You may guess I've emailed the school and asked questions about payment. As yet no reply from the head but it just so happens to be parents' evening tonight...
Pam
> On 23 Oct 2014, at 13:15, Richard Ellam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> HI All
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> Magical Maths looks like a fairly cynical business to me. It is a franchise operation, see https://www.franchiseinfo.co.uk/franchise-pages/premier/magical-magic which seems to be spreading nationwide, like Japanese knotweed.
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> Now I’ve no objection to people making an honest crust from encouraging a healthy interest in Maths, but I think the business model of offering free after school maths workshops (free to the school, that is, the parents pay for kids to attend) on the back of a free assembly presentation at the school is so wrong. Do the schools get any kind of backhander or ‘facility fee’, I wonder, or are they expected to provide premises, heat, light etc for free?
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> I also wonder if a franchised operation like this can really deliver the quality it promises, when the main motivation of the franchisees is supposed to be the opportunity to earn £76,000 a year and have 13 week holiday?
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> Bbarge-poles at the ready…
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> Richard.
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> Richard Ellam
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>> On 22 Oct 2014, at 23:27, Pamela Buchan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> It can't just be me who thinks it's immoral to promote a commercial enterprise to 5 year olds? My son was so enthused about the maths he was promised but now can't participate in. Maths for the wealthiest?
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>> Pam
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>>> On 22 Oct 2014, at 16:01, Susannah Lydon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Fairly standard practice in our area: after-school club deliverer does assembly to the children, then the enrolment letter with how much the club will cost comes home...
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>>> Susie
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>>> Sorry, perils of using a touch screen when dealing with children and puppies.
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>>> Does anyone know anything about Professor Poopenshtinken's Magical Maths? They were in my son's school today and I'm fairly unimpressed because he was so excited about the clubs after half term which it turns out he can't attend as parents are expected to pay. Poor practice, in my opinion, to entice children to a club they may well not be able to attend and not something I've seen done by fellow science communicator's in all my years in the sector.
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