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You have a chocolate e clair on your chair. You can eat it now BUT if you can wait until the end of this assembly to eat it you will be given another one!. How much more do you know about yourself now than you did 4 weeks ago?. You all have your own personal journey over the next few weeks.
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You have a chocolate eclair on your chair.You can eat it now BUT if you can wait until the end of this assembly to eat it you will be given another one!
How much more do you know about yourself now than you did 4 weeks ago? • You all have your own personal journey over the next few weeks. • The first exam is in 8 weeks • It is not too late: Whatever your starting point
How much more do you know about yourself now than you did 4 weeks ago? It is not too late: If you got mainly red on your trial exams It is possible to gain 2 to 3 grades or more if you start NOW and learn as much as you can this week in your feedback and get these to green.
How much more do you know about yourself now than you did 4 weeks ago? It is not too late: If you got mainly amberon your trial exams It is possible to gain 2 to 3 grades or more if you start NOW and learn as much as you can this week in your feedback and get these to green.
How much more do you know about yourself now than you did 4 weeks ago? It is not too late: If you got mainly light greenon your trial exams It is possible to move this to dark green by focusing on the feedback and reflecting thoughtfully on your approach to the trial exams to move the dark green.
Flappy Bird Flappy Bird Desire to succeed Determination Playing time and again Target setting Why demonstrate these core skills here when they can be put to much better use?!
Delayed Gratification is the ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and wait for a later reward. Generally, delayed gratification is associated with resisting a smaller but more immediate reward in order to receive a larger or more enduring reward later. "small reward now, bigger reward later.“ Involves self-control and will power
Later … Those children who were able to resist the temptation; delay their gratification: • Got higher test scores through school • Got on better with other people • Were more confident and matured more quickly • Were more likely to go to university • Gained higher pay • And even were less likely to get divorced!
A Famous experiment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ubVVnWglk
Why is this important? How can reflection on delayed gratification, self-disciplineand will powerhelp you with your preparation for the exams in May and June?
Learning lessons • Every single experience we have in our lives can lead us to do things better...if we reflect upon it properly. • If you only succeed at everything, you learn nothing about yourself. • Your task is to learn from the Trial Exams in order to maximise your performance in the actual ones.
Has he learned a lesson? Well, we’ll see, but he has finally realised something: I was disappointed in myself," he acknowledged. "I'm an experienced manager and I shouldn't have got into that situation. It's something that can't happen again." "The big question for me when this incident happened was 'how am I going to be a better manager out of it?' I don't want to be a worse manager, I don't want to lose my drive and passion but I'm going to channel it a little bit better.”
Reflection time • This is your chance to reflect quietly on the whole exam experience. • Fill in the right hand side boxes with your own lessons learnt.
Marks NOT grades 48 B 47 C 46 C 45 C 44 C 43 C 42 D
Marks NOT grades A* 58 A 57 A 56 A 55 A 54 A 53 B 52
Which have been the most ideas to help you make progress? • Delayed gratification – can you learn to develop more self-control and will-power? • Reflection on the whole trial exam process • Thinking about your progress and your trial exam in marks not grades. • What does your own personal mountain consist of? • How your brain tries to help you. • Making the most of the opportunities that are there for you in school
If you still have your eclair in your handWELL DONEyou will be given another on your way out.