Setting low-fi life goals
Goal setting can be intimidating, especially if students are unsure of what their goals are. But it doesn’t have to be so. By creating simple and realistic ‘low-fi’ goals, students can recognise and appreciate the baby steps involved in achieving progress.
Year level
7-10
Duration
5 minutes
Type
In class activity
SEL Competencies
Self-awareness
Self-management
Responsible decision-making
Learning intention
Students identify the importance of ‘low-fi’ goals when it comes to setting goals and thinking about the future.
Key outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
recognise the importance of goal setting
identify one or two ‘low-fi’ goals they can achieve within a realistic timeframe.
Materials needed
Pens, paper or computer
Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
Self-management
Self-awareness
NSW PDHPE Syllabus
Examines and evaluates strategies to manage current and future challenges (PD4-1)
Assesses their own and others’ capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges (PD5-1)
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Analyse the impact of changes and transitions, and devise strategies to support themselves and others through these changes (AC9HP8P02)
Refine, evaluate and adapt strategies for managing changes and transitions (AC9HP10P02)
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Investigate the impact of transition and change on identities (VCHPEP123)
Examine the impact of changes and transitions on relationships (VCHPEP143)
Activity 1
Instructions
5 minutes
Ask students to brainstorm what they know about goal setting, or the attributes of people who successfully achieve their goals, with a KWL worksheet. Alternatively, write three columns on the whiteboard/interactive whiteboard with KWL for a whole-class activity:
K = What I Know
W = What I Want to Know
L = What I Have Learnt
Students share and discuss in the K and W columns what they already know about goal setting and list any questions they may have. Answers may include SMART goals and examples of celebrities or athletes who have achieved great things.
Share the ReachOut case study Low-fi life goals for the whole class to read.
Students then reflect on what they’ve learnt about low-fi goals (baby steps, starting small) in the L column of the KWL. Prompts include:
Which achievements in Angie’s life is she proud of?
Why is recognising the small stuff important?
Exit ticket: Students share one low-fi goal they will work on over the next two weeks. Check back in with this goal after this time period for reflection.
