Lesson summary
Students will reflect on opportunities and obstacles that impact their ability to set and achieve personal goals. They will learn about the importance of goal setting and practice writing achievable goals using a model that highlights the need for accountability.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- understand the importance of goal setting and learn strategies that can help to achieve them.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- outline the mindset needed to set goals and identify opportunities and obstacles
- use a goal-setting model to set achievable personal goals
- explain what it means to be accountable to themselves and others in relation to setting goals.
Lesson guides and printables
Lesson details
Skills
- Communication
- Problem solving
- Curiosity
- Reflection
- Critical thinking
- Social skills
Curriculum Mapping
General Capabilities - Personal and Social Capability – Years 7 and 8 – Self-management:
- Use and refine strategies that contribute to regulating behaviour and achieving learning goals.
UN Sustainable Goals
Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.
Resources Required
Additional Info
This lesson has been created in collaboration with LifeChanger Foundation to support teachers to deliver high-quality Health and Physical Education, as well as Social and Emotional Learning experiences.
LifeChanger’s facilitated programs and workshops aim to empower young people (Year 5-12) to live thriving, resilient lives. For more information, visit lifechanger.org.au.
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