Be Healthy

• Mental Health – relaxes and alleviates stress.
• Physical Health – Improves fine motor skills and co-ordination.

Enjoy and Achieve

• The skills taught can be seen as the epitome of focussed play.
• Teaching the importance of personal space, working one on one and in groups.
• The children will gain confidence as they pick up new skills and perform for their peers.
• Performing magic is a real boost to public speaking skills.  
• Inspires children to aim for new goals.
• Can be used as an incentive / reward for good conduct.

Cross Curricular Potential

The magic days directly involve many other subjects. They can, for example, be used by teachers for lessons in:

• Drama and performance arts. After all, magic is more about performance than the trick!
• History:  The cultural and social history of magic gives children a wonderful new perspective of people in the past.
• Design and Technology: Many of the most popular magic tricks would be easily constructed in the classroom.
• Maths: Everyone knows the phrase ‘it’s all smoke and mirrors’, in the case of magic it’s all angles and mirrors.
• Science: Magic is a very effective tool for teaching a whole host of scientific concepts from fragile and heavy through to gravity and transparency.

A magic workshop will give the children an exciting and memorable day. As they say in the Excellence and Enjoyment strategy ‘Children learn better when they are excited and engaged’.

Make a Positive Contribution

• Encourages peer support, inclusion and engagement to a high level.
• Each child will find something that they can perform well and help their peers with.
• Helps build confidence and promotes anti bullying and good behaviour.