Setting Goals

This week we have been learning more about goal setting and goal getting.

Goals tell you where we are going, how we are going to get there and what we will do when we get there. When we’ve reached a goal we need to give ourselves a pat on the back. We can have all kinds of goals with different timeframes. We can make daily goals, like “today I am going to spend an extra half hour practising my throwing and catching skills for PE; OR we can make weekly goals, like “this week I am going to do most of my homefun BEFORE it is due’; OR a big whopping yearly goal, like ‘this year I am going to win an award at rugby prizegiving.” Setting goals – big or small – helps keep us focused on what we want to achieve.

The ‘how to’ part is really important. If we say, “I am going to be a famous singer’ then sit around and wait for it to happen, then we might be disappointed. We need to make sure we spend time on the ‘how to’ – the steps we’re going to take to make a dream a reality – and we WILL succeed!

Goal Setters and Goal Getters

There are all kinds of goals, from small ones to really big ones.

1. Write down a goal or goals you have set for yourself

2. Write down the steps you’ve planned to reach your goal or goals

3. Write down a goal you have achieved in the past

4. Write about how you reached the goal – the hardest and easiest bits