Student Seminars, Student Coaching, Techniques for Increasing Student Motivation and skills by Positively MAD

Mindwise Workshops

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE
to the aspirations of your students.

Selected comments from pupils in Key Stage 2

“I really liked what we did today.”

“Positively MAD is positively mad.”

“This was so much fun”

“I can spell better now.”

“The Maths tricks were funny.”

“The presenter was cool.”

“This made me laugh”

“It was fun and funny”

“I didn’t think I could remember this much.”

“Now I know how to learn.”

Fun and memorable approaches to English, Maths and Science

OVERVIEW

The Mindwise Workshops were designed to provide schools with in-class lessons that showed the application of fun and creative learning approaches to core curriculum subject areas in English, Maths and Science. While highly entertaining standalone events in their own right, The Mindwise Workshops are a perfect complement to The Creative Approaches to Learning Day, which introduces students to exciting and effective learning techniques.

The Mindwise Workshops lead on naturally by providing actual applications of the techniques introduced. However, schools do not need to have experienced the Creative Approaches to Learning to enjoy and benefit from the Mindwise Workshops.

Each Mindwise Workshop focuses on different learning systems and a specific curriculum area, and each provides the students with an uplifting, creative and inspirational learning experience.

During the workshops, students will employ the Story-link Method, the Journey System, the Lock-add-load Method and the Number Shape System to learn, amongst others, ways to:

improve Spelling (Year 4)
improve Mental Maths (Years 5)
improve Science Facts Recall (Years 6).

During the workshops students will:

discover how powerful their own memories are
experience many practical ideas to make learning fun, rewarding and memorable
be empowered with a range of learning to learn techniques.

The workshops have 3 main aims:

Spelling Workshop: to generate enthusiasm for Spelling by showing students creative and interesting Spelling approaches.
Mental Maths Workshop: to empower students with effective techniques and refreshing approaches to remembering mental Maths facts and strategies.
Science Workshop: to empower students with effective techniques and refreshing approaches to remembering Science facts linked to the topic Life Processes and Living Things.

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Value:

These workshops are informative, highly entertaining and interactive
In addition to memory ideas, students will be shown a range of useful curriculum-specific strategies
These workshops encourage students to see learning in a more positive light
Students are provided with a post-workshop parent-pupil consolidation booklet to help them reflect upon and embed the learning

Results:

These workshops encourage students to:

learn an easy system to remember spellings using their imaginations and story-telling abilities
be more confident with a range of simple Maths techniques which they can use to demonstrate their improved abilities
feel more able and enthusiastic about learning new Scientific material

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Endorsements:

"The Mindwise Workshops engender a love of learning, and in particular, they inspire creative and unusual approaches to remembering useful information"

Year 5 Teacher

“It was funny, it was different, and it was crazy. I didn't want it to end”

Year 6 Student

“What a lovely learning experience. The students were buzzing afterwards and keen to demonstrate what they had learned.”

Teaching Assistant

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