Our Activities this Year 

In September, our school had a special visitor – Ian ‘the Doodle Bug’ Brealey, who delivered art/growth mind-set workshops to the junior classes.  The pupils really enjoyed developing their drawing skills and their growth mindset.  At the end of the day, Ian gave a motivational assembly. 

Some comments from our pupils:

What were you proud of?

• I was happy with the effort I put in.
• I used my growth mindset well.
• I thought I was a bad artist but I realised I was good.
• I’m proud that I can draw circles using the dot method. 
• I am really proud of how my drawing turned out in the end. 

How did you use a growth mindset?

• We had to learn from our mistakes.
• We had to not give up and persevere.
• We had to put effort into our work and try and improve it.

• I kept on getting the shape of the head wrong but I never gave up! 
• When I was doing the nose, it always came out as a diamond but I kept trying and it worked out in the end. 

What did you enjoy most?

• He taught us good drawing skills and taught us to persevere.
• We liked drawing freehand and learning new skills.
• It was drawing in a different way.
• I liked Ian’s growth mindset messages.
• I liked hearing about the stories when he made mistakes.