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SUMO Success
Whether it's becoming more focused in class, dealing with the stress of exams or navigating their way through complex new relationships, SUMO4Schools can help equip secondary school students with the skills they need as they become young adults.
The evidence is clear and unequivocal that SUMO4Schools can and does work. The overwhelming majority of teachers who have experienced a SUMO4Schools programme or used the SUMO4Schools resources say that SUMO delivers a transformative difference to the engagement and reaction of their pupils. And this in turn leads to a powerful and positive difference in the outcome of their education.
The programme was originally piloted in five secondary schools and has since been delivered in different ways into many more schools, as well as pupil referral units and youth organisations such as Connexions and Prospects.
The feedback we receive from teachers shows that SUMO4Schools delivers results every time:
- Increase in pupil levels of responsibility
- Development of social skills
- Pupils being able to manage their anger in a healthier manner
- Increase in confidence in learning
- Improvement in thinking skills
- Improved ability to manage stress levels
- Increase in aspirations and more detailed career aspirations
Some of the feedback we have received from teachers:
I've absolutely no doubt that your approach can help build resilience and enhance the quality of people's lives, in both medical and educational settings. The clarity and simplicity of your explanations are accessible to everyone and I know many patients who would benefit from adopting this approach.
You use SUMO as a way of having a legitimate and life enhancing conversation with ourselves, forcing us to reflect and aim for what really matters.
Dr Phil Hammond,
GP, Journalist and Broadcaster
Healthy Schools
Without a doubt, the “i” generation is growing up in a very different world. The challenges of a fast changing and uncertain future create unique pressures for our children and young people. Their need to be equipped to cope with all that life may bring is crucial. SUMO4Schools is an interactive resource that teaches children the coping strategies they need, in a fun and practical way. If Emotional Health and Well Being is a priority you have chosen to develop further on your Healthy Schools Enhancement Journey, then this resource will stimulate reflection and creativity. Above all, children enjoy SUMO and learn to put the principles into action.
Ruth Boulton,
Healthy Schools Development Consultant for Cheshire West and Chester
A brilliant day! The fact that so many staff were motivated by understanding the SUMO principles and 'bought in' to the SUMO ethos means that they will not only pass on the practical advice given in the book and presentation, but the ethos will become part of their own behaviour around school and during lessons.
A number of staff came to see me after the presentation to tell me how it had inspired them to 'Seize the Day' in their professional life as well as 'Remember the Beachball' in their personal life.
After the weekend many staff had 'SUMO'd' their family and by the end of Monday lots of students had been 'SUMO'd' as well (and that's before we've got the posters around school.) SUMO will promote a more positive, motivated, understanding atmosphere around school which I am sure will benefit learning and teaching, and ultimately results.
Darren Pacey
Assistant Head, Norden School, Blackburn
There is very little out there to really help disaffected students. I believe SUMO gave them tools to really help change their lives. For some the timing just before their GCSE’s was great. It seemed to focus their minds, give them a hope and equip them with real tools to stop them from procrastinating.
Jane
Head of a Referral Unit
If you give young people skills in managing their emotions you give them skills for life - SUMO4Schools is an interactive, common sense but above all fun way to help children deal with tough stuff they will face now and in the future. As a police officer I value and want a civil society consequently I endorse SUMO because it has a real role in preventing bullying and stopping anti social behaviour - it helps children see and understand things from other's perspectives which is the cornerstone to stopping them happening in the first place.
Immersing children in the SUMO principles has real potential to help them develop into positive young people able to deal with setbacks, difference and the uncertainty life will and does throw at them. I feel it does it in a way that will enable them to contribute positively to a civil society. SUMO principles are the only things I have ever seen that truly cross the adult/child divide that's why I used the adult version with my 2500 staff but also recommend them to schools as the potential for positive outcomes is enormous and untapped.
Julie Spence,
Chief Constable, Cambridgeshire Police
The feedback we receive really does speak for itself - SUMO4Schools works. We have had the privilege of being able to help and empower many, many pupils and teachers… get in touch to discuss how we can help you too!
Some of the many Secondary Schools where SUMO has been successful:
Your Comments & Feedback
If you have benefitted from SUMO4Schools, let us know and we'll share your experiences with others interested in what SUMO4Schools could do for them.
SUMO success! What people say…
With the world being an ever changing place children, now more than ever, need greater resilience, self-belief and confidence in their own abilities if they are to reach their potential. SUMO provides all that and more. It is the foundation to well-being and self-learning, providing a platform for children and staff to reflect and grow, learn and interact, enjoy and achieve.
SUMO is a must for all organisations with the six principles providing the bedrock for personal and professional inspiration and application in every day life.
Amanda Gould,
Integrated Services Coordinator, CAF Champion / Mentor / Lead Professional,
Northwich Education Improvement Partnership (EIP)
Healthy Schools
Without a doubt, the “i” generation is growing up in a very different world. The challenges of a fast changing and uncertain future create unique pressures for our children and young people. Their need to be equipped to cope with all that life may bring is crucial. SUMO4Schools is an interactive resource that teaches children the coping strategies they need, in a fun and practical way. If Emotional Health and Well Being is a priority you have chosen to develop further on your Healthy Schools Enhancement Journey, then this resource will stimulate reflection and creativity. Above all, children enjoy SUMO and learn to put the principles into action.
Ruth Boulton, Healthy Schools Development Consultant for Cheshire West and Chester
SUMO Super Learning Day - 'Change Your T-Shirt'
SUMO is a good sport. Dreams can come true. The important thing is to focus on them and have a positive attitude. For a job, I now want to go for being a gas engineer or a car mechanic.
Mohsin Jalil,
Year 11, Moor Park Secondary School, Preston, Lancashire
I've absolutely no doubt that your approach can help build resilience and enhance the quality of people's lives, in both medical and educational settings. The clarity and simplicity of your explanations are accessible to everyone and I know many patients who would benefit from adopting this approach.
You use SUMO as a way of having a legitimate and life enhancing conversation with ourselves, forcing us to reflect and aim for what really matters.
Dr Phil Hammond,
GP, Journalist and Broadcaster
SUMO supports the SEAL initiative as well as empowers the pupils with skills to manage their emotions and to work well with others plus develop the confidence and self worth to achieve.
Zoe Perkins,
SEAL and Behaviour & Attendance Consultant
We have found SUMO to be powerful with young people, as it simplifies solution focussed approaches into a catchy and attractive tool kit. Young people relate to SUMO, it builds their confidence in their own potential and enables them to cope better.
Karen Morgen,
Prospects 14-19 Provisions Manager, Gloucestershire
Traditional subjects such as English and Maths are vital, however equally important are skills that develop a more positive attitude to life. Young people need to learn how to raise their aspirations, deal with setbacks and build better relationships with others. The SUMO4Schools programme covers all of this and I hope it makes a real difference to the lives of young people.
Bernard Hogan-Howe,
Chief Constable, Merseyside Police
SUMO has turned me from a prickly hedgehog, where I would be ready to explode at my teachers to a cuddly hamster. I had been through anger management courses, but nothing helped me grasp the anger like SUMO. It's brilliant! My grades have gone up and I'm feeling more positive about my future and going to university now!
Tom,
in year 12
The SUMO principles are so practical and easy to remember. I even started using them at home. Seeing the learners developing their ability to manage their behaviour themselves and raise their aspirations was unique and so empowering for me as a teacher. I would highly recommend others use the programme.
Lucy,
a teacher from a Gloucestershire school
There is very little out there to really help disaffected students. I believe SUMO gave them tools to really help change their lives. For some the timing just before their GCSE’s was great. It seemed to focus their minds, give them a hope and equip them with real tools to stop them from procrastinating.
Jane,
a Head of a Referral Unit
A brilliant day! The fact that so many staff were motivated by understanding the SUMO principles and 'bought in' to the SUMO ethos means that they will not only pass on the practical advice given in the book and presentation, but the ethos will become part of their own behaviour around school and during lessons. A number of staff came to see me after the presentation to tell me how it had inspired them to 'Seize the Day' in their professional life as well as 'Remember the Beachball' in their personal life. SUMO will promote a more positive, motivated, understanding atmosphere around school which I am sure will benefit learning and teaching, and ultimately results.
Darren Pacey, Assistant Head, Norden School, Blackburn