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In all honesty: This site may not be for you.

If you’re not into helping kids learn, grow, and reach their full potential through education, then hey, no judgment—but this site is definitely not for you.

But if you do care about shaping the future of the next generation, sparking curiosity, and empowering kids to thrive, then you’re in the right place. Welcome to our growing community of inspiring people!

Here are some answers to other questions you may have…

What is this?

This is the hub for two things:

• A free newsletter featuring original ideas to help you inspire kids around you.  Whether you're a parent, teacher, mentor or community leader. Subscribe to it here.

• This website, featuring an ever growing collection of original ideas for relating school topics to the real-world everyday. Deep dive into ways to drive forward kids learning to thrive and excel. Access a bank of STEM project ideas and practical activities that will engage kids in grasping complex topics.

Who is "nici hoyle"?

Well, that's me.

Mathematician. Engineer. Scientist. Coder. Artist. Teacher.

That's quite a mouthful.

But in truth my career path to date has covered a lot of bases.

  • Maths degree, Oxford University.
  • PhD in Computational Engineering, working with an F1 team optimising design of the engine air intakes, to studying the shape of carotid arteries.
  • 10 years in the film industry creating physics-based visual effects, for major films like Harry Potter, The Dark Knight, Captain America: The First Avenger, Fast and Furious 6 (check out IMDB for more).
  • Made the decision to sacrifice what was arguably the coolest job in the world to get to know my children.
  • Fell into teaching and became Head of Engineering, pioneering the subject as a core curriculum offering from Year 3 upwards.
  • 8 years teaching Engineering, Science, Maths and Computing, for KS3, specialising in helping students develop real-world problem-solving skills and relate curriculum to the everyday to enhance learning.
  • Outreach to teach enrichment GCSE and A-level maths to show how topics are relevant to the real world.
  • Trained teachers from over 100 schools nationwide to develop resources and relate curriculum topics to developing problem-solving skills and independent thinking in students.
  • Tailored enrichment from Year 7 through to Year 11.
  • Presented seminars on Taking Leadership of Your Learning at IAPS Deputy Heads conference.