'Flip Your Flop': Learning from Mistakes - Growth Mindset Activity

Let’s flip your flop! Sometimes we make mistakes and that is okay. However, mistakes can help us to learn from our experiences when they do not go to plan.

This resource and analogy helps children to explore when they have made a mistake and what they can take-away from that experience. It is a child-friendly way to explore mistakes and introduce ideas surrounding developing a positive growth mindset.

How could this resource be used?

To support with promoting a positive growth mindset.
To help children to identify when they have made a mistake and establish what the learning point from that mistake is.

Relevant Curriculum Links

England PSHE Statutory Curriculum Strands:

KS1: H18 – different things they can do to manage big feelings, to help calm themselves down and/or change their mood when they don’t feel good.
KS2: H20 – strategies to respond to feelings, including intense or conflicting feelings; how to manage and respond to feelings appropriately and proportionately in different situations.
KS2: H29 – about how to manage setbacks/perceived failures, including how to re-frame unhelpful thinking.

Scottish Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Outcome(s):

I understand that my feelings and reactions can change depending upon what is happening within and around me. This helps me to understand my own behaviour and the way others behave. HWB 0-04a / HWB 1-04a / HWB 2-04a / HWB 3-04a / HWB 4-04a.
I am learning skills and strategies which will support me in challenging times, particularly in relation to change and loss. HWB 0-07a / HWB 1-07a / HWB 2-07a / HWB 3-07a / HWB 4-07a.
I understand the importance of mental wellbeing and that this can be fostered and strengthened through personal coping skills and positive relationships. I know that it is not always possible to enjoy good mental health and that if this happens there is support available. HWB 0-06a / HWB 1-06a / HWB 2-06a / HWB 3-06a / HWB 4-06a.