Ambitious August Calendar

Our Ambitious August Calendar offers 31 simple, child-friendly activities designed to encourage goal setting, confidence building, resilience and a growth mindset. Perfect for ELSA sessions, PSHE lessons, wellbeing activities or home use, each day provides a short, engaging prompt that inspires children to dream big, take positive risks, develop new skills and believe in what they can achieve.

Throughout the month, children will enjoy activities such as setting achievable goals, creating a vision board, trying something new, celebrating their strengths, stepping outside their comfort zone, learning from mistakes and recognising the value of perseverance. These meaningful prompts help children understand that ambition isn’t about being better than others, it’s about believing in themselves, working towards personal goals and enjoying the journey of learning and growing.

The benefits of using this Calendar include:

• Encouraging goal setting by helping children identify aspirations and break them into achievable steps.
• Building confidence and self-belief through activities that celebrate strengths, effort and progress.
• Developing resilience and perseverance by encouraging children to keep going when things feel challenging.
• Promoting a growth mindset, helping children understand that learning and success come through practice and determination.
• Inspiring curiosity, motivation and independence as children challenge themselves and discover new possibilities.

The Calendar can be used in classrooms, small groups, ELSA sessions or at home. Children can complete one activity each day or dip into the prompts whenever they need encouragement to set a goal, try something new or celebrate their achievements.

Designed to be printed on A3 for display or A4 for individual use, it’s a colourful and engaging way to fill August with confidence, determination, personal growth and ambitious thinking.

Download: Ambitious August Calendar