The course started exactly on time. All participants were given manuals containing 200+ pages on RE and Philosophy – including sample scripts. Prior to the course delegates had been asked to identify problem areas of the syllabus. Such was the experience and knowledge of the Trainer (a Chief Examiner for a major examining board) that he was able to give direct answers to all the questions raised.

In addition to interesting and innovative ways of delivering aspects of the syllabus – Junk Modelling, the cake, Dominoes, Mysteries and Footballing Philosophy – we all gained from hearing from someone with so much experience, talk about grade boundaries, pupil answers, textbooks, courses, resources and teaching styles.

The group was small (5 attended) and it is a credit to OSL Training that they ran the course (on the advice of Jon Mayled the Trainer) when other more profit-oriented companies would have cancelled.

The post-course follow-up also looks promising. All delegates went away with a minimum of 7 textbooks on memory stick and the offer of further material, ppt displays and direct feedback from the Trainer.

This is good as it shows that although delegates only attended for one day they actually receive far more than one day’s worth of training!