NEWS: Claudia creates a stir with Creative Approaches to Learning

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It is always a delight and a privilege to hear about the successes of our licensees who make a positive impact on young learners. One such person is Claudia Smith, who recently delivered the Creative Approaches to Learning event at the school her children attend.

Little did she know that her delivery would have such a huge impact. Read all about it in the letter she wrote to us afterwards:

On 4th May I presented Creative Approaches to Learning at the Primary school my children attend - Shawley Community Primary School in Epsom.

 All 34 of the Year 5 students including my own son were in the audience, along with two teachers and the Headmaster, Mr Gill. We got off to a flying start and the horse impression had the children laughing out loud straight away. The cheering and laughter was soon attracting some interest with a succession of faces looking in the windows to see who was having all the fun.

All of the children, without exception, were joining in and responding positively to the session. I could not have wished for a better group of children for my first presentation. My volunteers were all brilliant and the teachers joined in as well.

When the session ended the children called for an encore of the horse impression and of course I obliged!!

As we all high-fived our way out of the door at the end everyone was smiling but the biggest grin of all belonged to me and as I left I decided that if the children enjoyed the session even HALF as much as I did then the morning was the best success I could have hoped for!

 In fact, the amazing feedback I have had since shows exactly that. I have had parents texting me to congratulate me; I have had parents in the playground asking me what I did to their children to enthuse them so; I have heard reports of children teaching their parents all about Ancient Egypt over dinner;  at least 8 different children have asked me when I am coming back and two parents have asked me to do some work with their children privately. Best of all, I have had children running up to me in the playground to reel off all 9 planets in our solar system.

 All of that certainly demonstrates to me how powerful and worthwhile these PosMAD courses are and I can’t wait to inspire my next set of students!

 Below are some of the quotes from Maple Class at Shawley Community Primary school after their Positively MAD morning: 

• "It was fantastically brilliant"
• "The way she taught wasn't a 'here have a test' way it was a 'here have a laugh' way"
• "Claudia made learning seem fun"
• "You can learn over 100 things!"
• "They do methods with actions so we can remember it"
• "It’s easier to learn when you are having fun"
• "I want to do it again"
• "it was over too quickly"
• "Claudia was Positively MAD" 
• "Volunteering time was great"
• "We used our imaginations"
• "Even our teachers joined in!"
• "The silent cheers were fun"
• "We all had a great time"

 Well done Claudia, from all of us here at HQ. We are delighted that you enjoyed yourself so much and that your efforts produced such wonderful feedback. We look forward to hearing more about the positive impact that you will no doubt be making in the future. Thanks ever so much for allowing us to print your letter.