It was an exciting and spectacular day, we felt like the real CSI of Billinghay as we had all the groovy kit. We would definitely love Jacqui to come to our school again hint! hint! I was so impressed by the whole day I am even considering studying forensics in the future at college.
Narisse Graves (Deputy Head girl - year 11)

The kids absolutely loved the activities and Jacqui was great with them, giving them a taste of what the whole job entails, what a shame we didn't have things like that when we were at school.
Mrs Guthrie (Student Support Officer)

A fantastic day was had by all our students.
Mrs Irvine (Head teacher)

It was absolutely fab, the students had a very good day and Jacqui was brilliant with lots of hands on activities, they really appreciated her visit.
Karen Breen (Head of Year 11)
The Lafford High School, Fen Road, Billinghay

I would just like to say how educational and eye-opening we found the crime scene forensic day, both the students and the Staff. It was a welcome difference to the way children usually learn and the information you gave us and the experience of working with such vital equipment was invaluable to the crime and its effects unit we are studying in public services. A massive thank you from all of us here at Ruskington St Georges Site (formerly Cotelands School)
Anne Broughton (Public Service Instructor)
The Cotelands School, Sleaford Road, Ruskington

Many thanks Jacqui, once again for the session you delivered last Wednesday. The students thoroughly enjoyed the activity and a number of them have expressed interest in looking further into the subject. I was very pleased with the ways they approached the lesson and it was clear through their questioning that they were interested in what was being delivered to them. The group consisted of some of our more able students and they felt that the level of questioning challenged them to think about their responses. This is an excellent way of getting students to appreciate the wider applications of Science and we will certainly be looking at repeating this exercise with future Y7 groups.

A well delivered and informative presentation, containing a variety of approaches that captured the interest of the students. They were fully engaged in all activities and found the whole experience to be extremely enjoyable.
Andrew Wright Head of Science
Carre's Grammar School, Northgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire

What a truly amazing experience! We booked the forensics workshop for all of Year 7 cohort in order to raise their awareness of Science in 'real life' and also to raise the awareness of real science within the curriculum. We were not disappointed! The pupils spent time finding out about safety on the internet and computer forensics. This was such a valuable aspect to school life with the various sites available to the pupils these days. Very few were even aware of the 'Report abuse' facility! We then moved on to active 'forensics' with a flurry of finger, hand and ear-print taking. This was swiftly followed by the analysing of our crime-scenes! Pupils had the task of analysing a crime scene to detect what had happened and how to detect the 'clues'. It was truly fascinating and amazing fun. Jacqui Thompson is exceptional in her delivery and presentation and makes it all exciting and fun. This is a highly recommended session for any pupil! A huge enhancement to the everyday curriculum!
Helen Levey (Head of Careers)
Sir William Robertson School, Welbourn, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Excellent, engaging, practical of immediate interest to our pupils, based on their personal interests. Totally held their attention for over an hour, which in our school is often difficult to achieve. Well done!
Philip Vickers (Year 7 Teacher)
Lady Jane Franklin School (SEN)

The pupils (and staff) at the Phoenix really enjoyed the session. I have talked to all of the staff involved and these are some of their observations or suggestions which I hope may be of use. The pupils loved the activities, finger printing and making their key rings etc. We thought that you had a lovely manner, especially with our lesser able pupils. Suggestions - as our type of children have such a short concentration span it might be useful to have shorter sections where you lead from the front leading into short related activities that all are involved in such as a simple quiz, looking at photographs, observations from a scenario picture, video etc.
Bill Bush
The Phoenix School (SEN), Grantham, Lincolnshire

Many thanks for such an enjoyable session. It was very informative and our students got a great deal from the activities. The session really engaged our students and was very well-matched to their abilities. As a Special Hospital School our student group can quickly change in numbers, age and ability and we appreciated you keeping in contact prior to the workshop so that the session was pitched at the right level for the students we had at the time. I would certainly recommend the workshop as an interactive and educational way of learning about a very interesting subject. Thanks again for an excellent session.
Leigh Bentley
Ash Villa Hospital School, Rauceby, Lincolnshire