PHSE and Citizenship Quiz

Covers Self-Awareness, Making Decisions, Growth Mindset, Mental Resilience, Assertiveness, Overcoming Mistakes, Dealing with Conflict, Kindness, Empathy and Taking Responsibility.

This quiz is a starting point to support the future success of all pupils, with a focus on supporting those from disadvantaged backgrounds. It helps to prepare young people for the next step in their education and subsequent employment. It covers everyday topics that help to build the confidence and character of the child and set them up for success to become independent and emotionally mature. It could used as a fun end of term quiz, something a bit different. It’s designed to get teenagers to think about the type of person they want to become, rather than just developing on autopilot. It can be hugely empowering to young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to learn that many of these things are within their control. Disadvantaged students are less likely to have good role roles around to learn from . This quiz will plant some seeds to encourage them to be mindful of who they really want to be.
One thing that has worked well, is bringing a box of sweets for the winning team but then distributing them to the whole class as they are equally brilliant!

Notes:

• There are 10 questions in the quiz.
• Topics covered are Self-Awareness, Making Decisions, Growth Mindset, Mental Resilience, Assertiveness, Overcoming Mistakes, Dealing with Conflict, Kindness, Empathy and Taking Responsibility.
• The questions are all multiple choice, with 3 possible answers.
• There is a section called ‘Explanation to the Class’ on each answer sheet. This is designed to support the teacher in explaining the answer during any discussion that may follow the quiz.
• This quiz works best in small teams and the questions are designed to make great discussion topics. It is often the discussion, debate and thinking in the groups where the key learning comes from. Groups of 3-4 is ideal, but pairs would work too. Those from disadvantaged backgrounds will benefit from being introduced to these topics that they might not otherwise learn about.
• Finally, answers to some of the answers aren’t black and white – there could be alternative answers, from different perspectives. And too much of anything, even good things, can have a dark side. For example, having empathy is generally thought of as being good. But having too much empathy can mean someone over-absorbs emotions and therefore is made sad by someone else’s emotions and stress. Balance is likely to come into the discussions and this is at the heart of character development, positive behaviour and attitude – setting pupils up for success in their ongoing education or career, and for life in modern Britain.