1. ESDGC Conference 2013 Evaluation

2. Setting the scene! Welcome Phil Williams

3. Networking Prize giving Kelly McCarthy – Brynmenyn Primary

4. Matt talks willow Bees

5. Evaluation forms - Overview GoodOkBad Content 2400 Facliltors 2410 Venue 2210 Refreshments 2040

6. How useful was the event?  Lots of ideas and resources.  Useful networking session.  Excellent day learned loads to take back to school.  Excellent workshops.  A most enjoyable day.  Excellent - really useful workshops and opportunities to discuss practice with colleagues.  Very good - useful info and meaningful workshops.  It was great to speak with teachers from other schools to find out some ideas.  Sessions & stands provided most of what I expected. Phil Williams was inspirational.  It made me aware of the good practice taking place and gave me motivation in implementing these ideas at my school.  An excellent day to discover new resources / provider & to work with others.  Very useful - if we could have fitted more workshops in the day would have been lovely.  Lots information and great ideas given.  Very useful - a lot of good ideas and excellent contacts made.  It definitely given me a clear way in which to head.  Great day. Thanks for organising a lovely day.  It was really useful to meet the various groups.  Extremely helpful. I have taken with me plenty of ideas and very useful resources.  Very useful to network and see great ideas to take back to school.  An excellent event which most enjoyable lots of different activities which gave tasters in to many fields.  Excellent for networking with organisation.  Wide variety of workshops choices.  Thought provoking day.  Especially enjoyed intro by Phil Williams.  Very useful. Lots of resources ideas.  Lots of ideas + resources.  Useful opportunity to network with other teachers in the area and share good practice and  Concerns. Excellent facilities giving realistic and parochial advice easily transformed to the classroom  Very useful, lots of fab ideas links for implementing ESDGC in school & engaging learners.  Better because it’s a smaller scale of event.

7. What did you find least useful?  Session on ethical question – far above & beyond what I needed  I felt all sessions and activities were useful.  All the workshops attended were very informative.  Not enough time to visit stalls that I didn’t go to workshops.  Nothing  N/A  Having brief but more workshops.  More time with Phil Williams.  Maybe more time to interact with stalls.  It was all very useful and interesting.  Maybe a little more time for some workshops some were a bit rushed.  If fewer workshops were offered, possibly everyone could do the options they had chosen.

8. What other events would you be interested in attending  Any similar events.  Healthy schools.  Any healthy school events.  Forest school & outdoor learning  Anything on resources for ESDGC in KS2.  Any ESDGC training – (am in a 2 nd green flag school already).  More time with Phil Williams.  It would have been nice to attend some nice sessions but obviously time constraints, so perhaps another conference next year please!  Anything in regards to ESDGC.  Forest school.  Anything linked to additional resource / planning / ideas for KS2.