Positive Mindset Challenge 3: Moral Compass

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The purpose of the Positive Mindset Challenges

To encourage our children to increase the depth of their understanding in each of the focused areas
To motivate and reward the children's efforts
To provide our parents/carers an opportunity to engage in their child's learning

How the Positive Mindset Challenges work

Firstly, it is important to point out that these challenges are totally optional. There is no requirement for children to take part.

Each week in the first half of spring, all of our pupils (from Reception to Year 6) will be focusing on a different strand within our Positive Mindset lessons. The week will begin with a whole school assembly to introduce the topic and will then be followed up in class at some point that week where further discussions and tasks will enhance their understanding of the virtue. The children will also be provided with key phrases to help praise, guide or correct the children's displayed behaviour.

At the end of the week, class teachers will set the optional Positive Mindset Challenge of the week for them to complete in their own time. This will be shared with you through the website and in your child's home learning book. Once completed, children are asked to hand these into their teacher for Mr Lewis to look at and reward them with a positive mindset badge.

These awards are not only based on the actual physical work produced but also to acknowledge the extra thought and effort demonstrated by the pupils.

Positive Mindset Challenge 3:

Moral Compass

Reception Challenge: Can the children draw their own pictures to show some of the things that happened in the story 'The Trousers of Truthfulness'? Once drawn, can they tell the story again using their pictures? Maybe they could even try and act this out with family members or own toys at home?
Year 1 Challenge: Children to create their own poster to encourage everyone to be honest in school or at home. They could base this on events in the story shared at school 'The Trousers of Truthfulness' or add their own ideas.
Year 2 Challenge: Acts of kindness. The children's challenge is to plan and then carry out as many acts of kindness as they can over half term. They can use the sheet provided or create their own. Draw or write the planned acts and then tick once completed. Please remind the children that they can include 'put ups' or encouragement to others at home or at school.
Year 3 Challenge: Over the next week the children will use their courage to undertake some courageous activities. Suggested ones are provided on the sheet. Please continue the discussion to ensure the children understand that they are not being asked to do something dangerous or reckless. They should write a few sentences on their courage sheet (or presented in their own unique way). They must get permission from you before carrying out the activities.
Year 4 Challenge: Year 4 were introduced to Fred in class this week. Fred's parents got him a tablet and now he spends most of his time on it. Since then his behaviour has really changed. The children can follow this up by completing one of the following challenges.
Option 1. Completing a 'digital device advice' poster with top tips to help Fred practise self-control.
Option 2. Write a short story about a boy or girl who undergoes a disaster because they are spending too much time on their phone or tablet and are not paying attention to what is going on around them.
Option 3. Create a simple game which helps people to strengthen their self-control.
Year 5 Challenge: The children are to write an acrostic about trustworthiness using letters of their name or the word TRUSTWORTHY written vertically down the side of the page. Each letter should then be used to begin a phrase or word that describes trustworthy qualities, or an example of something that they are trusted to do at home.
Year 6 Challenge: The children can find out about people or institutions that have championed justice and fairness for others. They should prepare an A4 fact sheet to help them share their findings with others. They could pick someone local to us, a well-known person from history or one of the names suggested on the sheet provided by their teacher. e.g. Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks or Fairtrade foundation. .