“We will definitely be looking into some workshops for KS1 later in the year and will be recommending this to other schools that we work with!”

“It was by far our most popular event during maths week. The students enjoyed the competitiveness of the trading game, it was great for their group and negotiating skills. The delivery and hosting of the activity was superb!”

“The students in Y3 especially gained a great understand of the story of a Midsummer Night’s Dream. I was so impressed and surprised that they knew all the characters and complex relationships after a 90 min session. It has given us a great springboard for some fantastic writing. Our parents have also been pleasantly surprised that we have been introducing our younger children to Shakespeare. I would just like to say a huge thank you to Jo, her passion and knowledge was amazing and the children gained so much from working with her.”

“The maths staff were unanimously of the opinion that this was one of the best maths workshops we have had.Jackson was an excellent presenter…his enthusiasm for maths was infectious and I particularly liked his emphasis on looking at the wider benefits of developing maths skills.  i.e. identifying patterns, seeing that maths isn’t just numbers, problem-solving. We will definitely look to be using you again in future.”

“The children gained an understanding of the play and a memory they will keep for life, especially for those children who have never experienced anything like that. It meant that when they wrote a letter as Macbeth to Lady Macbeth, they were able to use extra information that Jackson had told them to portray his character better.”

“You were absolutely amazing and have inspired all the children and teachers. Thank you for sharing your talents with us!”

“I just wanted to say thank you so much to Chris, the children and all of the staff thought he was absolutely fantastic! The tasks were brilliant fun and everyone was totally engaged (even the children who normally hate maths!). The assembly was perfect as it caught everyone’s attention. It was perfect and just what our school needed.”

“The visit yesterday was amazing,  Jay (Bookman!) was a fabulous start to the day with his assembly, which really caught the kids’ imagination. I had staff coming to tell me they were shocked when he burst forth from the cupboard and surprised the hall. He was brilliant – and I’m especially impressed that he managed to work with children ranging from reception to Year 6s and entertained them all. It’s created a great buzz around the school about reading which is brilliant in the week of world book day.” 

“I just wanted to say a big thank you to Chris for delivering the sessions at Cheadle. The workshops were absolutely brilliant and I have already passed the contacts for As creatives on to our other hubs so they will be contacting you very soon to book in!”

“Thank you so much for the brilliant experience given to the children on Monday. Bookman was great with the children: they all thoroughly enjoyed the workshops and the assembly in the morning. Having to be creative and use their imaginations reminded them about the enjoyment of reading.” 

“The students thoroughly enjoyed the workshops and were engaged throughout. The teaching staff and TA’s passed on that the pupils were involved and really enjoyed the active nature of the workshop. We will definitely be planning for this session again.”
 

The children learnt how prevalent maths is within the world in which we live, particularly based on things that they do every single day. They realised how all aspects of maths work together during problem-solving to enable them to solve the problems and crack the codes. Even areas of the maths that we have yet to cover, the children were able to use their prior maths learning to help inform their judgements and answers. Delivery was excellent and the children absolutely loved the workshop – thank you.