Primary school vim, vigour and gusto

Written on 10 May 2016. Posted in Laughology News.

April was chock full of primary enthusiasm as Dave keeling hit not one, not two but three primary Schools within a week.

Working with yr's 5 and 6 at Tolworth, St Matts ( A Laughology Happy-Centered School), and Ellingham.

Dave Keeling at Ellingham School Dave Keeling involves students in a trust exercise to explain the meaning of being braveDave challenged the students in all kinds of areas such as, How to be Brave, FLIP, and The Amazing brain.

The Students laughed, brains were grown and thoughts developed as the students threw themselves in to all the activities with vim, vigour and gusto, proving that "A mind stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions"

Created on 10 May 2016.

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