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Don't just listen to us!
Read some of the Mad Science testimonials below from parents, children and schools that have received a visit from Mad Science!
As well as our Mad Science testimonials, if you want to see a video of some Mad Science in action just CLICK HERE
'We all really enjoyed the sessions on Thursday thank you. Supersonic Sam was fantastic. She was a hit with all the children and they really gained an excellent amount of learning from the activities.'
Catherine Kimble, Thurlow Primary School, nr Haverhill
'Thank you so much for the absolutely fabulous workshops today! All the Year 4 pupils had a great time and were buzzing with lots of new forces vocabulary. We will definitely have plenty to write about for our assessment on Friday! Thank you once again - I am always so impressed by the workshops, the pace is fantastic and the props really help the pupils to learn.'
Cheryl Tait, Lantern Primary School, Ely
'Just wanted to thank you all at Mad Science. 'Cosmic' Charlotte had such a good time at your Risby camp. Her description of her three days with you.... EXCELLENT, BRILLIANT, AMAZING !!!!'
Mrs Annette Sutton (mum of Charlotte!)
'Once again Mad Science went down a storm and Crystal Claire was brilliant - anyone who can enthuse our Year 6 and entertain Reception at the same time gets my vote!
The content and delivery of the show was entertaining and informative (for staff as well!) and nobody complained when the playtime bell went - a sure sign that the children were interested in what they were learning!
At the end of the show there were nearly 300 smiling faces, and it was a fantastic introduction to our Science day tomorrow.
Please pass on our thanks and admiration to Claire, and I'll recommend Mad Science to everyone who wants an exciting scientific experience!'
Julie Drew and the whole of Highlees School, Peterborough
'I think that Mad Science has been a huge asset to our school. I have been so impressed with their organisation of the club from start to finish. All their staff are so lovely to deal with and the children have looked so excited each week and come out with massive smiles on their faces, clutching their latest invention'
Emma Cole, School Administrator, Lloyd Williamson School
'As the coordinator for Gifted and Talented children at John Ruskin Primary, I arranged for Mad Science to run a weekly science club for 6 weeks in the spring term. Faiqah worked with 15 of our most able children, from years 3 to 5, for an hour each week, with great success. The children gave me excellent feedback about the club – they were thoroughly enthused by it, indeed several of them came up to me around the school to tell me about what they had done each week. It definitely enhanced their understanding / learning in science. While I was unable to observe a session myself (I am class-based) the teaching assistant who sat in on the club said the children really enjoyed the highly practical, interactive nature of the sessions. Mad Science are coming back to John Ruskin for Science Week later this spring, and I will be booking them again next year as part of our Gifted and Talented enrichment programme.'
Katherine Turner (Gifted and Talented Coordinator / Year 6 Class Teacher, John Ruskin Primary)
'Hi Shell, just a quick note to say that I, my team and many many people that saw your show were very impressed with your engaging and informative performance. It was great to see the concentration and fascination on the children's faces as you not only dazzled them with science but taught them some important fundamentals too.'
Seth Hunter, The Rouge Partnership on behalf of BSKYB
'Just to say a big thank you to all at Mad Science for a professional and friendly service, special thanks to Professor Kaos for an exciting and entertaining assembly - thank you for helping me to raise the profile of science in our school. Thanks also to Plasma Penny for always replying to my emails! Best wishes to you all!'
Sarah (Science Co-Ordinator) - St Teresa’s Catholic School Basildon
'Just a short note to pass on my thanks for a brilliant party. Nitro Nick was great: he was really organized but madcap at the same time and very entertaining. It was the easiest party I have ever hosted and this was totally down to Nitro Nick. He had the kids’ attention the whole time. I have had lots of thanks from the parents of my daughter’s friends.
Thanks again'
‘The party was absolutely great, many thanks!’
‘Thank you for a fantastic start to Tuesday morning, the Mad Science interactive assembly was brilliant! All the children were inspired by your genuine enthusiasm and commitment to the subject. What a wonderful way to be taught the basics of physics and chemistry. They loved their coloured slime that they made and to be able to take it home was a real bonus. I am sure that the teachers would love to have you again.’
‘Big thanks, it was great’
‘Kiran had a really good time – it was right up his street! Thanks!”
‘Children really enjoyed it and it was very low stress from a parental point of view!’
‘We felt that Juicy Lucy was excellent at all aspects of the party and now James’s sister also wants a Mad Science party!’
‘One of the children said that it was the best party he had ever been to’
‘It was so good, all the adults enjoyed it and the scientists in the crowd said that it was well explained. All the parents were enthralled and were so pleased to try something new’
‘A fab time was had by all (adults included). I had lots of positive feedback from other parents also. Thank you’
‘The show was wonderful, blending fun and education excellently. I know all of the children were enthralled by what they saw and from what I saw a great number of adults were captivated’
‘William declared at the end of the afternoon that the party was even better than he had hoped for, and he was expecting a lot from you!
'Static Shell and Mad Science left an impression on my Year 5 class and school that we won't soon forget!
We signed up for an hour's sound workshop, but it was without a doubt the most entertaining hour I've ever experienced in a classroom. Our Mad Scientist’s name was Static Shell. She was confident, immensely knowledgeable and so engaging that she had the children's attention in seconds and never let it waver. The pace of the workshop was frenetic and Shell's borderline hyperactivity kept the children interested and engaged by what was happening. Mad Science presented scientific fact in original yet simple ways, with plenty of wacky props and visual representations of abstract concepts (who knew sound waves could be demonstrated with a drill and a piece of string?!) She used the entire classroom, inviting the children to stand up, sit down, lie on the floor, participate in group activities and had plenty of resources for them to investigate themselves. Quite simply, Mad Science brought scientific knowledge that until then had been abstract ideas and words on a page, to brilliant, vivid life. The children were able to reel off fact after fact once she had left us, but without a doubt the most pleasing moment as a teacher was to see how much fun it was possible for my class to have whilst also learning. They constantly turned round and looked at me with disbelieving smiles, as though suspecting that something this outrageously enjoyable must surely be against school rules in some way.
Static Shell's science may well have been mad, but it was also fantastically enjoyable, and I confidently speak for all of my class when I say we would recommend this company to any school, any time, anywhere!'
Mr Greg Harper
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