiry: Reviewing:

Story: The fourth son

Learning opportunities Year 6Circle games: Rounds: Through the hoop: • Ladder to success• I would but……….• Excuses, excuses making wise choices • Activity - Martin Luthers speech, “I have a

dream” identifying own dreams: ladder of steps to achieve: overcoming obstacles: persistence: Thought shower excuses: A round tuit: Questions for reflection and enquiry:

• Story: Paramjeet

Overcoming obstacles to success

Intended Learning outcomes• I know the skills and attributes of an effective learner• I can try to develop these skills• I can recognise and celebrate my own achievements• I can set myself a goal or challenge• I can apply what I have learned• I can tell you what I need to do next• I can make a long term plan and break it down into

smaller, achievable goals in my personal life or in my behaviour

• I can try again even when I have been unsuccessful

Staffroom activities

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Key areas

Motivation

Knowing and understanding ourselves as a learner

Problem solving and making wise choices

Solution-focussed approaches

Activities

Types of motivation

Qualities of teaching that enhance internal motivation

Keeping going when things get tough

Encouraging autonomy

Knowing ourselves as a learner

Qualities of a good learner

Problem-solving strategy