Dear Neil

Very many thanks for your talk at the Generation Next festival on Monday. The responses I have been getting since are excellent, many people were so inspired by the evening. I will definitely be following up with schools and teachers who attended to involve them in your Value-based initiative.

I very much look forward to working with you again in the future.

With Best Wishes
Richard

Neil was part of a town festival looking at innovative ideas this evening. Incredibly positive audience. Neil gave an illustrated talk to inspire folk to support Values-based Education in the community. Great evening.

Thanks to staff of the Short Stay Schools in Lancashire for a great training day yesterday. They are folk who are living their values. Thanks too for the mentions on Twitter. See blow:

@NeilHawkes had a really fun & inspiring day with you today, it reinforces our good practice & that we are wonderful, thank you

Very inspiring day listening to @NeilHawkes. Lots learnt and reinforced. Thank you!

Neil

A very big thank you to you, I thoroughly enjoyed the day and all staff have been saying how inspiring it was. I really do feel it could be the start of a big change for Istead Rise and hope that you are able to come back to see us.

Thank you again.

Gabrielle

Staff at Lyon Park Infant and Junior Schools, Brent work with Neil to understand the philosophy and practice of values-based Education. This 900 place school is underpinning its curriculum with positive human values. This was a great day with an enthusiastic and dedicated staff led by an outstanding headteacher.

The Headmaster of St Mary’s School Reigate is supporting the Quiet Revolution by introducing Values-based Education to the school. He actively encourages sustainability and works to influence other schools to adopt eco practices. Neil Hawkes spoke to staff and then to parents on Monday.

Congratulations to Ratton School Eastbourne on gaining the Quality Mark as a Values-based School. Neil spent the day at the school and observed:

Excellent values-based leadership.
Outstanding lessons with an ethical focus.
Great relationships.
Articulate School Parliament!
Students being helped to understand the strategic direction of the school in Assembly.
Excellent special needs and welfare support.

A great day!

Congratulations to Lyneham Primary School in Wiltshire for being awarded the Quality Mark as a Values-based School for the second time. Application for the Quality Mark occurs every three year period. Dr Neil Hawkes spent the day at the school and reported back to the staff and governors at the end of the day. He said: “The school has developed its Values work to an outstanding standard and is a model of good practice. The children understand the values vocabulary and act as role models to each other. Values Education is affecting families too in a very positive way.” Lyneham, near Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire is acting as a focus school for other schools in the area. Please contact Julie Carr, the Headteacher for further information or to visit the school.

Hi Neil
Attended your training event in Louth in Jan 2012/joint Fulstow School. We have since visited Fulstow and
I wanted to get in touch to let you know about our plans to introduce values based education at our school. We are starting with a \’vote for your values\’ workshop on Wednesday this week. We have invited parents, govs, community reps etc to join teacher and parents in some fun values workshops. Following this we will all have the chance to vote for our favourite values – this will inform our long term plan. Also planning a \’Values Production\’ of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\’ this summer.
We will send you more details and keep you updated on progress?
Regards Kerri (v excited to be starting values ed!)
(I was so pleased to receive this from Kerri. Neil)

Dear Mr Hawkes,
Have not forgotten you. You will surely be glad to know that the Living Values programme at Beau Vallon Secondary school is still very much alive. We have just submitted the project to be published in the Guidebook to Education Initiatives in the Commonwealth. The launching will take take in Mauritius in August. Hope the project is accepted. Thank you for making the school what it is today-top on the list where discipline is concerned. We also came out first for IGCSE results. Once again Thank you.
Mrs Anne Marie Elizabeth
Head teacher
Beau Vallon Secondary School, the Seychelles