REVIEWS: “Fun, informative and really funny” – terrific reviews for new memory-improvement course

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 Alan David Pritchard was in Sudbury last week, delivering his Aimhigher-sponsored memory improvement course, “Learning to Remember” to Year 9 students at Great Cornard Upper School.

The course is designed to show students how powerful their memories are and to provide them with simple but effective techniques to improve recall. Alan was very impressed with the behaviour, attitude and response of the students who participated with gusto and tried their best.

“I remembered more than I thought I would. It’s fun and I like the techniques he used and the videos we watched in between. It was the first time I have paid full attention in a 100 minute lesson,” remarked one of the students afterwards.

Another student reported:

“Alan proved that everyone has the ability to use their brain well, even if you struggle normally. He also helped by giving us useful techniques to help us in the future with our learning.”

From the feedback received, over 94% of the 78 students who attended the course would recommend it to others, with 91% awarding the event 4 Stars or more.

Read on to discover what the students had to say about this enlightening learning event.

Pupils who rated the course as 5 stars justified their ratings as follows: 

• I really enjoyed it. It was fun. – Imogen B
• It was really fun and there was minimal writing. – Dominic H
• It helped me a lot and it was very informative. – Serena A-W
• It was useful. – Shane B
• I enjoyed it. It was funny and easy to follow. – Matthew H
• I enjoyed myself a lot and I remembered everything he said we would. – Georgia E.H
• It is funny and everyone can get involved. You can also remember things more easily. – Laura W
• It was really helpful to learn by putting it with fun. Thank you! – Shannon S
• It was really funny and you learn things that you never knew before and the students get involved. – Ashley N
• It was very funny and the videos were enjoyable. Also, I found it a lot easier to remember the facts. – Andrew Y
• Involved students, was funny but also educational. – TE
• The presentation and jokes and way of learning were extremely brilliant. – William A
• It is strange how you can remember all the things you get told. – Connor C
• This is so awesome! – Blade C
• It was fun and enjoyable. – Ethan S
• I remembered about 130 things which I never thought I could. – Joe W
• Alan was well good and fun and we learnt 130 facts! – L.H
• It’s weird how you can learn all of that in so little time and it will help with my exams. – Logan A
• It was really fun and I have learnt a lot more than I would have done in a term of school work! It was awesome! – Sophia C
• It was really good and helpful. I wish all lessons were like this as I learnt and had fun and it made me remember everything. – Jasmin L
• I really enjoyed it and it helped us to remember. It was really fun! – Ellie M
• I have learnt how to remember better and I can use these skills in my revision next year. Thanks. – Olivor W
• It was funny and different to normal lessons! – Sam D
• It is surprisingly interesting and amazing. – Ryan W
• It was helpful and helped us remember things and be clever. – Tiff
• It was useful and funny and very clever! – Megan
• I have remembered so many things. – Megan P
• Alan is cool. – Lucy
• It was entertaining.
• 5 Stars. – Lauren
• 5 Stars – Joff
• It really helped me learn and everyone can remember. – H
• I found it very funny and enjoyable. Also informative and will help me to remember stuff. – Steve N
• The thing Alan did helps a lot not just for remembering things but ti also helps me solve a maths problem in 5 seconds without using a calculator. It gives you an idea on how you could remember things without writing them down. E.G
• It is a fun way of learning difficult things. – Tasha F
• I reckon I can use a lot of this stuff later on. – Chris
• Alan is positively mad, funny and we learnt loads! – Emma B
• 5 stars plus – Robert T
• I have learnt amazing things that I thought I would never be able to do. I have learnt a lot. – Dylan T
• Alan is extremely funny. His technique for getting me to remember was great! I have improved and the presentation was outstanding. He knew what he was doing. Amazing.
• It was fun and informative at the same time. It was also really funny. After this experience, my memory has definitely improved and I know how to revise and trigger information.
• This was very good and it was very surprising how much it improved my memory. – Jake W
• I remembered more than I thought I would. It’s fun and I like the techniques he used and the videos we watched in between. It was the first time I have paid full attention in a 100 minute lesson. – S.W
• Alan is possibly the funniest man I have ever met. I hope I meet him again. – J.L.K
• It was so amazing and funny and educational. It was mind-blowing! Thanks! Rebecca P
• It taught me how to remember more about lots of different things, and also made me more confident about my work. – Ella M
• Alan proved that everyone has the ability to use their brain well, even if you struggle normally. He also helped by giving us useful techniques to help us in the future with our learning. – Holly S
• I have learnt more today than I have in the last week. Also, Alan is funny and I loved it so much I wish every lesson was like this. – Kerry B