Reviews

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Resources

"[The LinkyThinks Descriptionary book is] a brilliant, inspiring idea, beautifully realised to encourage kids to create their own masterpieces! Alexander may have inspired the next J.K. Rowling!”

Matt Lucas, actor, comedy writer & TV personality

"Comprehending Comprehension is a superb product. Through a highly creative and engaging format, which all students can relate to, its exciting content and visually stimulating presentation is encouraging and, at times, really amusing – a must for learning! Alexander is a highly successful tutor and has gained the respect of his many tutees, their families and his teaching colleagues alike. We are delighted to be supporting his fresh approach to comprehension."

Lorrae Jaderberg & Katie Krais, JK Educate Joint MDs

“LinkyThinks resources combine the best of all worlds, impactful user experience, inviting to look at and easy to use. I particularly like the combination of emotional and logical interplay they draw upon...”

Stephen Cox, Founder World Education Summit, CEO Osiris Educational

"I love Comprehending Comprehension. The cartoon characters helped me understand what they wanted me to do in the exam. Also, I could look at the videos for revision and stop myself from getting freaked out."

Rosie Taylor, age 11

“Dear Alexander,
I run my own creative writing and comprehension mini-school and love what you do and how you do it. I use your resources with all of my students. They are so great, unique and lucid…”

Marion, teacher

"An incredible mixture of fun and clever learning as well as being gross, inspiring, cheerful and beautifully designed. My son has always been keen to write and express himself but both of us have lacked confidence in approaching it. [The Descriptionary book] is a wonderful solution. I highly recommend it for kids - or anyone really - who want to encounter language in a different and exciting way.”

Dr Xand van Tulleken, Doctor and CBBC TV presenter

“[LinkyThinks is] something unique, something different, and something that goes to the heart of the social and emotional learning as it should be taught in classroom... Beautifully presented, engaging for students, based on good research... I want the world to know about these resources as they are a powerful way of thinking and teaching social and emotional learning.”

Prof. John Hattie NZMO, Chair, Board of the Australian Institute for Teaching & School Leadership

“...It made English fun and interesting for my daughter, Ella. She jumped from the middle to the top group in her class and her 11+ results were fantastic! She has been offered places from her top three school choices and two of them were academic scholarships! We loved watching our daughter progress and were very grateful for such a refreshing approach…”

Melissa Stephens, Ella's mum

'I purchased this for personal use with my son, who struggles to plan out his writing. We managed to write a great piece using the Word Wheels and we can't wait to use more of the tips on story planning. He is taking his colour wheel into school tomorrow to show his teachers!'

Kaajel, Aarush’s mum

Tuition

“We couldn’t have asked for a better tutor. Alexander was great with Bella and made every lesson fun and interesting. Bella jumped from the middle to the top group in her class and her 11+ results were fantastic! She has been offered places from her top 3 choices and 2 of them were academic scholarships! He is a brilliant tutor who combined friendliness with drive. We loved watching our daughter’s progress and couldn’t thank Alexander enough.”

Amy, Bella’s mum

“…I just wanted to give some feedback on Ally - he has been great. A really kind, gentle man, perfect to work with my son. He’s making him feel great about everything which is important to me and teaching him well at the same time…”

Hannah, Sammy’s mum

“Your approach is amazing and in just two sessions with Josh, it's turned things around. I'm feeling much better about things and however Josh does with his GCSE's, the most important thing is that he now has some support that works for him! I'm so grateful! Thank you!"

Melissa, Josh's mum

“Ally helped my with my work and made me more confident with it. He was more like a friend than a teacher. His lessons were really fun and I improved a lot with my work and I was very happy with my 11+ success.”

Bella, aged 12

"Dear Ally, thank you so much for everything. To go from getting Ds and Es to where I am now is just ridiculous. There is no way I could have done it without your help. Also, thanks for making me laugh until I cry. Many thanks, love from Gabby."

Gabriella, aged 16

"Thank you for helping me in basically everything, including surviving secondary school! I can never thank you enough for the techniques you have taught me, that will help me in everyday life."

Jessica B, aged 15

Teacher Training

“I found this course extremely engaging and thought-provoking. I really liked the range of ideas and activities suggested to promote creative writing. In particular, I found the metaphor practice and 'rhythmic writing' relevant to the needs of our children. I enjoyed the range of activities that were modelled and implemented. A great course!”

Miss L, Garden Suburb Junior School

“Really interesting and thought-provoking. Inspired me to want to write for myself, not just ideas for children! Lot’s of great tips that I’m excited to try out in my classroom.”

Miss H, BPSI training day, 2019

“An engaging speaker with creative ideas. Very inspirational and great to hear from an alternative background outside of education.”

Mrs B, Essendine Primary School

“Alexander really knew his stuff and was able to share his knowledge with us in a clear way… I loved the contextual word game. Can’t wait to implement it in my class.”

Mr G, BPSI training day, 2019

Student Workshops and Events

“Hello Ally, I’ve been meaning to text you. I didn’t ask in much detail about how Tom got on with the masterclass yesterday, but I wanted to tell you that he was really happy. You really gave him confidence. He actually said, “mummy, I’m not as bad as I thought and I know I can get better.” It was so nice to hear as he really does give himself a hard time. I can’t thank you enough…”

Tracey, Tom’s mum

“Ria had an amazing time yesterday. She still hasn’t stopped talking about it… Before she went to the masterclass she was saying that English was her least favourite subject but now she is less down on it. Any chance of some 1-1 lessons?”