Middle School MindStretcher Day

Our Middle School Days are perfect to invigorate the minds of Years 8 - 10.

  • deliver a day full of critical, collaborative and creative thinking in school

  • help build children’s independence, resilience and ability to think for themselves

  • Can take place at any time of year

From £25 +VAT per student

What’s involved?

Challenge for every year group

Different workshops tailored for Years 8 to 10

Bespoke sessions designed to your school’s wishes - for example, Humanities / Mental Health and well-being

Run by our team of specialist educators

A focus on the soft skills

Academically challenging days with an emphasis on independence, resilience, collaboration

A great way to reinvigorate thinking mid-way through the school year

A wealth of takeaway strategies for children and teachers alike

Planned and delivered

Every session run by our own dedicated team

The entire day planned by us - talk about taking the weight off!

No need to get cover - teachers can observe and learn

The communication has been fantastic. Tom and his team have communicated really clearly with the staff and students about what’s expected. All of the students I’ve spoken to have said they’ve gained something, had fun with their friends and spoken to people they haven’t spoken to before much.

What I’ve seen today in particular is progression as they move through the activities - such as their communication and teamwork.

The values that Hidden Leaders have - excellent communication, listening, responding and thinking on your feet has been really helpful.

I’m pretty sure most of our students will go on to have excellent jobs and be leaders, and just having this first real taster of being put out of your comfort zone and knowing it will be okay has been helpful.

Tom and the team have been really excellent! Easy to communicate with them, from initial communication right through to setting everything up on the day. I couldn’t have asked for more!

Melinda Pokorny, Head of Middle School, Eltham College

What do we do?

What we do

Listen to your aims and goals for your day(s)

Put together a proposal for you to review

Make changes based on your feedback

Select staff from our trusted team to run your activities

Do a “site visit” to your school in advance, at a time convenient to you

Liaise with your site staff about setting up

Arrive the day before to set up our equipment

Give all SEN/medical information to our staff (and destroy it afterwards)

Deliver all activities on the day

Provide prizes and rewards

Leave your school site looking exactly as it did

Give you a set of activities and resources for your own CPD

All you need to do

Tell us about your aims for your day

Review and tell us what you think of our proposal

Send us the student team lists, with any medical/SEN info

Arrange the timetable for teaching staff (they just need to be on hand for pastoral issues)

Sit back and drink tea under our Teachers’ Tent.

FAQs

  • Usually, yes. We understand that one of the largest costs for an offsite school experience is the transport needed to get there.

    Therefore, we transform your school and its facilities into your very own outdoor learning environment.

  • The Junior Big Think Day is designed for the “off-season” when spirits are lower and a showpiece, off-timetable day is just the ticket.

    So we run a set of thinking challlenges indoors - using the facilities you have available, such as the hall, drama studio, and classrooms.

    For our “warm-weather” offer, see our Primary Problem Solvers days.

  • We would love to welcome as many school staff as possible to the day to support the students and get involved in some of the activities. However, we understand that releasing staff from their busy teaching timetables is difficult. Our facilitators will run all sessions, so we will just need some school staff on hand to support on more pastoral matters and supervise during any breaks.

  • These days are predominantly delivered in the south and east of England. If your school is further afield then please do continue to get in touch and we look into it further

Interested in this day?

Send us a message and we’ll get back to you within a day.

Alternatively, call us:
01245 830123

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