The annual visit from Immersive Theatres is always highly anticipated in our school by staff and…read morechildren alike. We started many years ago, using the dome to supplement our topic on Space with our Year 5 pupils. These sessions are fantastic. Mario starts with a unique, relevant introduction to the night's sky. He is adaptive and knowledgeable; when a child asks a question he brings up visuals and explains the Science or History in appropriate detail before seamlessly linking back to the previous topic. In the past two years we have developed the programme brought to our school; including Reception aged children, GCSE pupils and even staff. Mario has proved himself capable of adapting his talk to be relevant to the age of the participants and answering questions on a level they will understand. Our Reception girls enjoyed an overview of the night's sky, visited the International Space Station and learned about shapes and distances in space. My daughter was one of the participants and came home thoroughly enthused and full of wonder. From a child who normally tells me school is 'fine' and tells me more about the food she ate than her lessons it was wonderful to hear about the favorite room of the astronauts and the description of how astronauts sleep in space. Our Year 5 girls were excited to enter the dome, exclaimed in wonder as the 'roof' of the planetarium opened, gasped as the size of the ISS and giggled when we discussed toileting in space. Mario even managed to explain star death and black holes in enough detail to satisfy our inquisitive girls without overburdening them with technical language. They loved going through the black hole at the end too! GCSE Dance is probably not a group you would associate with enjoying a curriculum linked session in a planetarium but our girls are studying Fractals as part of their GCSE Dance coursework. They were able to enjoy 30 minutes of 360 degree fractals accompanied by a descriptive overview, explaining fractals. The girls found the session very inspiring and relevant to their course. As for the staff... we have to drag them out of the dome at the end of their sessions! Mario kindly suggested putting on a 'relaxation' session during the staff lunch hour. This allows us to take half an hour 'for us'. With the body and spirit rejuvenated after the session it certainly makes teaching that afternoon a little bit easier! Our Staff Wellbeing Committee was thrilled by the feedback from those who attended and have requested more sessions like this on Mario's future visits. As you can see, we made the most of our Immersive Theatre visits. I hope you do too.

From the owner: Immersive Theatres is a mobile digital planetariums service for all ages specialising in…read morecross-curricular learning, new media art, entertainment and exploration of the new 360 digital medium. We offer the largest catalogue of digital planetarium (fulldome) shows in the world, as well as presenter-led astronomy shows delivered by a team of engaging and experienced science communicators. Immersive Theatres utilises the very latest fulldome 360 projection technology, yet our prices are the most competative in the UK, and often lower than those of our competition eg. a school visit with our 7m dome works out to only £1.35 per student. We cover the entire UK and operate 24 hours a day, thanks to our dedicate presenters located all across the country who operate our five mobile digital planetariums.

i went to boney hay as a young child and had some of the best times of my childhood, it is such a…read morelovely primary school to go to. Some people may know that is did face a closure a year or so ago. But luckily is stayed open due to a lot of teachers and parents helping to get the school out of its predicament. There seem to be alot of children there now days and its really good to see. The teachers are fantastic and do there job really well and that care about the children which always helps and they are always there to give a helping hand.

boney hay is such a lovely primary school.last year it faced closure due to falling numbers,but…read morededicated staff and parents fought to keep it open,now are numbers are increasing,they have an excellent nursery attached,community centre and other activities.the teachers are wonderful with the children and really care about the education of the children.

Millfield Primary School is a close-knit community school in the heart of Fazeley in Tamworth…read more My stepson has attended there since pre-school, and has always had the best care. The teachers are all very kind, and the parents form a great community. Most of the football coaches and Cubs leaders in the Tamworth area are parents or teachers at Millfield. The best thing about the school is its community focus, doing events within the community and encouraging Tamworthians to be involved in its activities. My stepson has special needs, and when it was discovered that his educational needs were going to be more challenging than originally thought, the Headmaster approached us to plan out some goals and objectives, and to try and deal with my stepson's needs in the most caring way. Since 2005, he has had a government-funded special needs classroom assistant who works with him for 18 hours per week. His teachers always try hard to involve him as much as possible in "normal" classroom activities. They are very quick to stamp out any bullying, often calling school assemblies to discuss a particular type of bullying that may have occured. The special needs coordinator clearly loves her job, and cares very much about all the children she deals with. For a community school, this is a great one.

Wonderful school which serves it's local community well. It has modern facilities, a good IT suite…read moreand offers alot of outdoor play for the children alongside it's own forest school. They cater well for special needs students and have an onsite speech & language unit. Nursery education is also onsite here and is very popular but they run a waiting list which you can place your childs name onto. Staff are all friendly and approachable and seem to genuinely care about the children. Students have the opportunity to take part in several after school clubs and school trips to outside sites also take place. The school grounds are well secured so the children are educated in a safe environment. The school site also houses a sure start childrens centre- Maple trees, which offers a range of courses and activities to the surrounding community from drop in counselling sessions, stay and play right through to midwife clinic.

Great school, Great teachers, Food prices are a little expensive, so my son has sandwiches…read more Improvements? Food. Amount of trips to be increased.

I attended this school in the 70's ans although then it ddnt have a good reputation at the time it…read morewas the best thing that ever happened to me. they taught me so much about respect for other people and along with sandwell council they gave us so much more than other places do, e.g. ingestre hall and plas gwynant. i am proud to say i'm an ex pupil

Located in the heart of the Kings Heath area Bishop Challoner is a secondary school and sixth form…read morecollege which provides the highest standard of education to the young people of Birmingham. Although it is a catholic school and there is an emphasis on religion, it is far from exclusive to Catholics with a culturally diverse set of teachers and students. The school strives to achieve excellence in all areas, something very much reflected by their G.C.S.E results which are consistently excellent in terms of the number of students achieving grades between A* and C level. They also offer a fantastic specialist service to those students with special needs and I doubt there is a more supportive comprehensive education establishment in the whole of the Birmingham area. Their drama and sports teams are excellent too, with the school's drama productions regularly achieving critical acclaim from the local authorities. Any parents in the Birmingham area who are looking for a secondary school to send their children to should look no further than Bishop Challoners.

Did a weeks basic training course here at Coventry welding workshop and must say it's relaxed…read moreatmosphere and with my own bay and machine I feel capable of completing any project. Would recommend to anyone Mozz the instructor was brilliant and always had brilliant tips to help me whenever a problem arose. Thanks guys will be coming back to learn tig welding next year highly recommended

From the owner: Coventry Building Workshop Ltd is an accredited and approved training provider, carrying out…read moretraining on behalf of City & Guilds, EAL, BTEC, CITB and Zurich. We have developed a range of intensive building training courses that have been designed by experienced tradesmen. At the moment we are offering bricklaying, plastering, rendering, tiling, plumbing, electrical, carpentry & joinery, kitchen fitting, bathroom fitting and welding courses.