“There are a lot of providers for study skills and motivating Year 11s in preparation for their GCSEs but I can honestly say that booking MADE training was money well-spent. The workshops were of the highest quality and all students left there with...
“Sander de Groot gave an excellent, inspirational and thought-provoking presentation to the Year 11 learners at Honywood on Friday. The techniques he showed them to make their revision easier and more effective (such as mind mapping rather than rea...
“I can't say thank you enough for yesterday’s presentation on 'Exams made Easy'. Sander was a character and got more from the students than we ever manage too! His character brought to life the simple techniques that he presented in a really enga...
“I just wanted to send you this email to express how pleased we were with the fantastic (a word used by several of the sixth form students) presentation given by Gavin yesterday. From 9.10 until 3.10 the students were engaged and occupied. Gavin ha...
"Great ideas on how to motivate students to achieve their grades and techniques to aid students in their own revision methods.
The Studying Revision INSET session is an incredibly useful course and should be done through all SL6 schools."...
"I often find that mixed subject training sessions are fairly if not totally unhelpful to a textiles lesson or to textiles as a subject. Therefore I am extra grateful and pleased that I got a lot out of this session and feel that there is much that I...
“Thank you for a very enjoyable and engaging day where students learnt and developed the skills of revision as well the importance of believing in themselves. Useful techniques were also shared for teachers to implement in the classroom and some of...
‘’I was extremely impressed with the first session today. All students were engaged and thoroughly enjoyed themselves and in turn learnt some valuable skills relating to how to study effectively.
Sander was extremely engaging and amazing with t...
‘’The day went really well. I have spoken to a random selection of students, all of whom spoke very positively of the course. The general gist of comments was ' Really good' - 'Amazing' - ' That really made me think about what I can do'. The...
‘’From what I saw, it was an immensely valuable day for all the Year 10 students involved. All seven schools were represented in the audience and it was very apparent how much they enjoyed and learnt from the two-hour session. One email I recei...
‘’I would personally like to say thank you for providing a very interesting, enjoyable and highly beneficial workshop. The pupils and teachers feedback is very positive which is great, the overall day went really well. Sander was excellent, engag...
‘’I just wanted to send a quick email to say how good the sessions we had on Tuesday were. We managed to get our entire year group of 288 students through the revision training in two sessions. Sander was as usual - enthusiastic and confident. Hi...
“The sessions run by Gavin were brilliant! His delivery and pace was as strong as ever, and despite having some very "interesting" characters amongst his audiences, all the pupils came out saying how beneficial they had found the session!
Just fin...
“I asked staff which workshop was the best and Gavin’s came out top each time. They said he was very engaging and the students responded accordingly. The material was great and this was a good time for them to reflect and plan for their journey i...
‘’The ‘Exams MADE Easy’ sessions were excellent and the students gained a lot from them.
It would be great if we could have MADE to come again, the students really took the trainer and he was brilliant with them. We have ...
‘’I was at an educational visit to Newcastle University a few months ago and the speaker was Sander. I would like to say that he was amazing and made my self confidence boost. I am now qualifying as an assistant instructor for Lifeguards as well ...
"MADE Training's Futures Made Real presentation is a fantastic opportunity for FE learners of all backgrounds and abilities to really think about the life they want for themselves and how they can achieve this by maximising their potential. Sander D...
‘’It was a real pleasure attending your workshop for parents at Rivington and Blackrod High School this evening. I've rarely seen so many valuable and usable lessons delivered in such an engaging and memorable way.... when I got home my son said ...
‘’The content of the presentation was excellent. It highlighted how recall could be considerably improved through using simple techniques. All pupils, regardless of ability, managed to recall more information in this session than I have seen ...
‘’Sander’s manner, easy, relaxed yet engaging, had the students from the outset. He speaks to them in a wholly appropriate manner – and managed the group with ease. His use of humour and magic at one point had them!!! The content was en...
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