"A really successful day."
"Practical, helpful ideas to bring back to school"
"The definition and illustration of 'Power Learning' ie need for clear learning objectives and the four components of activity. The detailed and practical ideas for the different parts of the lesson were fabulous."
"The whole day was great. The simplicity of the ideas make them so transferable and practical. Materials are very user friendly."
"The focus on learning objectives really clarified lots for me and will really impact on my teaching. Also the focus on variety across lessons."
"Lots of ideas and very thought provoking."
"Very enthusiastic delivery and approach. Useful ideas, practical ideas I can take away with me and use now."
"Breaking down learning objectives into sections that are more manageable - into skills. Ideas for classroom looking different, giving children more experiences that result in their learning moving forward."
"Being given the opportunity to reflect on my own practice and think out of the box! Reflecting on where my school needs to go next and prioritising."
"Refreshing and thought provoking."
"Fantastic - gives me confidence that what we are doing in school is on track but inspires me to organise next steps"
"Thank you - it was a really valuable, well structured, well paced day."
"Brilliant and so useful. Great to have Chris and his experiences from the shop floor!"
"Fantastic insight into the new Ofsted rules/regulations."
"Reaffirmed my beliefs of what teaching and learning is all about."
"Had a massive 'light bulb moment. Thanks!"
"Very enthusiastic, down to earth, real-life delivery, appreciate this approach."
"Ideas to stimulate productivity and other ways to deliver instruction; keeping standards at the heart of learning objectives"
"Not prescriptive but ideas to adapt to our school setting."
"Inspiring! We were all engaged."
"Useful leasson introduction ideas."
"Building up a wider variety of lesson starters."
"Ensuring childrens progress by ensuring they are more active throughout lessons (and ways of doing this)."
"making sure levels and skills are planned for within foundation skills."
"Good to remind us what to teach is important - considering learning objectives etc."
"Importance of constantly ensuring key skills are revisited across the curriculum."
"Useful for moving the school forward and helps to structure our staff meetings and inform our Performance Management targets."
"I feel re-energised and today has reminded me why I chose this profession and has inspired me to 'stay with it and make a difference'."
"Booklet with 30 activities for thinking & doing."
"Practical, realistic and inspiring ideas. The way they were delivered left me feeling empowered to deliver them and develop my own practice."
"The discussion about teacher/pupil 'workload' in a lesson and how to manage this effectively."
"Ways to get the pupils engaged straightaway and ideas of how to communicate learning,"
"How to focus my next observations to give constructive feedback to the teachers."
"Time to reflect on the curriculum in our school and where we need to go next."
"It would be really good for the whole school to hear this!"
"Well presented, relevant, practical, effective, creative and engaging - very entertaining. Thank you!"
"Great presentation style and humour."
"Superb! Engaging, motivating and empowering."
"A very entertaining and thought provoking day. There was a lot to take in and I shall enjoy feeding it all back to my school."
"After many highly recommended reviews, it's the first time I've attended a Chris Quigley conference and I'm hooked! Thank you for the inspiration and food for thought."
"Lots of practical ideas and tips for engaging children in lessons - I'd never considered the 20:80 idea before but will definitely be trying it!"
"Ideas for introducing lessons in more interesting and varied ways. Refresher on Key Skills and the 20:80 rule as well as behaviour management ideas.!"
"New ideas. Really thought provoking content and lots to take bacl to school - thank you!"
"Having the chance to reflect on how the 'Big 4' impact on learning and how the calrity of L.O leads to better/improved 'Big 4'."
"The use of Key Skills instead of many objectives and engaging lesson introductions and group work."
"The ideas for the different ways of introducing lessons and the different ways to show things to the class. Looking at the key skills was also interesting and gave ideas for back at my school."
"Practical Approaches - 20 lesson openers, 100 ways to record."
"Clear, simple models/frameworks and the Lesson Launcher"
"All of it! It was relevant and inspiring with lots of ideas to take back to the classroom. Thank you!"
"Practical Approaches - 20 lesson openers, 100 ways to record."
"Lovely venue and lots of inspiring discussion."
"A well planned and thought out conference with plenty of discussion time."
"I wish all the staff could have been here!"
"How to promote student directed thinking."
"The bank of ideas which we can use in our classroom."
"Focus on Learning Objectives linked to Programme vs Breadth of Study."
"The ideas for hooks into lessons were very interesting."
"All of it. Another brilliant presentation with humour! Loved the anecdotes. Very good practical ideas that I will be able to take back to school."
"Different ideas for keeping the lessons more active."
"Simplified curriculum - key skills in key areas of learning."
"Structures to set up in classes to promote activity/productivity."
"The whole day has been excellent. This is my 3rd conference and each time I am encouraged and inspired by what I hear and the materials provided which are invaluable for use back in at school."
"Thoroughly enjoyed it and found it extremely beneficial and will take away the good ideas back to school."
"Fast-paced and lively - very good delivery."
"Great resources and activities."
"A great conference with good ideas to use in the classroom."
"Great subject knowledge, clear logical content delivered in an entertaining way. Thank you."
"Pacey delivery. Lots of ideas given to make me think and question practices in my own school."
"Different ideas from CQ about lesson starters - trying to get the kids doing something straight away and working as much as possible during the time."
"Ideas for starters/introduction. Behaviour tips were also great reminders - thank you."
"Introductions to the lessons cards."
"Excellent delivery and very well timed pauses for discussion."
"Listing key skills and lesson charges. EYFS changes - first I had heard of it!"
"Ideas for provoking children to want to learn."
"Supporting our schools move to a more creative curriculum."
"The fact that we can take away the presentation in the handbook."
"Investigating ways to encourage staff to come away from the norm in order to engage."
"Inspiring ideas and practical application in the classroom. Clear handout."
"Clear message and way to move forward. Look forward to trying out the 'lesson launcher'."
"Very practical support for planning and teaching an effective curriculum."
"What is a learning objective? Very interesting and a good starting point."
"The ideas for 'hook ins' to the lesson. We are currently as a school 'redesigning' our planning to be skills based. I will share all the excellent ideas with my colleagues on our planning INSET day next week!"
"Inspirational and really interested in the online power learning planner!"
"Inspiring and fun."
"Some great discussion stimuli."
"Just wish everyone at school could hear it first hand."
"Fabulous."
"Team Mastery ideas."
"Activities section - pulling a lesson to pieces into different sections."
"The importance of teaching the right objectives."
"Useful ways to introduce a lesson and communicate learning."
"All of it! The practical nature of issues covered that can be taken into the classroom and encouraged to reflect on current practice."
"The common sense of realism; eg: standards, increase productivity, ways to introduce a lesson."
"Chris strips back teaching and learning to what is really important."
"A breath of fresh air, taking education back to basics, what is really important and what is dressing up. I breathed a sigh of relief, less in more."
"It was all excellent and really useful. Full of practice activities I can start as soon as I get back to school."
"All of it. Fantastic. I found it extremely motivating and full of practical ideas to improve lessons. The idea that 'less is more' helps to stop me feeling overwhelmed."
"Quality handouts and advice from Chris."
"Good ways to start a lesson - giving children a hook."
"We will be re-evaluating planning following analysis of how we plan now!"
"The conference has provided many ideas to use in the classroom, ie: 30 ways to introduce a lesson which will all have a positive impact on teaching and learning. Very inspiring information and ideas."
"Very motivational and inspiring."
"Excellent, would recommend to any teacher!"
"Presented by someone who really knows what the classroom/school is like and has thought deeply about learning/education from experience. Very worth-while."
"Fantastic speaker and the handouts were great!"
"I thoroughly enjoyed it and was engaged for the whole day. Thank you."
"Very valuable, current and motivating."
"Backed up by effective resources and time for reflection."
"A great day, loads of exciting ideas. The day flew and was completely engaging."
"Far more useful than 4 mornings one on one with S.I.P!"
"Advice on making learning specific to our school's and our pupil's needs."
"Discussions about child instigated learning and school curriculum."
"Constant provoking ideas and questions that made me think about teaching and the curriculum."
"Great speaker and lots of time to discuss and think about practical application. Materials and ideas were great and I feel inspired to go back to school."
"Engaging delivery based in practical, real life situations."
"Resources pack with loads of ideas."
"All was relevant - really liked the 'real-life' examples given during the delivery. Video clips also great for seeing how to do it!"
"Progress, engagement, behaviour standards."
"Concept of lessons structure, hook in etc."
"A reminder that you need to stick by your values."
"All of it - fun, inspiring, motivating and realistic. Much need when working in a school with a notice to improve."
"I really liked the bit about EYFS child initiated learning - thank you!"
"All of it! This is the second one I have attended and got so much out of it. It has had a big impact on my class and today will too."
"It was all very inspiring and it supports me in my already developed views on learning and education. I now feel less limited and strengthened in following that path I chose. I'm looking forward to your planning tool!"
"Very engaging and inspiring!"
"An excellent opportunity to consider and discuss what is important and matters in teaching."
"Very useful as an NQT to take on board a different way of thinking around learning."
"Another excellent course, very thought provoking and a great deal to feedback to staff."
"Fantastic content and delivery."
"Informative and enjoyable."
"Brilliant!"
"A great day, loads of exciting ideas. The day flew and was completely engaging."
"Far more useful than 4 mornings one on one with S.I.P!"
"A treasure chest of ideas! Inspiring and stimulating. The trainer was full of energy and VERY engaging!"
"I feel that the conference was very well planned. It progressed throughout the day in a very meaningful way building upon each section. All was well explained followed by well suited examples to reinforce the meaning. Good links were made to prior discussions to show meaning."
"Loads of practical ideas to try out in the classroom and pass onto colleagues."
"Excellent ideas to take our curriculum forward to the next stage. I really like the thought of having pupils fully engaged from the outset. Some really thought provoking issues brought forward - particularly key questions."
"Very engaging delivery. Great ideas, the booklet will be useful to prompt/support us to move our learning forward, by delivering the messages through INSET and staff meetings."
"The initial introduction 'The Big 4' was great to re-focus the mind away from school. Especially useful was the engagement material."
"Resources are great and can so easily be applied to classrooms. Chris was so interesting and can allow me to easily apply things in class."
"First hand experience dropped into the presentation was very useful."
"The presentation was very informative and Chris was easy to listen to. The handout and general information was very good indeed."
"The conference progressed throughout the day in a very meaningful way building upon each section. All was well explained followed by well suited examples to reinforce the meaning."
"The starter activities and discussions about behaviour and standards were very useful."
"Good to have someone else reinforce the basic principles that I believe in."
"Good common sense ideas. It was good to be here with a colleague and have the opportunity to reflect on the input and discuss a way forward back in school. Thoroughly enjoyable thank you!"
"The preparation was excellent, excellent good supporting resources."
"We agreed with all the points Chris made."
"Loved being able to re-evaluate structure of lessons and simple strategies to tweak to improve. Good to laugh, enjoyed the anecdotes."
"Thoroughly enjoyed the day - would recommend course to others."
"The booklet is very useful - remembering things is a problem. This will help structure some of my planning and delivery."
"Very worthwhile - feel inspired to put ideas into practice asap."
"A very valuable conference to attend."