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"Hung on every word - it all made so much sense and helped tremendously. Left wondering how I can match this enthusiasm when taking back to staff."
"All of it! Practical, common-sense, jargon-free."
"It was refreshing and motivating throughout. Putting ideas such as the BLP and others into child-friendly (and teacher friendly) ways was useful."
"I really liked the talks on 'hard work' and 'what's learning'. I do feel these ideas and thoughts can have a big impact when shared with staff at school."
"Extremely thought provoking and reminded me what I want for the children in my school. Lots of ideas to take back and plan to use materials."
"Range of materials available on the day. A booklet of slides for note taking. New ways of thinking about curriculum development."
"Chris was excellent, and very easy to listen to. There are huge amounts of today's content that we will introduce in school. Particularly the definitions of learning and ensuring staff have a clear understanding of this."
“Inspirational thinking that clarifies some of my own ideas. It was an amazing and refreshing day that has helped to frame some the CPD planned for next year.”
“Inspiring children through a creative curriculum. Understanding that Curriculum 2000 is actually flexible enough to be creative."
“Avoiding 'safe' and promoting imagination.”
"Lots of useful ideas that can be applied to both adults and children's aspects of school life. Very purposeful and inspirational topics covered, referring to simple concepts backed up by real examples."
“Every bit! Practical / real situations extremely useful - all very grounded and down to earth, but very motivational and inspiring. Thank you.”
“Real common sense, up to date approach. I think it applies to teachers too and intend to send some of them on your conferences.”
“I would like to bring my teaching staff in the future.”
“Very refreshing.”
“At a time where lots of things are 'up in the air' regarding education / curriculum - this conference has given me confidence in what we are trying to achieve in school.”
“Well delivered - excellent anecdotes. Super pace.”
“Good materials - food for thought, energising!!”
“Excellent delivery, clear, concise and personal. I will be taking key ideas from the course to implement in school curriculum and in developing a school ethos (embedding key skills and values).”
“Very inspirational and revitalising - thank you!”
"Having time to reflect on our curriculum and the ways to improve it using the handbook/ideas from the conference."
"Liked the way you related everything to the curriculum and teaching."
"Thought provoking looking at the 8 areas of success, reviewing my own teaching and how my thinking can change learning in the classroom."
"Informative, positive, enlightening, challenging and thought provoking."
"All very interesting, supporting a previous conference I attended – Planning for the new National Curriculum."
"Everything that Chris has talked about today is so relevant to classroom teaching, and really brings home what you are doing in the classroom and what you really want to do."
"Teaching children to deal with failure. Looking at the 8 areas of success and helping children to achieve them."
“Chris was very inspiring and down to earth. He has some very useful and up to date ideas and examples. I have some great ideas to take back to school.”
“Yet again I will go back to school with lots of ideas. I look forward to sharing ideas with our staff and creating a new creative curriculum. It has also made me reassess my own teaching and think about embedding the secrets of success in my classroom."
“CPD among staff to share importance of the secrets of success to enable every child to become ‘successful’.”
"Teaching ideas – how to teach 'imagination'."
“As ever, all aspects useful. Very thought provoking.”
“8 secrets of success – will be able to take this back to school and attempt to embed them in the new curriculum.”
“Booklet will be a visual reminder of 8 areas which I will use.”
“Good balance with time for reflection.”
“Lots to take back to school and tailor to our own situation and children.”
“The use of discussion time to relate to your school.”
“Brilliant and invaluable. Now need to share with the rest of staff to have impact in school.”