What teachers say...
“OFSTED has graded my school as Outstanding and one contributory factor towards this is the use of this wonderful EI programme. Our pupils are showing real empathy and tolerance towards each other for the first time.”
Trystan Williams, Headteacher
“The children surprised me. Like the visualisation; when I first looked at it I thought this one is not going to work. And they loved it.”
Phil, Tutor
"VisionWorks has made a significant contribution to The Corsham School's outstanding value added measures. We are in the top 3% nationally and VisionWorks helps by fostering independent learning and encouraging students to take responsibility for their own behaviour."
Martin Williams, Headteacher
“We know that it helps our young people to succeed . . . our students have been able to reflect through visualizations, creative activities, scoring emotions at the beginning and end of the session . . . all of these have proved vitally important in the success of Emotional Intelligence for our children.”
Shawn Brown, VisionWorks coordinator
“A high percentage of students report that doing VisionWorks has helped them with their behaviour. Staff like the programme because they can pick it up and go with it. VisionWorks is part of a whole package which schools can use to improve behaviour and learning.”
Mairi Murray, PSHRE coordinator
“My form particularly enjoyed the masks. And they helped me realise there are some issues about how they are concerned about how they look. You know, things that I wasn’t seeing. I think this is really important these days.”
Shakira, Tutor
“One of the most popular features of the VisionWorks programme is the buddy system which is going a long way towards breaking down the separate friendship groups within the forms: these potential cliques have had the tendency to isolate students in the past.”
Carolyn Stammers, PSHE coordinator
“The Transition module was particularly useful for Y6 pupils preparing for secondary school when I used it last term and I will indeed use it again with my current class. My World was also successfully used in my previous school. We had three form entry and all three class teachers felt it made a considerable difference to the way children coped. It was particularly good at showing how bullies felt.”
Angie Bull, Assistant Headteacher
“Now my students support anyone in the group and are much more responsible about negotiating solutions to conflict.”
Emma, Tutor
“Students are now at ease talking about how they feel, which helps everyone feel better about being here and learning.”
Alastair, Tutor
What students say...
"It’s fun and we’ve been doing buddy work so you get more open to what other people are thinking."
Alice, Year 7
“I used to mess about and when I was in Year 7 I got in a couple of fights and now I walk away rather than react and think more about what I do and not misbehave any more.”
Craig, Year 9
“I have learned to work more with people, not to shout at people and understand that people want different things.”
Amir, Year 8
“If you’re in a job where you need to discuss with people, I’ve learnt how to get my points across.”
Fran, Year 9
What others say...
“This has the potential to bring significant benefits for your pupils and your school community, and to fit conveniently and constructively into existing spaces in your school day.”
Graham Paton, Wiltshire PSHE coordinator
“Employees looking to recruit students want individuals who have strong inter-personal skills and an ability to work with others. VisionWorks builds these capabilities.”
Guy Millar, HSBC executive
“VisionWorks is a teacher’s dream - easy to use, improves results, improves behaviour, what more can you ask for? This kind of material is what makes me stay in teaching.”
Francis Gilbert, author of I'm a Teacher, Get Me Out of Here and The New School Rules
“In contrast to IQ, which changes very little in course of a lifetime, our emotional intelligence can be cultivated at any age. It is never too late to learn how to govern our emotions and our relations with others.”
