Books 

“The Invisible Boy” by Trudy Ludwig

“Have You Filled a Bucket Today?”  by Carol McCloud

“Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beaty

“Luke’s way of looking” by Nadia Wheatley

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Inspiring/motivational videos

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Artists 

Stephen Wiltshire: Autistic artist can draw entire cities from memory

Kareem Waris Olamilekan: Young Nigerian artist inspired by the artists Michelangelo and Arinze Stanley Egbengwu.

Aelita Andre: 9-year-old abstract painter

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Inspiring STEM Stories 

Molly Steer: Straws No More

Shampoo bottle “ventilators” helping children survive pneumonia. 

Fish Life Jacket 

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Teacher Information- the power of a Growth Mindset 

Carol Dweck 

• Sort fixed and growth mindset statements. Resource: Fixed and Growth statements to sort
• Explicit teaching of skills, which are then practised during ‘team challenges’ or fitness games. I recommend not just doing this as a once-off lesson, but have this as an ongoing social/emotional development lesson in your timetable. Click here for examples of team challenges.
• Create an illustration of the Learning Pit
• Constantly reference attitude/mindset in all lessons.
• Students reflect on their attitude/mindset at the end of the lesson. This could be a written reflection or verbal.
• Praise what you value… positive attitude and statements that reflect a growth mindset, rather than achievement. Reference: https://www.mindsetworks.com/science/Impact

• Watch a video or read a book and identify the attitudes/mindsets of the characters;  students write their own motivational speech; write a letter to the person or character.

More resources: 

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