What People Say
We undertook some in-school diversity awareness with the children which we felt had had a positive impact. However, we still felt we needed ‘an expert’ from outside to provide a new voice to share the message. Someone mentioned Pete in our staff meeting when we were discussing diversity/equality matters- we had had a visit from him a while ago. It prompted us to seek him out- exploring some of the work he now offers from his excellent website. We were thrilled he found us a date very promptly!
He did a short interactive assembly with the whole school, engaging a variety of year groups instantly. The children were excited to know they will be working with him in the future.
[Pete focussed on] British values … all 5 in some manner, particularly as they were some of our older children, the staff felt there were some mature themes covered.
Equality and diversity were both covered and very much at the core of his message in our assembly and in the workshops. The children really engaged well with the role play and interaction, but he also drew out some really interesting observations linked to our vision and values.
I think Pete was really pleased with how well the children AND staff engaged with all the learning (and fun!) they were involved in over the course of the day.
Brilliant day- children and staff loved the sessions. They learnt a lot and we will be booking further days with Pete for later in the year. It was everything we had hoped for!
“I was blown away by what he did. He has changed the way I teach English. We will have him back anytime.”
“He brings out the best in all of us”
Schools find that he works in an extremely inclusive and creative manner, with both staff and pupils.
Pete sets high expectations and delivers powerful and important messages through a range of creative and interactive methods.
Children were so engaged with the activities. Discussion was open and all children were made to feel comfortable. It was amazing to see children ‘be children’ through play and drama.
The sessions were fantastic! It would be great to have a follow up activity to revisit the learning.
Pete is an amazingly talented and creative man who really brought out the best in all our children.
Pete wrote a fantastic whole school rap in partnership with our children which will now be a long-lasting legacy.
An inspiring day. The children talked about their experiences with Pete all day and the staff were so grateful.
Thanks so much Pete for helping me to understand that I’m special. I now know that I can be what I truly am.
A truly magical day.
It was brilliant. We were totally inspired!
Pete inspired the children to offer wonderful ideas. Highly inclusive workshops – his passion shone and he managed the pupils brilliantly.
It’s brilliant!
He brought the party alive!
We were very impressed with Pete’s workshops.
Pete gave us great ideas for future work and we’d like him to return. Fabulous!
A fantastic workshop for all children. I was surprised by the high level of involvement of children who so often display behavioural difficulties. Super teamwork and kindness shown to each other.
Thank you Pete for the most incredible day for the children. Each group came out excited and enthused. They expressed just how much they enjoyed themselves working with you. My class, in particular, really enjoyed the engaging and practical approach to creating stories and poetry which I thought they may feel they are too grown up for – they certainly aren’t and have asked for a fancy dress box for wet play.
Finally, on a personal note, it was wonderful and inspiring to see how you motivate and engage the children in writing and there was plenty for myself and our staff to put into practice this week for World Book Day.
Thank you so much for your time and energy. You have truly left such a positive mark on our children.
Many thanks.
I have had the pleasure of working with Pete on numerous occasions at my previous school, so I knew from the moment that I was planning a Literacy based theme week that he had to be a part of it.
Pete worked with all children in our Infants’ School and managed to transport them all to magical places through his talented and engaging storytelling workshops. The children were fully involved and focussed throughout and learnt some excellent performance poetry techniques along the way.
After Pete’s workshop, each class in our school took part in poetry and storytelling-based activities and created some wonderful pieces of writing both individually and in groups.
Our staff team were able learn some valuable skills to take forward into our future Literacy teaching which was an added bonus to his wonderful visit. We will definitely be looking for Pete to return next year!
Awesome. Pete inspired usually reluctant writers to compose super poetry. Look at the results. I’m delighted!
It was a fantastic experience for the children and we have noticed a change in the way they play at breaktime. They are using their imaginations to create new games and stories.
We love Pete’s creative therapy sessions. He gives our residents such a great experience.
The children were inspired by Pete.
The message of the value of diversity was crystal clear. A great time was had by all.
The children were full of enthusiasm.
Thank you Pete for the fantastic inspiration. It was very special.
Pete presented an engaging workshop with lots of fantastic opportunities for the children to expand their vocabulary and use their imaginations.
The SEND children were especially well engaged.
I really enjoyed working with Pete. He is super engaging and helpful.
We had a lovely day with Pete.
I love his sessions – they’re inter-active and straight to the point.
We all enjoyed and engaged in Pete’s brilliant sessions. He impressively motivated reluctant writers.
It was fantastic!
Pete’s sessions were the most engaging I’d experienced at my university.
I am totally flabbergasted and lost for words at the quality of his amazing art and poetry. He takes my breath away.
The children very much enjoyed his workshops.
Pete is a local artist. He will work with you to develop your creative skills. Having fun is top of Pete’s priority list, while also helping you to celebrate diversity and different cultures. You might paint with water colour, or work with clay. You will participate in interactive storytelling and may also create mural art. That is just a taste of the fun you will have with Pete.
Pete is incredibly engaging and passionate for the rights of all people.