Growth Mindset
The Power Maths characters model the traits of growth mindset learners and encourage resilience by prompting and questioning children as they work. Appearing frequently in the Textbooks and Practice Books, they are your allies in teaching and discussion, helping to model methods, alternatives and misconceptions, and to pose questions. They encourage and support our children, too: they are all hardworking, enthusiastic and unafraid of making and talking about mistakes.
Meet the characters
Flexible Flo is open-minded and sometimes indecisive. She likes to think differently and come up with a variety of methods or ideas
Determined Dexter is resolute, resilient and systematic. He concentrates hard, always tries his best and he’ll never give up – even though he doesn’t always choose the most efficient methods!
Curious Ash is eager, interested and inquisitive, and he loves solving puzzles and problems. Ash asks lots of questions but sometimes gets distracted.
Brave Astrid is confident, willing to take risks and unafraid of failure. She is never scared to jump straight into a problem or question, and although she often makes simple mistakes she is happy to talk them through with others.
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