FEEDBACK: Lancashire students hooked on Hooks, Lines and Thinkers 31 Jan 10

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Last year  Aimhigher – the organisation responsible to encouraging students to pursue Higher Education – approached Positively MAD to ask us to develop English and Science Workshops for Year 10 and 11 students.

The task was handed over to former teacher and programme designer Alan David Pritchard, and the result was the Hooks, Lines and Thinkers workshops, which were originally trialled in Surrey and then delivered as far north as Preston.

The response from all the students has been remarkably overwhelming. They absolutely love both workshops and consistently rate it 5 stars when evaluating them afterwards.
What they all agree is how much fun the courses are and how easy it is for them to remember everything they are taught.

Aimhigher Preston was so impressed with the workshops that they have asked Alan to return to Lancashire to deliver more of them this year. Once again the students and teachers have been blown away by this learning experience, and here is a collection of their reviews from the courses that were delivered recently:

HOOKS LINES AND THINKERS ENGLISH
5 STARS
• It is interesting because you don’t get bored and makes learning fun – Jake H
• I didn’t get bored because it was strange and fun – Nathan B
• It helps you to remember everything – Joe T
• It was a great and fun way of learning and I enjoyed it a lot – Harry T
• It was very fun and really helped me and is very funny – Tom P
• It is a fun and good way of learning
• It is a fun and easy way to learn
• It was fun and was very strange
• It was full of enjoyment and was a lot of fun. I never knew I could remember 103 facts without writing things down. It’s a great way to learn – Abi
• He showed/ taught us a lot of English skills and made it fun – Kyle F
• It was interesting, different and funny – Mohammed I
• It was a lot of fun even though the random moments
• It really helped me to remember and was  a lot of fun – Andrew
• It was very interesting and he made it funny so you listened more
• It was a fun way of learning and it didn’t feel like a lesson, yet I learnt things – James B
(Year 10 pupils Norden High)

•  I have learnt loads and think it is a great way of getting important points through to you. John Murphy
• Very fun, very engaging, always keeping you involved. Very enjoyable.
• It makes you think a lot differently than you normally would. It helps you understand faster and makes things seem easier. Emily Moorby
• Today’s experience has helped me to understand other great ways to revise and I know this has helped me greatly. Michael Skiba
• The stuff we learnt about English was really useful and valuable for the future. I know that I will definitely get better marks in my exams. Ashleigh Brown
• Really fun and exciting. Helpful. Jessica
• Alan is an excellent teacher and is very easy to listen to and learn useful things from.
• Fun; learn a lot, easy ways to learn. Courtney Kelly
• It is a fun way of learning. I enjoyed it a lot. Jenni Vickers
• Interesting and fun way to learn and ways to help you study for exams. Daniela
• It is a fun way to learn and you will benefit from it in the future.
• Funny, learnt a lot, remembered things I would have forgotten.
• It’s funny, it’s clever, and works perfectly. Luke Taylor
• It is helpful and inspiring for my English Exams.
• I learnt quite a lot and I still remember stuff from this morning! It’s effective and entertaining.
• The lesson has helped me to learn things I didn’t understand before. Rebecca Hendrickson
(Year 11 Students, Corpus Christi Catholic Sports College, Fullwell)

HOOKS LINES AND THINKERS SCIENCE
5 STARS
• It’s a very easy method to remember – Corie Lee Bloomfield
• It was good because it was fun and has helped me to remember Science facts – Beth G
• Different styles of learning
• Fun, not boring, sticks in your head, easy – Daniel Pilkington
• You learn and it all sticks in your head – Anisa
• You actually learn and information sticks in your head – Henna J
• I have learnt a lot from this session and benefitted from it – Ashley
• It is very fun and you learn a lot in a short period of time – Tahir Nadeem
• It helps you learn quickly and it makes it fun to learn in a short period of time – Waqas
• It is good to learn about Science – J. Ahmed
• It’s interesting and you learn easily; it also helps you to learn about Science – Usman Hussain
(Year 10 Pupils, Accrington Academy)

• You made us laugh. Not boring. Learnt new stuff on Science and was fun – Holly A
• It is an amazing thing to do remembering 70 facts. Truly amazing – Tristan Bishop
• I learnt a lot and it was fun, and I learnt new ways to learn
• I learnt a lot and it was really useful – Holly White
• You miss your lessons and it is fun and I know a lot about elements – Shannon Livesy
• It has helped me learn a lot of things without writing anything down. It was interesting and easy – Gabriella Martin
• It’s amazing, easy and absolutely fun. A totally different way of learning Science – Corey Brown
• It was totally mad and taught us a different way of learning Science with humour and no boring bits to cope with – Rhys Heap
• It was really fun and we learnt a lot of useful facts to help us revise for the future. It was so fun and useful – Zack Entwistle
• It is very enjoyable and also it helps you to remember facts about Science – Daniel Fox
• It helps me understand Science a lot more and it is a different way to revise. I will use this for revising – Kieran Yates
(Year 10 Pupils, Alder Grange, Rossendale)