Aim High: Setting and Achieving Your Goals

Aim High: Setting and Achieving Your Goals

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will understand the importance of setting goals and what they mean for your future

What do you already know about setting goals?

Importance of Goals

Goals give direction, motivation, and a sense of purpose. They help us focus, prioritise, and track progress.

Why We Work Towards Goals

Working towards goals builds resilience, self-discipline, and a growth mindset. It helps us overcome challenges and achieve our dreams.

Types of Goals

Discuss short-term, long-term, academic, personal, and extracurricular goals. Set examples for each type.

6-Week Program Structure

Divide the program into weekly themes like self-reflection, goal setting, action planning, overcoming obstacles, tracking progress, and celebrating achievements.

Goal-Setting Games

Incorporate interactive games like 'Goal Bingo', 'Goal Scavenger Hunt', and 'Goal Setting Charades' to make the learning process fun and engaging.

Ice Breaker Activity

Use an icebreaker activity like 'Two Truths and a Goal' to help students get to know each other's goals and aspirations.

Reflection and Feedback

Conclude the lesson with a reflection activity where students share their thoughts on the importance of setting and working towards goals.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.