Reflecting on School Progress and Setting Personal Goals
Reflect on your first year in high school, identify what you've enjoyed and what needs improvement. Complete a learning survey to set short, medium, and long-term goals for your top subjects. Explore target setting and consider your interests and hobbies outside of school.
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S1 Planning for choices and Changes LI: Begin to plan a letter to big me in order to create goals for school career. Bronze: I can complete a learning survey based on each subject Silver: I understand and complete short, medium and long terms targets Gold: I can develop my understanding of my wider life and set goals
Starter Starter Time to reflect on your first year at high school. Think about 2 things that you have enjoyed at high school. This could be things like being able to go down the street for lunch or doing experiments in science. Make sure to explain why you have enjoyed them. Now think of 1 thing you haven t enjoyed about high school. Examples could be having double periods of lessons or having to wear a tie everyday. Again, remember to give a reason.
What is the letter to big me? You ve now had nearly a whole year in S1. Congratulations, there have been many aspects of change for you all throughout the past few months and you will have now settled into the routine of life at CCHS. It s time to reflect on what things have gone well and what areas of your learning need work. Over the next couple of weeks we are going to be setting some targets and creating a letter to big me . This letter will be something that is totally private to you and addressed to yourself. You will write this letter and seal It in an envelope. We will store these for you and in S4 you will be given them back to open.
Review the results Take a look at your results which subjects have high scores across all areas and which ones have lower scores? Pick your top 3 subjects these will be the subjects where you score highest across all areas. Pick 2 subjects where there is work to be done these will be the subjects where your scores are lower across all areas.
Target setting Short/medium/long term What is a target? Why do we create short, medium and long term Create short, medium and long term targets for both your 3 top subjects and the 2 that need work. Subject Short term target Medium term target Long term target Eg, PE Build positive relationship with my teacher and complete any homework given. Attend study support group and create a study plan. Achieve N5 pe in S4.
Main interests and hobbies Lots of you will have interests and hobbies out with school that you want to be successful in. There may also be extra curricular groups that you are involved in that you wish to develop. In your about me PPT you stated what your main interests in life were, use this to help you establish your list. Create short, medium and long term targets for your 3 main interests. Interest Short term target Medium term target Long term target Eg, Dance Work hard in the academy Improve my skills in Get into the level 4 class in s3 and achieve level 5 in S4. contemporary dance
Social Many aspects of your life will revolve around the people closest to you. Now think about who you have around you and what you hope for in the future Sentence starters are in bold Family Things I hope for in the future Examples - I hope my sister is successful in her job as a chef - I would like my family to move house and live in a bigger house Friends My friends are . Nicola is important to me because . I know she is a good friend because . Teachers/coaches/staff/leaders Is there anyone out with your family or friends who is important to you? This could be a teacher/coach/leader or member of staff. This person is important to me because The ways in which they help me is .
Life after school Now try to think of specific things you want to gain from school and the plan you might want to pursue on leaving school. My ambition is to become______________after leaving school. I hope to leave school with _____________ qualifications I plan to stay on/ leave school.
Positive message Now to finish your letter to big me its your time to be creative, what do you want to tell your older self? This can be anything you like, try to be positive this could be positive words of encouragement; a special memory you would like remind yourself of; or anything you have achieved so far that is important to you either in or out of school.
S1 Planning for choices and Changes LI: Begin to plan a letter to big me in order to create goals for school career. Bronze: I can complete a learning survey based on each subject Silver: I understand and complete short, medium and long terms targets Gold: I can develop my understanding of my wider life and set goals Think pair share What level are you at and why?
