Teacher guide · Confidence Lab · Harder · about 40 min
🎤 60-Second Pitch
Pupils practise confidence and creativity through "60-Second Pitch": Convince the judges your idea is the best!
Lesson guide
1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 🎤 mission title and read the opening: "What are you pitching?". 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 · 15 min
Pairs work through the 5 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.
Discussion questions
- What was the hardest choice in "60-Second Pitch", and why?
- What are you pitching — explain your reasoning to a partner.
- Hook: write an exciting first sentence — explain your reasoning to a partner.
- Give 3 reasons it's brilliant — explain your reasoning to a partner.
- Where could you use confidence outside school this week?
- If you did this again, what would you change?
Adapting it
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.
Curriculum links
- 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
🎤 60-Second Pitch
Name: ____________________ Date: __________
1. What are you pitching?
☐ A new school lunch
☐ A pet robot
☐ A longer playtime
☐ A treehouse classroom
2. Hook: write an exciting first sentence.
3. Give 3 reasons it's brilliant.
4. A judge says 'It's too expensive!' How do you reply politely?
5. Now perform it out loud! How did it feel?
☐ Nervous but I did it
☐ Fun!
☐ I want to try again