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Testimonials
"Thanks again for a fantastic few days, the kids really enjoyed themselves and a lot of the teachers raved about your show. A real success." Pete Fleeman, Ernest Bevin School, Tooting "The whole day was a complete success. The head was very impressed with everything so I get some brownie points too. Your Maths Day In A Box was an invaluable resource. I was very impressed and it was worth every penny. It took all the hard work out of planning the day and I would recommend it to anyone. Please feel free to give my name as a reference." Amanda Gray, Richmond Avenue Primary School, Southend "It was a pleasure to see you last Friday and I wanted to write to say how much I appreciated your work with the children. It was exactly what I had hoped for - stimulating, exciting, attention-grabbing and challenging. I believe it will have done some of our children a world of good in reminding them that Maths can be all of those things." Simon Hitchings, St Aubyns School, Rottingdean "Thank you so much for your help - L has never had an A grade for a scholarship maths paper before - we don`t think she would have done this without your input. Many thanks again and best of luck with the Maths `business`." Parent of Year 8 girl "The Ros Wilson of Maths." Anon, British School, Rome "Andrew Jeffrey started our Maths Week with a mesmerising show that astounded all our children (also the reluctant ones). They were in awe of his mathematical message and magic. He has made a lasting impression on our children and they make links to what they have learned from him to what they are doing in class. He is just an all-round nice guy." Basil Kupersamy, Elson Junior School, Gosport "I forgot to hand you the feedback sheet for Andrew but I just wanted to say thank you for organising his visit. It was the best inset I think I have ever had, very hands on, entertaining and informative!" Primary Teacher, St George`s British International School, Rome "Andrew had students and staff in the palm of his hand. His tricks had a `wow factor` as did his messages about maths and how to approach he subject positively. Our maths lessons have certainly improved as a direct result of his visit. What more could we ask?! Thank you Andrew (and of course, Maths Monkey!)" Matin Neill, Head of Maths, Moira House School, Eastbourne "A fabulous input into our maths week. Andrew shared his positive attitude to maths with the children. A fabulous magic show using the puppets!" Marion Linnott, St Peter`s Infants School, Hove "That was the best training day I have attended in over 16 years - thank you." TA, Maths Conference, Bath. "The Magic of Maths Show was fantastic from start to finish. Easy and enjoyable for staff and very rewarding for every pupil who watched or participated." Jane Ashfold, Feltonfleeet Prep School "One of the country’s leading maths education speakers." Peter Makower, IAPS Area I Secretary "All staff went away with material and understanding they could use in their teaching." (INSET afternoon) Janine Blinko, Purfleet Primary School "Many thanks again for the maths magic show you did for us in June. The feedback from students was excellent." Dr Paul Hayton, Matthew Arnold Secondary School, Oxford "Andrew Jeffrey came to our school recently and EVERYONE was hooked - kids, staff and parents. There were one or two people determined NOT to enjoy it but they just couldn`t help themselves!!! A fantastic day and everyone agreed it was money very well spent." Head Teacher, Infant & Nursery School, London "The pupils are still talking about the shows, and think that I know how you did the tricks! You have been a real inspiration to them as well as to many of the staff and have also helped me to promote the department within the school and among the parents. Thank you again." Judi Wolstenholme, Daneshill Prep School "Just a quick note to say thank you for such a fantastic day! The children were raving about it on the way out to their parents and the buses. The parents evening tonight went really well and I had well over a dozen parents comment about how their children had been inspired by you." Phill Allman, Margaret Beaufort Middle School, Bedford "Thanks again for a fabulous day on Tuesday; I hope you can be tempted back next year! I have written to the CHASE hospice with a cheque for £37 so thanks for that too." Jenny Davy, London SW and Surrey Further Maths Centre Manager "The show was magnificent. The positive feedback came from all angles - children, TAs and Teachers!!!" Michelle Graham, Davigdor Infants School, Brighton "Your show was great because it made it OK to love Maths - it`s not geeky, it`s magic! You made us all laugh - it was great entertainment. Best of luck with focusing your career on the magic of maths, and thanks for making my daughter so happy." Michelle Howes, Parent at NAGC Meeting "Hi Andrew, I just wanted to say thank you again for your wonderful performances during your week in Dublin. I hope that you really enjoyed your Young Scientist experience." Peter Broad, Organiser, BT Young Scientist Exhibition, Dublin "Hi Andrew Just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful session you did for us at Maths Mates." Marion Greaves, Maths Mates "Andrew was very inspiring and encouraged me to perceive mathematics from a new perspective" Delegate at BEAM conference, London "Excellent. The children are still talking about the show several weeks later, as are the staff. Highly recommended." Carol Donnelly, Staines Pre-Prep school "Excellent interaction with children. The children and staff are still talking about the show several weeks later, as are the staff. Highly recommended." Carol Donnelly, Staines Pre-prep school "Dear Andrew, I am writing to thank you for a most inspiring day’s course. I enjoyed the fact that it was very much a ‘hands-on experience.’ It gave me lots of ideas to try with my students for which I am sure they will be eternally grateful to you for!" Adrian Lowe-Wheeler, St Cedd’s School, Norfolk "I would definitely recommend a Magic of maths show. What a way to grab children`s attention and show them that maths is fun and addictive and magical!" Val Phillips, Garrett Hall Primary School, Wigan "Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish, causing much discussion and enthusiasm for days afterwards. A lot of exciting, challenging and stimulating maths was performed and executed in all sessions which grabbed the boys` attention throughout. Thank you so much for coming to present it to us! Carina Doré, Lyndhurst House Prep School, Hampstead, London "Andrew was supremely helpful and tailored the day to suit the students and the outcomes I asked for. An excellent day. Barbara Clarke, New Rickstones Academy "Thank you - on the evaluation forms you were considered the best INSET speaker of the whole day" Lisa Degnen, Middlesbrough Secondary Schools INSET day "Students made the link between maths and patterns; your show broke down barriers to thinking, and was a confidence builder." Paul Wilkinson, Head of Maths, Tottington High School, Spceialist Maths and Computing College "All the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the `magic` and found that maths can be fun, interesting and exciting. All the pupils have been raving about the tricks and the presenter`s exuberant personality. A fantastic show enjoyed by all." Gayle Long, Deputy Head, Attleborough Junior School "Thank you so much for a wonderful `magic maths` day yesterday. We all thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and Monkey and Eric!! I`ve heard many children and staff enthusing about your exciting shows and how you made maths fun. It has definately been the highlight of maths week! The children were still attempting to play the playground game today, although we had to look at the rules again! Thank you for leaving the hall so immaculate too!" T. Bramley, Headington Prep, Oxford "I was in the audience at the OCR Talk Maths Day at the Magic Circle Headquarters last Thursday and thought your presentation was outstanding and very inspirational." Marion May, Lead Maths Consultant, West Berkshire "Thank you for a truly inspiring day" Ann Ubsdell, Highbury Fields School, Islington "Dear Andrew What a way to end the day! As they left, the students were bubbling with excitement. Not only did they enjoy the magic, they also went away appreciating a little more of the power of mathematics. Thank you for a great finale." Radka Newby, The Training Partnership "Thank you so so much for Friday...all the teachers and boys thoroughly enjoyed it and I have had fantastic feedback! Thank you so so much again for all your hard work...there is a lot of magic happening around our school with your books" Paige Davidson, Eaton House Pre-Prep "Thank you so much for a tour de force on Sunday. Everyone really enjoyed it. Maths is not supposed to be so much fun! It gave our club a real boost and people will think, for a while at least, that Explorers is really worth coming to. It was bound to be something special, but every single child from 5 to 13 (and the adults) were fascinated all the way through. Wish we could have stayed all day and got through all the material. Very much hope you will come back before long." Jenny Norris, Surrey Explorers G+T Club "You aim to be the no.1 maths performer in the UK and we feel that you are! Yet again fab shows pitched to the age of the pupils and the Year 7 Gifted and Talented Workshop was really good. We can`t wait to have you back." Jo Dicker, Hugh Sexey Middle School "It was fun, fantastic, amazing, humorous and very clever." "I feel more confident." "Now maths is fun." "I now know my 7 times table." "Please come again soon!!" The Pupils of Alleyn Court School, Southend "A thoroughly enjoyable experience which staff and students alike enjoyed. We set Andrew a real challenge with a range of audiences and the messages we needed students to hear. Andrew really did deliver - thanks." Steve Roberts, The City School, Sheffield "Pupils and staff alike greatly enjoyed Andrew`s visit. Children`s appetite for mathematics was refreshed, as was their self-confidence. A BRILLIANT day which has resulted in much discussion and enthusiasm to explore patterns in numbers." Jonathan Brough, City of London School for Girls "Yet again you gave an INFORMATIVE, ENJOYABLE and INSPIRATIONAL INSET. I have only had positive feedback. Many thanks." Peter Makower, Westbrook Hey School "Andrew is a great guy and very enthusiastic and generous with his time and he got on very well with all the students, he also knows how to handle a typical bunch of students." Seamus Bellew, Dundalk Institute Of Technology, Ireland "We had a very successful event today with Andrew Jeffrey. It was attended by almost 300 students and teachers from eight schools in the area. Andrew did a wonderful job and got a great response from the students. It was a great advertisement for Maths and a positive experience for all concerned, so much so that we would be delighted to host similar events in the future." Gerry Gallagher, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland "Dear Andrew, Just a quick note to say I enjoyed your lecture today, you presented some new ideas that can be used immediately in the classroom." Lorraine Dunn, Leading Maths Teacher, Durham "The best training day I have EVER been on; thank you!" Teaching Assistant, Sevenoaks "I`ve been trying to find sufficient time to make an attempt at thanking you properly for your two talks [to GCSE students] last week. I hope you will take it as a compliment if I say that the first was only excellent but the second was superb...by distinguishing between mathematics and magic, you demonstrated that mathematics was at least as fascinating, challenging and entertaining as magic. It was a great pleasure to meet you and to work with you. I hope that you will allow us to call on you again." Radka Newby, The Training Partnership "Andrew, Many thanks indeed for coming last week. The children really enjoyed it (almost as much as the adults!)" Ceri Davies, Orley Farm School, Harrow "Thank you very much for the excellent training on Tuesday. I have received many positive comments from staff." Jane Whittingham, Rowan Prep School "The children were enthralled and excited about maths, as were the teachers. We all learnt new things! The children and staff loved it. It raised the profile of maths in school and made it fun!" Becky Sutton, Meadowbrook Primary School "Sir, you`re MINT." Katie (Year 8), Cathedral School, Wakefield "Just a quick note to say, on behalf of the whole school, a massive thanks for your visit. I have enclosed just three letters from the children but hopefully it will give you a flavour of how much they all enjoyed it." Julie Barnett, Bailey`s Court Primary School, Bradley Stoke "Dear Mr. Maths Magician, Thank you for coming to visit our school.We learnt a lot and thought that the magic you did was extremely clever. Besides beign a ballet dancer, I would definitely like to be a Maths Magician. Since your visit we are enjoying maths even more and find it easier to understand problem-solving questions. We hope for you to continue visits to other schools so that you can inspire other scho0ls, like ours." Emily, Year 6 pupil., Primary School near Bristol "Andrew: Hard to know where to begin; the evaluations of your session were spectacular, almost magical! We had a complex array of mathematics teachers from all round the world for you to entertain. I suspect the Russian contingent from Moscow only understood about half of what you did, but that was enough for them too to give you top marks!" Douglas Butler, TSM Conference, Oundle "Thank you for the superb presentation at The Big Bang. The attendees seemed to really enjoy the show." Rhys Holdoway, The Big Bang Young Scientists Fair, London "Thank you very much for bringing your Magic Maths show to Sidley CP School. The children really enjoyed your presentation and certainly are now very enthusiastic about maths and everything you showed them." Mrs J Reece, Sidley Primary School, Bexhill "It was a lovely end to Maths Week. ALL of the children were so enthusiastic and the discussion generated from your workshops was fantastic." Anon "Andrew came to our middle school to deliver sessions for our KS2 pupils, plus a session for the Year 4s from our feeder first schools. We all really enjoyed the shows, the children (and staff) were amazed by the magic and are now more willing about giving Maths a go. It was the perfect mix of audience partipication and the shows were adapted for the different year groups. We can`t wait to have Andrew back again! p.s. the suit was fab!" Jo Dicker, Hugh Sexey Middle School "Dear Andrew, Just a quick note to say THANK YOU! The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and so did the staff! It was the perfect start to our maths week. I`m sure we`ll be seeing you again!" Martin Neill, Moira House, Eastbourne "Many thanks for such an enjoyable and inspiring INSET day. The staff and I really enjoyed it and I have already seen a significant increase in the use of ITPs. Not to mention my class are really enjoying the mental starters that I have tried out on them. I am sure we will invite you in again to inspire us further." Natalie Wood, Maths Coordinator, Tadworth Primary School "What a great performance at our Graduation evening at Reuters, many thanks for entertaining our delegates. Even though I know you, I did not realise just how entertaining, funny and MAGICAL you are." Gary Elton-Shewan, Managing Director, The Learning Labyrinth "The greatest praise I can give is that I was deeply moved. You really are a wonderfully natural performer. Your material is superbly strong and beautifully routined. It is a great lecture, one which provides a wealth of wisdom. I could watch it again and again." Giles Cartwright "Thank you for the excellent SATIPS Maths course at Newton Prep. I have partly delayed my thanks, as I wanted to try out your suggestion for maths test self-assessement...WOW! Thank you so much Andrew - what a great idea." Val Willmott "Thank you so much for entertaining our guests at the ceremony last week; it worked really well especially the beginning session when you were doing close up magic. We’re really grateful to you for coming along - I was inspired! Thank you very much." Poppy O`Shaunassy, National Teaching Awards "I really enjoyed listening in on your Algebra lesson. You made Algebra fun and easy to understand, which was much more than my teacher did!" Paul Fletcher, 36 yrs, press photographer "Just a quick note to thank you for the wonderful performance last week - the children really enjoyed themselves and the staff feedback has been incredibly positive." Caroline Rogers, Maths Co-ordinator, St Joseph "Your show at my restaurant provided a truly memorable evening for all concerned, and raised a great deal of money for charity. It speaks volumes about the quality of your magic that all of my regulars keep asking when you`re coming back. Please come back soon!!!" Matthew Stewart, Restaurant Manager, Godalming "Brilliant, entertaining, funny and magical. Just a few words to describe your wonderful performance on Sunday at our 50th wedding anniversary. Thank you so much. It was just a perfect end to a perfect day." William and Valerie Paddock, Brighton "Thank you very much for another excellent conference at Charterhouse. Looking forward to using some of the new ideas and preparing for our inspection in November!" Elaine Leighton, St Francis College "Can I say that all of the day was excellent. The children really appreciated the maths day and I appreciated the effort you went to for holding this event!" Mark Rodericks, Stanford Junior School "When I asked if they had any further comments to add if it was done again next year, their faces lit up, and they asked if they could be the ones to do it again - their faces fell when I pointed out they’d be in secondary school by then!" Maureen Abbott, Maths Co-ordinator, West Hove Juniors "Thank you for your excellent presentation last Tuesday... It seemed to go really well and I had a number of very favourable comments over tea." Mark Potter, National IAPS Maths Co-ordinator "Many thanks, Andrew, for another enjoyable and inspiring INSET. I have had a plenty of favourable comments about both the content and the enthusiasm that you brought to the session. Walking round the classes this morning it was great to see a number of your suggestions being implemented!" Peter Makower, IAPS Area 1 Secretary |
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