Who's it for?

This four-hour course is ideal for all teachers who want to teach students how to set and reach attainable goals. This course will appeal to teachers of PSHE, Form Tutors, Lead Learners, Heads of Year and those in charge of Extended School services and programmes.

Course Overview

This is a dynamic 4 hour, half-day workshop that is run in venues across the country. It is run by a Master Practitioner of the coaching programme who will show delegates how to learn and how to run the coaching programme so that it can be successfully delivered in schools. Delegates will be shown the essentials of goal mapping and how it can be used to aid transition, boost exam results, and foster aspirations for Higher Education. whether they are for transition, for exam success, for personal aspirations or for aiming for higher education

Aims & objectives

• To provide in-depth knowledge of Goal-Mapping.
• To boost confidence in learning and running Goal Mapping Programmes within Schools.
• To share ideas and good practice so that the Goal Mapping System can be used effectively and meaningfully within educational establishments.
• To allow delegates to avail themselves of the expertise of Master Practitioners so that they can become in-school champions or accredited practitioners.

What you will receive

• A half day practical and fun workshop showing you how to deliver the Goal Mapping System to students.
• 1 x Goal Mapping Presenter Training Pack, which includes a set of professional video-based DVDS plus a CD containing a ‘ready-to-use’ PowerPoint slideshow to support your delivery of the Goal Mapping System.
• A copy of each of the student resources.
• Presenter handbook.
• The right to run the coaching programme as often as you require.

Who's it for?

• Teachers wishing to enhance their CPD portfolio in schools by running study skills sessions for students.
• Lead-learners in educational establishment s wishing to provide their learners with a substantial and effective study skills programme.
• Tutors wishing to offer additional study skills opportunities for pupils.
• Extended schools co-ordinators wishing to run learning workshops for members of the community.
• Positively MAD Licensees.

Course Overview

• Brief background and context of the 6S Study Skills Course.
• Practical focus on each of the learning tools of the system: The Storylink/ meaningful movements tool, Summary Posters (Portrait and Landscape), The Quick-fire Quiz, The PAL Method, Mnemonics, Rhyming Song Method, The Roman Room System, Mind Maps, Memory Hook Systems.
• How to show students how to use the 6S Reflective Journal.
• How to analyse and create a feedback report based on student evaluations.

Aims & objectives

• To get a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of the 6S Study Skills System
• To obtain practical advice in learning and running the course from a Master Practitioner of the course
• To receive detailed training in how to use the Presenter Pack and Student Resources
• To have opportunity to share ideas and workshop scenarios with others who will be running the course
• To gain certification for professional development
• To gain accreditation as a licensee

What you will receive

• A half day practical and fun workshop showing you how to deliver 6S Study Skills System to students.
• Practical advice in learning and running the course
• Practical application of all of the featured learning tools
• Full Presenter Pack and one set of student resources
• Presenter handbook.
• The right to run the coaching programme as often as you require.

Who's it for?

This course is designed to inspire and empower teaching staff who work with any age group or ability. Ideal for INSET days.

Course Overview

This motivating and exciting course demonstrates the use of Accelerated Learning techniques in the classroom. Teaching staff will be able to explore and develop techniques including: Mind Mapping, multi-sensory learning, memory techniques and state management. The format of the day encourages staff to workshop new ways of supporting their students' learning so that techniques can be used in the classroom straight away.

Aims & objectives

• To demonstrate easy-to-use Accelerated Learning principles and techniques in action.
• To create a powerful, positive learning experience for teaching staff.
• To show teaching staff exciting and useful ways to help students absorb and retain knowledge.
• To stimulate the further adoption of techniques and principles in the classroom.
• To allow teaching staff to develop ideas to use with their students the very next day.

What you will receive

• An interactive session facilitated by one of Positively MAD’s Certified practitioners.
• An opportunity for staff to share best practice and to workshop new techniques.
• A teacher workbook to help staff to remember and develop the concepts demonstrated throughout the programme.

Who's it for?

Course Overview

This exciting course explores the many uses and applications of Mind Maps. Teaching staff are given the opportunity to see how to use Mind Mapping effectively both in and out of the classroom. The skills learnt can empower teachers and students and increase retention and interest in any subject or topic.

Teaching staff are not only taught the conventions of Mind Mapping but are also encouraged to workshop ways of including Mind Maps in their classroom so that they can introduce them to their students straight away.

Aims & objectives

• To demonstrate the effectiveness of Mind Maps.
• To create a powerful, positive learning experience for teaching staff.
• To show teaching staff how Mind Mapping can increase student interest in any subject.
• To illustrate how Mind Maps can be used in a variety of ways to improve teaching and learning.
• To stimulate the further adoption of techniques and principles in the classroom.
• To allow teaching staff to develop ideas to use with their students the very next day.

What you will receive

• An interactive session facilitated by one of Positively MAD’s Certified practitioners.
• An opportunity for staff to share best practice and to workshop Mind Mapping techniques.
• A teacher workbook to help staff to remember and develop the concepts demonstrated throughout the programme.

Who's it for?

This course is suitable for all teachers of Key Stages 2, 3, and 4. Ideal for INSET days.

Course Overview

Come and explore the cornerstones of assessment for learning in this highly practical one day course. We examine the role of reflective practice, the importance of questioning, the range of formative feedback options and learning to learn models. We end the day by considering peer and self evaluation tools.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• to equip teachers with a range of tools, strategies and ideas that can be immediately implemented in the classroom
• to motivate teachers to apply ideas, tools and strategies using the reflective practice cycle as a means of sustainability
• to provide teachers with resource material to guide the application and reflection of new AFL initiatives

What you will receive

• A day’s training that will delight and inspire
• A fully comprehensive workbook containing a rich supply of lesson plan ideas and resources, an addenda and an extensive web-based research bibliography.

Who's it for?

This course is especially useful for those Key Stage 3 and 4 Science teachers who have embraced accelerated learning methods and now want to find very real and practical ways to make them come alive in the classroom.

Course Overview

This fun and vibrant one day course will show teachers how a variety of memory improvement techniques can improve student retention and recall. It examines ways in which teachers can access different thinking and learning styles and how they can plan for lessons to make it easier for students to create effective learning notes.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• To know how to plan to access different learning and thinking styles
• To know how to use summary posters, mindmaps, memory hooks, the journey system, the Roman Room system, mnemonics and the story system to improve note-making skills
• To know how to use thinking maps to improve understanding

What you will receive

• A fun and enjoyable experience
• A comprehensive in-course workbook

Who's it for?

Teachers of Key Stage 3 and 4 English / Literacy

Course Overview

A dynamic, inspirational, creative and stimulating course for Secondary English teachers, demonstrating how accelerated learning methods, memory improvement techniques, multisensory approaches and critical thinking skills can be applied to the teaching of Literacy.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• To inspire and invigorate teachers who teach English
• To foster the use of memory improvement techniques
• To develop creative and critical thinking skills, for teachers and pupils
• To motivate, enthuse and entertain through the use of novel ideas and imaginative approaches
• To provide teachers with practical, ready-to-use ideas and resources
• To put the “fun” back into teaching the fundamentals

What you will receive

• A fun and enjoyable experience
• A comprehensive in-course workbook
• A post-course reflective journal

Who's it for?

Teachers of top set Key Stage 3 Literacy and teachers of Key Stage 4 English

Course Overview

This course uses memory improvement techniques to show teachers ways in which they can help students prepare for the Extended Writing section of the GCSE examinations. It covers areas like basic grammar and sentence construction; how to use a range of required, suitable paragraph structures; how to plan essays so that introductions and conclusions are not synonymous; developing personal writing styles; knowing the difference between persuasive and argumentative essays and how to use appropriate language for each. Spotting and naming reasoning errors are also examined.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• To know how to teach basic grammar and sentence analysis
• To have more confidence in teaching paragraph construction and essay planning
• To be able to develop reasoning skills and to identify and name errors of logic
• To understand the concept of style and to be able to teach style to students
• To be provided with ideas and tips for teaching persuasive and argumentative writing

What you will receive

• A comprehensive in-course workbook
• A day’s inspired training

Who's it for?

This course is suitable for all KS1 and KS2 teachers, and classroom assistants.

Course Overview

This course aims to explore the theories behind whole brain education and to focus on strategies for implementing holistic approaches to teaching number skills in primary mathematics. The emphasis is very much on increasing the visual, auditory and kinaesthetic possibilities within the Numeracy Hour, with detailed applications to suit a variety of learning styles and preferences. Combining accelerated learning and multi-sensory approaches, the course will cover difficult areas like fractions, division, mental multiplication, and times tables, and will touch on shape, measurement and problem solving.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• To have a range of whole-brain strategies to enrich the teaching and learning of primary Numeracy
• To provide teachers with a deeper understanding of holistic Maths approaches
• To show how learning systems can be applied to teaching Number
• To provide teachers with effective ideas to access a wide range of learner styles

What you will receive

• An inspiring, amusing and uplifting learning experience
• The opportunity to share good ideas and good practice across key stages
• A handy in-course workbook which can be used as a resource manual afterwards

Who's it for?

This course is suitable for all KS1 and KS2 teachers, and classroom assistants.

Course Overview

This course examines ways in which we can teach Science so that students remember what we have taught while learning a variety of memory techniques which they can apply to other subjects. The course revisits Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory and shows teachers how to plan so that different thinking and learning styles are accessed. We explore Bloom’s revised thinking taxonomy and look at the importance of questioning skills to Science. We also discover how we can use the story method, the journey method, the memory hooks system, plus a range of other effective learning techniques to make the learning and remembering of Science a great deal of fun.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• To be able to plan for thinking skills in Science
• To be able to plan activities that access different intelligences
• To use 10 different learning strategies to enable students to absorb, retain and recall Scientific data more effectively

What you will receive

• An inspiring, amusing and uplifting learning experience
• The opportunity to share good ideas and good practice across key stages
• A handy in-course workbook which can be used as a resource manual afterwards

Who's it for?

This course is suitable for all KS1 and KS2 teachers, and classroom assistants.

Course Overview

Developing Creative Writing is a fun and, as the title implies, creative course during which delegates can look forward to a day crammed with loads of practical and interesting activities which will enhance pupil writing skills. We begin by understanding and using the concept of freewriting to develop fluency of ideas. We then explore the story-method approach to spelling and look at how circle time activities can improve writing expression. We examine the “Why, why, why” method of story planning, and discover how prediction exercises can improve story endings. The GAMES approach to story planning is used to show how effective planning can lead to improve confidence in writing. We also take a look at how descriptive writing can be aligned to vocabulary enrichment, and consider various “maps” to enhance argumentative writing. The day ends with a consideration of grammar skills and how sentence analysis can be applied to the construction of paragraphs.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• To provide teachers with practical and instantly useable ideas and strategies to improve writing across both key stages
• To enable teachers to create writing tasks that allow students to develop key writing skills
• To inspire teachers to develop their own writing skills and to use their knowledge to assist students to do better
• To show teachers how writing can be enhanced through better planning, circle time, spelling and thinking activities

What you will receive

• An amusing, entertaining, informative and uplifting experience
• An opportunity to share ideas across key stages
• A useful in-course workbook, with templates and notes

Who's it for?

All teachers of Literacy in Key Stages 2 to 5, plus any teacher who would like to get to grips with basic grammar so as to assess student writing more proficiently.

Course Overview

Gripping Grammar is a highly-informative and entertaining course which teaches the fundamentals of grammar in a way that is simple to follow and easy to transfer. It shows teachers a systematic and effective process for sentence analysis, which combines knowledge of parts of speech with syntax and semantics to enable students to improve the quality of their writing and to develop a keen understanding of style. Using Positively MAD’s unique “Verb-First” approach, teachers will be able to teach grammar so that students will understand it better and be able to use it to enhance and improve their writing. This approach puts grammar in context and makes it fun (yes, fun) to teach.

Aims & objectives

The overall objectives for the day are:

• To show teachers how an understanding of grammar can lead to vastly improved writing skills
• To provide an easy to follow approach to teaching the fundamentals of grammar
• To provide teachers with more confidence and mastery of their own writing skills and to empower them to assess the writing of students with more accuracy
• To develop an appreciation of the concept of style and to be shown how improved grammar skills can enhance all writing skills

What you will receive

• An amusing, entertaining, informative and uplifting experience
• An opportunity to share concerns and experiences with teachers across different key stages
• A fully comprehensive workbook, which doubles as a reference guide for after

Who's it for?

For all secondary and post 16 teachers whose pupils need help preparing effectively for exams and tests.

Course Overview

This course allows teachers to experience the 6S Study Skills Course as it would be run to students, but with more of an emphasis on using the tools as teaching techniques. We examine the concept of regular review and use it to experiment with ten different learning tools throughout the day. Teachers will learn about the importance of sleep, state, sustenance, skills, support and state to the exam experience and will be shown ways to help their students improve note-making, note-taking, thinking and study skills.

Aims & objectives

By the end of the day delegates should be able to:

• Change students perception of their ability to remember and learn things
• Expose students to current research around key areas like sleep, sustenance, sport, support and state in order to encourage them to prepare their whole body for the exam experience
• Encourage students to try the Regular Review Process (a way of systematically reviewing work until it is “just known”)
• Apply appropriate study strategies to enable young people to develop as learners
• Promote the concept of self reflection and regular reflection
• Define appropriate strategies to enable young people to perform towards their maximum achievement in assessment situations

What you will receive

• A day’s training that is fun, fast-paced and filled with practical ideas and useful strategies
• A workbook containing templates of the day’s tasks and challenges