School Pupil Workshop

FLIP it! Keep calm and carry on!

Aims

• To deliver a high energy and fun session
• Provide children with practical skills that are easy to remember and use whilst they sit their SATs
• Develop sense of confidence and self-belief
• Reduce levels of stress and anxiety

Outcomes

• Children feel motivated and prepared for their exams
• Children are more confident in their abilities
• Children understand that they can use a positive mind-set to make real change happen

Additional

• Suitable for students up to the age of 13 - KS3
• Can be used as part of a PSHE programme
• This workshop can be delivered as a 60 or 90 minute session

Watch the amazing students at Tolworth School demonstrate how using growth mindset techniques can lead to happier and better performing schools

We're feeling the love!

We all really enjoyed the sessions and the ‘Power Pose’ has helped our Year 5/6 indoor athletics team get into the Kingston final next week!

Our Year 6 children who were anxious about their end of year tests and performing their leavers' assembly learnt to 'FLIP' these situations and make them into more positive, less threatening experiences. Their increased confidence and can-do attitude was clear to see, their SATs results pleasing and their end of year show was absolutely fantastic!

Some of the parents have stated that their children loved the sessions and were talking about it ‘non-stop’. The teachers were very enthusiastic about the workshops. Some have mentioned an instant change in their class behaved and that the got a lot out of it. We hope to reinforce the FLIP throughout the school with posters, classroom displays and follow up work.

School Pupil Workshop

The amazing brain

Memory, Mental Ability and Learning

Aims

Deliver a high energy and fun session

To learn about the brain

To empower children and instil confidence in their learning ability

Outcomes

ALL children to realise that achieving is not exclusive to the chosen few

To have lots of fun

Children to think differently

Additional

This workshop can be delivered as a 60 or 90 minute session

This workshop aims to inform and empower students to take responsibility for their own learning in a fun and creative way. It incorporates memory techniques, taking control of mental ability, developing memory muscle, storytelling and learning techniques.

Many children and teenagers believe people are born with a good memory or a mental ability for learning and intelligence. They assume they will be good at maths or English because their parents were.

The flipside if this mindset dictates that if your parents were not academic, neither will you be. Research shows such beliefs can make a huge difference in how children learn and achieve in both school and in later in life. Those who adopt this ‘fixed’ mind-set believe their abilities and intelligence are static and outside of their control.

However, intelligence and ability is not set and children and young people who understand this gain confidence and learning ability. This is known as a ‘growth-mind set’.

Simply by understanding more about the brain and how it works gives children and young people the ability to recognise their potential and ability, to take on challenges, persist and develop.

We're feeling the love!

The Laughology session was dead funny and was helpful for making me think about how I can be more positive about my exams and leaving school. I also learnt some great memory tricks to help with my revision and school stuff.

School Pupil Workshop

Improvisation and stand-up comedy

Our comedy and improvisation workshops provide an introduction to the art form of stand-up comedy and have helped young people explore topics in a creative and fun way.

Aims

• To have the skills to communicate confidently and effectively through improvisation techniques
• Develop problem solving and thinking skills using humour
• Increase coping skills

Outcomes

• Increased confidence
• Communication and presentation skills
• Tools for thinking quickly and differently
• Subject themes such as language comprehension, history, science can also be introduced

Features

• Improvisation and stand-up comedy can be delivered as a one-off taster workshop or as a series of workshop sessions that culminate in a show.
• Workshop last approximately 2 hours
• Group size of between 12 and 15
• Suitable for ages between 12-18