Room 9 Collaborative Growth Mindset

People who have a growth mindset believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work. Brains and talent are just the starting point!

At the heart of what makes the “growth mindset” is that it creates a passion for learning rather than a hunger for approval. The video below explains these concepts very clearly.

Growth Mindset by Syraiah-Lee

Today, we asked to reflect on what having a growth mindset means and how this has an impact on our learning. This year, we have been doing a lot of discussions around “growth” versus “fixed” mindsets. To briefly summarise, individuals who believe their talents can be developed (through hard work, good strategies, and input from others) have a growth mindset. They tend to achieve more than those with a more fixed mindset (those who believe their talents are innate gifts). 

What is really cool about our school is that having a growth mindset is not only important for students, but our teachers also embrace this concept. This has resulted in students taking greater ownership of their learning which encourages a focus on effort rather than intelligence. Our learning takes place in a fun, relaxed environment where our opinions and perspectives are valued. 

I hope that you a learnt something from this brief post. I have included my "growth mindset quote" for the week. Hope you enjoyed reading.

Kia Manawanui Syndicate - Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu Collaboration Post

Good Morning Everybody! Today we had a special guest, our Manaiakalani facilitator, Ms Heather Collins. We were so excited to finally get our Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu blogging on the way but had to discuss our group norms first.

Ms Collins reminded us that as Cybersmart bloggers, it is important that our comments are reflective. Other than that it has to be positive, thoughtful and helpful. As a class, we had the opportunity to look at our buddy class's blogs to get a better idea of who they are. We really enjoyed this part as we got to share part of their learning journey thus far.

Next we put our teacher's typing skills to the test as we collaboratively created this blog by sharing our ideas and comments on a google doc. We found the google doc in our Cybersmarts Folder. The instructions were that we had to view and explore the class blogs of Group A and B. Thereafter we shared our comments with Mr Janse and had to wait for the green light before posting our comments.

We also had time to do a sort of scavenger hunt as we searched for the location of our buddy classes. Our buddy classes are in Christchurch and Greymouth. The last instruction was that we needed to do a reflective blog on what we had done today.

We thoroughly enjoyed this experience and can't for our next connection.

Year 7's Growth Mindset Quotes - Nita, Amelia, Fa'amanu, and Marcus

In Week 5 the Year 7 students looked at different 
Growth Mindset quotes, or quotes that made them 
think in a positive and open way. 

Nita

Amelia

Fa'amanu

Marcus