Teacher guide · Confidence Lab · Easier · about 30 min

📣 Big Voice Game

Pupils practise confidence through "Big Voice Game": Practise saying brave things out loud.

Lesson guide

1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 📣 mission title and read the opening: "Say it out loud: which greeting feels friendliest?". Take three quick guesses.
2. Model · 5 min
Think aloud through the first step together. Use Echo the Parrot's line as your prompt: "Say it clearly — I'm listening."
3. Do · 10 min
Pairs work through the 3 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"
4. Discuss · 10 min
Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.
5. Reflect · 5 min
Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used confidence today.

What was the hardest choice in "Big Voice Game", and why?
Say it out loud: which greeting feels friendliest — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Your friend takes your turn. What do you say — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Write one thing you are really good at — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Where could you use confidence outside school this week?
If you did this again, what would you change?

Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.

Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.

National Curriculum: English: spoken language — articulate and justify answers
PSHE: Relationships: communicating feelings and listening to others
PSHE: Health & wellbeing: resilience and managing setbacks

Pupil sheet

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

1. Say it out loud: which greeting feels friendliest?
☐ Hi, I'm ___!
☐ Hello! Want to play?
☐ Good morning!
2. Your friend takes your turn. What do you say?
☐ Nothing
☐ It's my turn now, please.
☐ Shout at them
3. Write one thing you are really good at.