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Menzies High School in Sandwell, West Bromwich was one of the first group of schools to sign up to taking part in the UK Schools Memory Competition. With support from Inspire and “”, the schools invited eight times World Memory Champion Dominic O’Brien to visit the school on the 11th April to teach them the memory techniques he uses in competition.
The event was described on the news page of the school website with the following article
“Some twenty eight pupils from Year Seven along with members of staff sat mesmerised by Dominic. First he took the register, he quickly looked at the written list and then checked everyone was present without looking at it again!
He even remembered to remind Sammy of his dentist appointment! Lewis wrote down 50 random numbers and read them out to him and he recited them easily, then to our amazement he did the numbers in order but from the end . Amazing!
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He did tell us his secret- it’s a skill of imagination and practice, practice, practice. So he taught everyone how to memorise a list of twenty words and how to remember numbers through the Dominic System. It really works and everyone did improve even me and Mr Brookes! “
The pupils form Menzies High School will join the pupils from the other participating schools for the National School Memory Challenge on 21st May. Phil Chambers, the Chief Arbiter of the World Memory Championships, will act as an external examiner, coming to test them on three areas of memory- random numbers, random words, and memorising a deck of cards. In the challenge pupils will be memorising one pack of cards against the clock. Dominic O’Brien holds the Guinness Book of Records for 54 packs in order – that is two thousand, eight hundred and eight cards, with only three mistakes.
BUT watch out Dominic we have some Year 7s who will soon be ready to take away your title!
Championship site at www.worldmemorychampionships.com
The UK Schools Memory Championships has been created to help pupils discover the mind sport of memory and to develop their mental skills to help their studies. |
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"The students involved in the memory championships at Weston Favell School have loved the whole experience and can’t wait to do the actual competition. Dominic came and did the initial memory skills training at the beginning of April which the students really enjoyed and they have been meeting regularly in their lunch time to practise their memory techniques since then.
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They have been engrossed and engaged in the whole process in a way that they aren’t in normal school activities. |
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I think they have found it very inspiring and it will definitely help in their GCSE exam preparation."
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| Louise Mann. teacher at Weston Favell School, Northampton. |
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The book is now available and can be obtained from the World Memory or the Buzan websites price £15 (USD $30) plus post and packing within the UK of £2. |
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