Teacher guide · Confidence Lab · Medium · about 30 min

💬 Give Feedback Kindly

Pupils practise confidence through "Give Feedback Kindly": Rewrite blunt feedback so it still lands.

Lesson guide

1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 💬 mission title and read the opening: "Match the blunt line to the kinder version.". 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 "Give Feedback Kindly", and why?
Rewrite: 'Your drawing doesn't look like a horse.' — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Good feedback always includes… — 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. Match the blunt line to the kinder version.
This is messy. → ________________
You're too slow. → ________________
Wrong. → ________________
2. Rewrite: 'Your drawing doesn't look like a horse.'
3. Good feedback always includes…
☐ A reason and a next step
☐ A joke
☐ A comparison to someone else