Testimonials

"As a teacher, I'm often skeptical about people coming into schools but these guys were just brilliant. The kids had an amazing day, and were enthralled and occupied throughout, and looking back now I can see that there was a huge amount of learning going on to. I hate to admit it, but they were actually better than us!"
Dr. Sanderson, Head of Science, Blyth Jex High School

"Camouflaged Learning breaks down the barriers. The enthusiasm and passion from the delivery staff is infectious. Students and teachers find themselves completely immersed in the activity. Students take risks, form ideas, and show creativity in ways and to degrees that are hard to match in the classroom. Better yet, normal lessons are, by and large, forgotten. A day with Camouflaged Learning is completely the opposite- the students remember the day and carry the skills with them for many years afterward."
Paul Rapley, Assistant Head, Taverham High School

"We all had such a great day. I really can't sum up the depth and range of learning which took place. Our group were so lucky to have been able to take part.Thank you"
Sue Brinkley, Wenhaston primary School

"Camouflaged Learning has for several years devised and delivered a dynamic and very valuable package of activities to new students of the High School as part of their Transition/Induction programme. In a unique and exciting style, the Camouflaged Learning team has managed to engage students of all abilities and backgrounds in a range of thought provoking and fun packed games, experiments and challenges. Additionally, the sessions address many areas of PLTS: providing opportunities for the students to think creatively, become team workers and effective participators and also be reflective learners. A day with Camouflaged learning is an experience not to be missed and one which never will be forgotten! Our older students still talk about it and were recently delighted to meet him again for a range of different challenges as part of our Curriculum Enhancement Days."
Karen Moxon, Head of Year 7 and Transition Manager at Fakenham High School

"In the past year we have offered LEGI funding for a variety of enterprise related programmes to be delivered in local schools. Without exception every school asked for Camouflaged Learning, often as the only external provision they took, and the feedback across the board has been that it was money extremely well spent"
Jackie Bircham, Local Enterprise Growth Initiative Manager

" Camouflaged learning have provided high quality activities to stimulate interest in all areas of science. They are always innovative and turn students into scientists without them realising. Entertainment for learning!"
Steve Ashbee - Head of Physics, Sprowston Community Highschool and Norfolk Physics Partnership

"We have been pleased with the exciting and varied activities provided by Camouflaged Learning that have engaged our students and got them using their brains and hands in extraordinary activities in the classroom. The team are so dynamic and make the day seem exciting and fun, and they have a good rapport with students whilst maintaining a professional approach to young people."
Helen Melville, Head of Enterprise, Downham Market High School

“I couldn’t begin to lead this myself – how do they do it?
Ms Soddy, Assistant Head of Year, Fakenham High School

"Camouflaged Learning have provided many energetic, enthusiastic, loud, wacky fun and crazy practical challenges. Behind all this is a well organized, well prepared, professional outfit that knows how to engage students of all abilities and gets them working together to learn."
Ruth Bullard, Business and Enterprise Manager,
Flegg High School

“Really hands on, fast paced and challenging. A really great day.”
Sharon Addy, Head of Technology, Litcham High School

“Where does they get their ideas and energy from?”
Mrs. Bell, teacher and Y7 Tutor, Fakenham High School

“A fantastic event with the students showing enthusiasm, innovation, and creativity. Camouflaged learning instantly made the students very comfortable and excited. There wasn't any time time lost, and most students even worked through their lunch! It was a great success.”
D. Dilworth, Business and Enterprise Coordinator,
Denes High School

“Our Camouflaged Learning day was really good- I heard pupils saying that they wished they did this sort of thing during lessons as they'd learned loads more than normal. It was fun and very enthusiastically led”.
Nick Chapman, Maths Teacher,
Wayland Community High School

Camouflaged Learning provided an exciting, engaging and most of all fun day. We are not sure who enjoyed it the most, the students or the school staff. It was a day that the students took a lot out of and enjoyed and we cant wait for the next one.
Simon Gilbert Barnham, Assistant Head,
Oriel Specialist Maths and Computing College

“It was very well organized day and the equipment available was brilliant. A great even to help with team work and understanding”
J. Chilvers, Business and Enterprise Coordinator,
Denes High School

"Matt Bagley, and his team from 'Camouflaged Learning', always put together an enormously successful day of relevant Science activities. The. 'Meteor Strike on Earth' day really enthused our students, with them talking about the activities weeks after the event; and an extremely successful 'Space Day' in year 8 had staff and students chuckling for weeks, when we thought back to the activities completed on the day. We are just about to extend the 'Camouflaged Learning' activities into year 9, with 'The Green way to run the 2012 Olympics' - no doubt this will be as successful as the other events Matt's team has put on for us. I highly recommend 'Camouflaged Learning' to all of you out there, if you want to add that special extra to the Science curriculum."
Harry Hazelhurst, Head of Science, Litcham High School

"Matt and his Camouflaged Learning team put on an amazing day that was challenging, educational and enjoyable in equal measures. I've never seen the kids so enthusiastic or inspired, and the effect they had has stayed with us in school even now. I couldn't recommend them more highly."
Humphrey Borgnis, Head of IT, Reepham High School

“This has been the best school day ever!”
Chris, year 6 student

“Camouflaged Learning is cool!”
Shane, year 6 student

“Camouflaged are back! This is going to be awesome!”
Jack, year 9 student

“It was legendary- the best day we've had in school in years”.
AP, year 10 student

“It was quite hard, but it was good because it was really challenging”
SS, year 10 student

“Come in again and do more stuff like this, pleas!”
JW, year 10 student

"Impact day was awesome. I would love to have the opportunity to do it again- I had an amazing time!"
AV, year 8 student

"I though the challenge day was brilliant and it made my confidence skills better by working together in groups."
RB, year 9 student

" I think the impact day was totally wicked. The work we got given was really challenging but at the same time it was enjoyable, and the leaders were very helpful and instructive. I learnt many new things throughout the day and am finding it easier in lessons now."
GG, year 8 student

"The whole day was enjoyable and even though my team didn't win, I still thought the day was fantastic and the guys who ran the day were great and I would love to do something like this again."
PMP, year 10 student

"We had such good fun our activity day, and I really learned loads. It was the best day I've ever had in school, I wish they could all be this much fun as I feel I learned way more learning like this."
BB, year 11 student

"I loved our challenge day, I've never had so much fun in school. Learning should always be this much fun. I learnt a lot too!"
RBH, year 7 student

"Matt is probably one of the most motivated, enthusiastic characters I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. The young people love him and the teachers appear to respect him. I also believe that beyond the bubbly facade there resides a very genuine and decent man. Sessions are well organised and practical (everybody gets involved) and never boring. They are well thought out and offer a range of scientific input which leaves further opportunity for development post-session."
Chris Paul, Serco Services
www.serco.co.uk

I have worked with Matt for a number of years and have seen the service mature and improve. At first, the sight of two hundred excited children in a hall is always going to look like chaos but Matt has the ability to take all that energy and channel it into an experience that develops the children's life experience
The projects look like unstructured fun to the casual observer, but when you take the time to analyse what is happening you see a much deeper learning going on for the children.
If you have a number of children who you want to develop into confident team players Matt is the man you need.
Shawn Mills, Technical Training Instructor, British Energy

"Matt's enthusiasm is infectious. Everyone involved - students, volunteers and teachers - are engaged and excited by the challenges he sets. Giving students the chance to find practical solutions to real problems thoroughly embeds their learning and inspires them to think about industry after education. Matt's style and unashamed joy in his subject are key to the projects' success."
Katherine Reil, May Gurney

"I have worked with Matt on a variety of science and enterprise initiatives across Norfolk since May 2002 when he supported the Adult Learner's Week celebration of achievement in lifelong learning at RAF Coltishall.
Matt has a passion for excellence in seeking to draw the very best from the high school pupils he works with, continuously striving to devise ever more exciting programmes that youngsters cannot help but become involved in.He also has an uncanny ability to communicate with everyone, youngsters and staff, something that most can only aspire to do. Now that I think about it, I suspect Matt may be the latter day Pied Piper of Hamlyn."
Raymond Clarke, Quality Improvement Manager, National Education and Training

"Matt can run sensible, organised, well planned and thought out events. Luckily though, most of the time he manages to fight that urge and instead runs events that are enormous fun, hugely entertaining, and massively engrossing for all those involved - both participants and helpers. The amazing thing is how much people learn from them, without realising it till much too late. True camouflaged learning!"
Jeanette Brown , Cove Manager, Center Of Vocational Excellence, Norwich City College
cove.lsc.gov.uk

"I was invited to assist the Camouflaged Learning crew out recently. I had no idea what to expect apart from possible carnage and I have to say I certainly wasn't disappointed on that front. The day was noisy, messy and yet somehow even an old duffer like me learned something, even if it was only that if you present science in a fun and involving way way somehow the kids just want to join in. My memories of the day will be the faces of the students, that went from indifference through determination, joy and devastation and then the smiles when it was all over. Oh, and spaghetti. Lots and lots of spaghetti. And rubber bands. And bamboo. Hopefully I'll be able to get all the spaghetti out of my socks in time to hang them over the fire for Santa. A great day, not just for the kids but for those involved in running it too."
Rob Brookbanks, Networking Support Services Ltd
www.networkingsupportservices.co.uk

"Matt Bagley has a terrifying ability to be at ease in front of two hundred students and to win them over in just a few sentences. He is a charming public speaker and a superb motivator with endless enthusiasm for getting kids interested in actually achieving something."
David Larkman

Just wanted to say the biggest, loudest, and of course awesomest thank you to you and your guys for today. Our students and teachers loved it. It was great to see the quiet become loud, the cranky turn giggly and the hormonal more chilled. What a difference a day makes! If you ever decide to market the Camouflaged Learning uber cool enthusiasm for science please put Swaffham Hammond's High School down for a crate full- I know our students will look back on their Camouflaged Learning Day as one of the best times at High School.
Mrs. Lisa Othon, Lead Teacher of Science- Swaffham Hammonds High School

The day was simply fantastic, and the students were still raving about it the next day! I can't recommend Matt and his company enough. They were utterly brilliant. To see the students so involved and engaged for such a long period of time was utterly
amazing given the range of SEN we had. I think you've really sown the seed for a legacy from the project.
L. McQuade, Head of Enterprise Boston High School

Thank you so much for yesterday- it was a hugely successful day and a perfect example of how schools can work together in partnerships. It really brought out the best in our students, too- they were motivated and focused and the PLTs they showed and developed are an essential part of their learning. Thank you for all you did!
Jill Douglass, Vocational Administration Assistant, Leiston High School

Thank you so much for the great event the pupils had last week- I don't think any activity they do at school will ever match up to the day they had! I have never been to an event where the pupils have been so engrossed in what they were doing and keen to win, it was excellent. The non stop motivation keeps the pupils focused and the novel ideas keep them engaged in the challenges. Both my teaching assistant and I found it very hard not to start getting involved as well! One of the girls said "Miss, this has been the best day ever, what a way to start the weekend." It is events like this that pupils will remember and will encourage them to develop future career ideas.
Suzie Day, Work Related Learning Co-ordinator
Northgate High School

Camouflage learning joined us for three days during our activities week providing us with 15 different activities, and they were absolutely excellent. The activities were engaging and inspiring and the team were excellent at motivating our students and had a fantastic rapport with everyone they worked with. It meant that at the end of a hard term the teachers could work alongside the students while they were secretly learning!
Dr Harris, Head of Science Rosemary Musker High School

We very much hope you will come back and work with us again, sooner rather than later!
Dr Charles Dalleywater- Head of Science, Abbey College

Matt and his team made the inspiring physics day inspiring! They were very professional, had an excellent rapport with the students and worked with them to learn some excellent physics. It was very nice for the students to have imaginative and exiting practical science delivered by young, keen and enthusiastic people, they thoroughly enjoyed it. I would welcome them back into the school again in the future.
Neil Roberts, Head of Science, Archbishop Sancroft High School

An excellent day!
Ian Ayres, Head of physics, Acle High School

Just wanted to say well done and a huge thank you to you all for another brilliant day. Our kids had a fab time as, of course, did myself and all the teachers.
Julie Mayo, Head of Enterprise, Denes High School

Just wanted to say how much the students enjoyed the work they did with your team on Monday. The feedback was great and I can see why- what a lively and engaging team you sent to us! Thank you so much for such a fantastic opportunity and we look forward to working with you again soon.
Rachel Green, Community Co-ordinator Abbey College