What is Growth Mindset?
At the heart of our approach is a deep belief in growth mindset. This is the belief that you can ‘grow’ your intelligence in any subject or skill. You can…
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May 30, 2019
How Cape Ability Began
I am very privileged to be a primary teacher in an outstanding primary school where our ethos is one of nurture and growth for staff and children. As a staff,…
June 12, 2019
I BEE-lieve!
Bobby’s mantra is ‘I believe I WILL learn.’ We must give the message to our children that any skill is attainable to them if they have this attitude. It is…
May 29, 2019
Nurturing Enthusiasm
Often, children that do not demonstrate enthusiasm appear that they cannot be bothered or are a bit ‘laid back!’ However, there is normally a lot more to it than this.…
May 29, 2019
Show Your Child that ANYTHING is Possible!
‘Try, try, try to catch that fly!' is Sadie's mantra. We must give the message to our children that any skill is attainable to them if they have this attitude.…
May 29, 2019
Sadie’s Superpower – Resilience!
As we discussed in our previous article, Resilience is the foundation of the Growth Mindset. Children give up easily for many reasons. Often it is because they have never been…
May 29, 2019
Resilience (and How Your Child can Thrive)
One of the foundational capabilities in our Growth Mindset series is Resilience. This capability is so crucial, because if a child is resilient they will persevere when they find something…
May 29, 2019
Concentration at Home
Rome was not built in a day! Children will need to build the skill of concentration gradually. You may find they are great at concentrating at some things but not…
May 28, 2019
Breaking Down Concentration – Changing Mindset
Children cannot concentrate for many reasons, but often it is simply because they have never been taught how to! We might ask our children to focus on doing their shoelaces…
May 28, 2019
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Can Your Child Focus?
Concentration or focus can be described as the ability to think carefully about something that you are doing and give it your full attention. Many young children find it hard…
May 28, 2019
