Personal Development in Primary Schools

First impressions are hard. Adults get them wrong the whole time, so how do kids even stand a chance?

Eye contact, body language, asking the right questions, staying relaxed, the list goes on. It's seemingly impossible to nail a good first impression. At Oppidan we respectfully disagree.  

We’ve spent 6 years working with over 10,000 kids and we’ve got pretty good at understanding the magic ingredients to a first impression. A few weeks ago, we went down to St Peter’s C.E Primary School in Ravenscourt Park to share our ideas.  

As our starting point we used ‘Ed’s Interview Masterclass’, a hilarious video course filmed by one our leading mentors and musical comedian Ed MacArthur. With the kids in fits of giggles and doing impressions of the various characters like ‘Peter Perfect’ or ‘Superman’ we then delved deeper into how to build a strong connection with a new person with scenario work and team exercises.  

It was a great afternoon, with a focus central to everything we do at Oppidan: giving young people the skills and ownership they need to take charge of their future.  

It’s not just podcast-listening adults who want personal development, it’s kids too. Watch out world.