REVIEWS: Positive Reviews for MASTERING STUDENT MOTIVATION

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Positively MAD frequently receives rave reviews for its MASTERING STUDENT MOTIVATION course for secondary students. For schools looking for ways to motivate students this JUNE and JULY, here is a sample demonstrating what all the fuss is about.

The 'Mastering Student Motivation' seminar begins with developing an understanding of what is at the core of our behaviour. The course then moves each student towards creating and sustaining a powerful inner drive and motivation to improve classroom performance and exam results.

Students are more likely to see the benefit and worth of applying themselves to achieve success in school if they can place it within the context of their own aspirations. The ‘Mastering Student Motivation’ programme allows students to regard exams and tests as necessary stepping stones to future attainment.

By reinforcing positive beliefs and challenging unhelpful paradigms students are encouraged to becoming self-aware. This enables them to take ownership and personal responsibility in all areas of their lives.

The course is presented at schools across the country and has already received many positive reviews:

Sam Baker - King Alfreds School

I would like to personally say a big thank you for the wonderful day we had today. Your talk on motivation was brilliant and had so many useful tips and bits of knowledge that I'm sure our students and staff will remember for a long time. It really did seem to mesmerize so many of our students; if only they acted like that in all of their lessons!

 I hope they will have taken away with them a more positive outlook on themselves and their goals as many of them are capable of so much; they just need to realise it! Hopefully you have shown them this can be easily done, especially with your final task of self-believe and positive thinking (I just hope they won't try to repeat that at home *the board-break*  or if they do that they are successful!).

     Once again many thanks for a great day!

Sabana – Key Stage 4 student:

     After the workshop I decided that I will grab every chance that comes my way and will ignore the risk of failure or rejection. The most important thing is to try.

    I hope that everyone has the chance to be involved. Shoot your hand up to attempt to break the wood, trust me, it is one unforgettable experience. I think everyone can do it. You just need to believe in yourself and remember the two words “I CAN”.  At the beginning I seriously thought the presenter had completely lost it. Crashing your hand through a piece of wood???? Talk about pain!!

     But, who knew confidence could grow so fast, in just two hours. All I can say is missing the opportunity of attempting something due to fear of failure is actually failure itself!

Cheryl Proctor - Head of Year 11:

      I invited Positively Mad to come to our school to deliver The Mastering Student Motivation Workshop to my Year 11 students. I decided to hold this early in the new academic year to give a positive focus to my students in this very important year for them.

     Jay, the presenter, was just what the students needed. Approachable, humorous, patient and realistic. The two hours flew past and the students were made to feel valued and were fully engaged throughout.

     The feedback from my students has been very positive and it has done what I hoped it would – it has given them a focus, helped them set targets and reminded them that their time is NOW!

M Woodall -   Head Teacher:

Positively Mad spent the whole day at Northfield Road. From our initial communications, the company were very professional and enthusiastic about their day visit. They organised the day superbly and wasted not one minute of time.

Vicki who visited our school, came in early to set up her equipment and to discuss the day ahead. She was extremely flexible and accommodated ‘extra children’ at short notice. She captivated an audience of 150 9-10 year olds (and their teachers) for nearly three hours.

The children were engaged, enthusiastic and learning! After all that she then presented a shorter 2 hour long version to our 7-9 year olds just as enthusiastically! The day was jam packed full with learning, smiles and positivity with a capital P! The day also included staff INSET session after school. It was a great day. Thank you!

Natalie Williams – Aimhigher co-ordinator:

      I would like to take the time to thank you for running the Student Motivation Seminar in our school, Alder Grange. I thought I would write to pass on some student feedback on the event.

      Almost 100% of the students rated the event as beneficial and stated that they developed new skills during the activity. They said that the best part of the seminar was the activities and the presenter, Joe; and stated that their confidence, ambitions and motivation to achieve have increased thanks to these factors.

     Staff opinion was also very positive on the event, with all staff surprised at the impact the presentation had on somewhat unruly year 10 students!

Jacoba Williams - Year 10 Student:

“I enjoyed the ‘Positively Mad’ motivation session very much because it helped me find my inner self belief and showed me that I could do anything I wanted if I put my mind to it. For example, I broke an inch thick piece of wood. The workshop was awesome!”

Dave Scotford - Red Hill Secondary School

I just wanted to say how brilliant the couple of hours were; the course was brilliantly presented and awesomely mixed in with masses of laughs. I have never known the school assembly hall to be so engaged.  To be bluntly honest it inspired me, like nothing has ever before, and I believe will ever again.

Thank you so much, and I can now go through school knowing how confident I am with the knowledge I picked up during the presentation, and I can sit down in the exams in the summer and remember how to be calm and relaxed.

There is no way that I can say thank you enough times - THANK YOU!

 For more information about this remarkable course, click here.