: Aiming High
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Approach: One to one Level: Year 8 
Focus: Competition
Resources: Picture montage

Questions/instructions:

Show picture montage.
Here are some pictures of people who are at the top.
They are excellent at what they do.

Point to each picture and say:
This is an artist.
This is a scientist.
These are musicians.
This is a sports person.

Although these people are excellent at different things, they all would have done some things the same to get to the top.

aiming high
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% responses
2006 ('02)
y8
1. What are some of the things that all of these people have done to be excellent
at what they do?		  
 
commitment/drive/ambition (mental)/ doing their best/striving
36 (37)
sought out good teaching/coaching
55 (59)
practise /persevere/play lots
77 (60)
self assessment/monitoring (taking responsibility)
4 (0)
accepting guidance
3 (2)
give up/control competing activities
1 (3)

2. What sort of help might these people have needed?
 
financial help/sponsorship (general)
4 (7)
provision of good equipment
6 (4)
practical help (e.g. transport to/from activites)
2 (2)
release from other commitments
1 (0)
coaching/teaching
77 (70)
encouragement /family
39 (39)
3. If you could choose anything to be really good at, what would you choose?
 
not marked
•
4. What things would you have to give up so you would get time to be really good at that?
 
not marked
•
Total score:
5–12
11 (6)
4
21 (22)
3
37 (35)
2
24 (26)
0–1
7 (11)
Subgroup Analysis:
Year 8
Commentary:
The year 8 students generally had a fairly narrow view of the requirements for achieving excellence. There was little change between 2002 and 2006 and only minor differernces between the five subgroups.
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