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Maximise your child's potential by equipping them with problem solving and communication skills today

Does any of this sound like your child?​
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  • Avoids making decisions or needs support managing tasks with time limits, constraints, or pressure

  • Feels anxious or reluctant to try for opportunities

  • May react emotionally if things don’t go their way

  • High achiever who can be a better problem solver

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  • Feels nervous or reluctant to answer a question, speak up, or ask for help

  • Can be clearer or improve at influencing others

  • Feels unsure when writing a speech or report

  • High achiever who can be a better communicator

With the world changing rapidly and knowledge now easily accessible through the internet and AI, it has become even more important for our youth to learn vital skills and build the optimal mindset to address new challenges and differentiate themselves to succeed.

Skills such as problem solving and communication help with more than just academic achievements and competitions. It helps them excel at their extracurricular activities such as sport, art or drama. It helps them navigate life and manage daily issues when they arise. It helps them feel in control, empowered and have lower anxiety when facing new situations. It helps them put their best foot forward with any opportunity that comes their way.

And when our youth grow to be adults, it is demonstrating these crucial skills that helps get them their first job. It is these skills that help youth succeed later in life in progressing their careers. It is these skills that help them manage relationships and life, and the challenges and opportunities that come with it.

Despite these skills being so critical in all aspects of life and their future, most schools' curricula currently do not focus on explicitly teaching these skills. Our kids and teens are missing out on maximising their potential and how they best set themselves up for life.

Our Story

Mind Frame Grow Youth was created to fill a gap in the education of youth. 

Most schools and other private education companies focus on explicitly teaching knowledge (i.e. Literacy, Maths, Science), only exposing youth to critical thinking, problem solving and communication skills through experiential learning with minimal guidance.

Mind Frame Grow fills this gap and explicitly teaches structured problem solving and communication tools and frameworks (modified from the management consulting world where we often deal with the most complex problems and stakeholders). We then grow these vital life skills and capabilities in kids and teens by guiding them to work in teams and apply what they've learnt to practical, meaningful scenarios.

Mind Frame Grow was also created to provide an avenue to extend gifted and high ability students to untap their potential and help them structure and harness their intellectual capabilities.

The result is an empowered individual who is more prepared and confident to achieve their best when facing any challenge or opportunity in life.

Visit us on Facebook to see us in action, or to learn more about Mind Frame Grow's other services for adults and organisations, please visit www.mindframegrow.com

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Our Purpose

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“ We exist to engage minds, enable with tools and frameworks, and empower by facilitating meaningful application in order to grow vital skills and capabilities in youth, so they can approach any challenge or opportunity with the confidence to succeed. 

Our Founder

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Luckshie Haran | Founder of Mind Frame Grow Youth

Luckshie Haran

Management Consultant.  University Lecturer.  Parent.

As a Management Consultant for almost 20 years, Luckshie has worked in Melbourne, London and Singapore, solving complex problems and delivering solutions to leading global organisations.

Luckshie was also a Lecturer at The University of Melbourne for 7 years, during which she taught problem solving and communication skills to over 2000 master's students through interactive workshop-style classes.

Despite her varied background, it has been centred around two passions: 1) Solving problems 2) Developing skills and capabilities. These passions have driven her to enable growth, whether that be developing her clients, her teams, her students, or her children.

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She created Mind Frame Grow to empower kids and teens and bring life-long skills to young minds.

Our Learning Modules 

We offer learning modules on Structured Problem Solving and Structured Communications, specifically tailored to kids and teens.

 

The modules follow a balance of building a strategic MINDset, explicitly teaching tools and FRAMEworks and facilitating practical application to GROW skills. We achieve this by using fun activities, examples and scenarios meaningful and relevant to youth. 

Each module has been designed to leverage effective learning strategies and to cater to various learning styles in both online or face-to-face formats, in order to maximise engaging, enabling and empowering our students to meet specific learning outcomes

Structured Problem Solving 
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Students will explicitly learn a structured process to diagnose problems and develop meaningful, evidence-based solutions to any challenge or opportunity, addressing the root causes and key drivers of the problem.

Foundation Module (taken first and once):

Through explicit teaching of tools and frameworks during facilitated workshops, students will learn and practice how to identify root causes or drivers and develop meaningful and evidence–based solutions by breaking down problems in a structured and logical way, researching and analysing data, synthesising information, and identifying insights in teams. They will also learn how to take a structured approach to creative brainstorming and develop their critical thinking.

Follow-On Modules (can be repeated):

Through facilitated workshops, students will apply their learning from the Foundation Module and solve a practical problem that is meaningful to them. In a team, they will select and define the problem and work through the frameworks and all stages of problem solving, concluding with presenting their solution.

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Students will explicitly learn a structured process of harnessing the power of storytelling in order to communicate key messages (orally or in written format) in a concise, engaging, logical and compelling way.

Foundation Module (taken first and once):

Through explicit teaching of tools and frameworks during facilitated workshops, students will learn and practice how to structure ideas, story-tell and present key messages in a concise, engaging, logical and compelling way with impact, both verbally (Conversations, Contributions, Debates, Public Speaking) and in writing (Persuasives, Reports, Emails). They will also learn how to communicate in teams and how to be more confident speaking up.

Follow-On Modules (can be repeated):

Through facilitated workshops, students will apply their learning from the Foundation Module and practice communicating a topic that is meaningful to them. In a team, they will select topics, use frameworks to structure their communication, and present effectively in various oral and written formats, tailoring to various scenarios.

Our Workshops

Our Structured Problem Solving and Structured Communications Learning Modules are delivered either online or face-to-face through live, engaging, interactive, facilitated workshops across four programs. Visit us on Facebook to see us in action.

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Availability
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Weekly Workshops
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Upper Primary:

  • Grade 4 - 6

Lower Secondary:

  • Year 7 - 10

Each Module runs for 1 Term 

  • 1 hour Weekly Workshop 

  • 30 min Pre-Term session for Parents

  • Open to all (local and international)

  • Workshops are grouped by year levels​​

I​​​​f your preferred time or module is not available, please register your interest.

Afterschool Program
Workshops
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Upper Primary:

  • Grade 4 - 6

Each Module runs for 1 Term

  • 1 hour Weekly Workshop 

  • 30 min Pre-Term session for Parents

  • Available only at a limited number of VIC schools

  • Must be current students at the school to attend

If your school is not listed, please register your interest and we will contact your school.

School Holiday
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Upper Primary:

  • Grade 4 - 6

Lower Secondary:

  • Year 7 - 10

1 Full-Day or *2 x Half-Days  

*If 2 x Half-Days are booked on the same day, students will be supervised all day. Alternatively, Half Days on different days can be selected.

  • Open to all (local and international)

  • Workshops are grouped by year levels

I​​​​f your preferred time or module is not available, please register your interest.

In-class School Workshops
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Upper Primary:

  • Grade 5 & 6

Lower Secondary:

  • Year 7 - 10

Customised based on the needs of the school

  • Availability will be organised by the school

  • Please contact your school to enquire whether workshops are available 

If you are a school and are interested in organising a Mind Frame Grow module to be delivered at your school or are interested in our Teacher Development Programs, please register your interest.

Participants
Module Duration

Learning Outcomes

Our modules and their delivery across each live workshop within our four programs are designed to facilitate meaningful learning outcomes and encourage deeper learning in order to realise and maximise the potential of your child.

We therefore seek to understand each child's development areas and guide them during our workshops to meet specific individual goals. Parents are provided post-class summaries as well as individualised feedback at the end of each module.

Structured Problem Solving 
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Develop Skills / Capabilities:

  • Prioritisation / Research / Analysis / Synthesis

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  • Critical Thinking & Logic

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  • Structured Creativity

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  • Communication

  • Teamwork & Leadership

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  • Growth Mindset​

  • Root Cause & Driver Identification

  • Strategic Thinking

  • Managing Ambiguity

  • Presentation

  • Time Management

  • Resilience

Benefits to Youth:

  • Everyday / School Reports / Co-curricular (i.e. Sports)

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  • Increased Productivity

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  • Scholarship & Selective Test Readiness

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  • Increased Confidence

  • Academic Competitions    (i.e. MTQ, STS, TOM)

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  • Better Decisions & Outcomes

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  • Extension for High Ability & Gifted

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  • Improved Wellbeing

Structured Communications
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Develop Skills / Capabilities:

  • Concise & Compelling Communication

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  • Critical Thinking & Logic

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  • Structured Creativity

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  • Influencing

  • Teamwork & Leadership

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  • Growth Mindset​

  • Key-Message Identification

  • Storytelling

  • Managing Ambiguity

  • Presentation

  • Time Management

  • Resilience

Benefits to Youth:

  • Everyday / School Reports / Co-curricular (i.e. Sports)

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  • Debating & Public Speaking

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  • Scholarship & Selective Test & Application Readiness

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  • Build Confidence & Presence​

  • Academic Competitions    (i.e. MTQ, STS, TOM)

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  • Interviews

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  • Extension for High Ability & Gifted

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  • Improved Wellbeing

Testimonials

When I started preparing for scholarship exams and tried the numeric & verbal reasoning tests, I found I could break down the question quickly and that helped me to get the right answer. Some questions were tough, but I think learning problem solving with Luckshie helped me with this.  I also think practicing my communications with Luckshie helped me with my scholarship applications and feel more confident for my interviews. I am really grateful (and so are my parents) as I got scholarships to multiple schools!

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Foundation & Follow-On Modules

(Year 5-6)

I sometimes felt stressed that I didn’t have enough time to do all the things I want to do. By learning the problem solving frameworks, I learnt how to come up with better goals and break down how to achieve them. I still feel stressed at times but I feel like I can manage those feelings way better now.

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- Problem Solving   Foundation Module  (Year 5-6)

I was taught the problem solving  and communication foundation modules by Luckshie. It helped a lot when I worked on my Maths Talent Quest report because I referred back to the frameworks when I was planning my research and also when I was putting my report together. It made it much easier and I got a High Distinction!

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  Foundation Modules

(Year 5-6)

The communication foundation module was so much fun! I was a little nervous speaking up , but the tools given in the workshops made it feel much easier and less scary. It really helped me prepare and deliver my speech and prepare for my interview when I tried out for a School Captain role, which I actually got! Thanks so much.

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- Communications 

Foundation & Follow On Modules 

(Year 7-9)

FAQs

For more information, please review our responses to FAQs. 

Booking / Enrolment Process

WHAT INFORMATION SHOULD I INCLUDE WHEN I BOOK MY CHILD INTO A LEARNING MODULE? The more insight you share with us about your child, the better, as we can then tailor how we teach and support your child. We are interested not only in how they are performing academically but also their achievements, challenges, and goals when it comes to extra-curricular interests and general day to day life. It is important that you also outline what specifically you hope your child will learn / receive from attending the Learning Module. If you are stuck, please look at the list of Learning Outcomes included under the Our Impact section on our website. Any information shared will be treated strictly confidential. HOW MANY STUDENTS CAN ENROL IN EACH LEARNING MODULE? There is a maximum of approx 12 students in any Learning Module delivered online and a maximum of approx 16 students in any Learning Module delivered onsite. WHY CAN’T I BOOK A PREFERRED LEARNING MODULE? Classes will be capped and students who miss out will need to book another available Learning Module or click on “Register Your Interest” so they can be placed on a waiting list for the next requested Learning Module to open. MY CHILD IS IN GRADE 4. CAN THEY ENROL IN ONE OF YOUR LEARNING MODULES? Children in Grade 4 will be approved to enrol in a Learning Module, provided they can focus and are interested to try their best academically or in any extra-curricular activity i.e. sport, music, drama. WHY HAVE YOU ASKED FOR MY CHILD’S LATEST SCHOOL REPORT? If your child is in Grade 4, then we would like to witness or hear about your child’s report to understand whether they are behaviourally ready for a class like this. For other year levels, sharing your child’s report will give us further insight into your child’s academic and behavioural background and therefore we can better tailor teaching and supporting your child. Please be assured that the report will be used strictly for these purposes and will be treated confidential. WHY DO YOU CHARGE A REGISTRATION FEE FOR TERM-BASED WORKSHOPS? Our once-off Registration Fee of $50 (inclusive of GST) is payable once per student. It helps cover our student administrative services, insurance costs, Pre-Term Parent Information Sessions, our post-class summaries, and the individualised support and feedback we provide for each child during their time with us. There is no registration fee for our Holiday Workshops. WHY DO YOU RUN A PRE-TERM INFORMATION SESSION FOR PARENTS? We believe the best learning occurs when educators and parents/carers work as partners. We therefore invite parents/carers to attend an online Information Session prior to each new term beginning. During this session, we will provide an overview of the Learning Module (including an outline of what their child will learn week by week) and provide advice on how parents/carers can reinforce learnings at home to encourage deeper learning. We can also discuss what outcomes parents most want for their children and answer any questions parents may have. DO YOU PROVIDE ANY SIBLING DISCOUNTS? A child enrolled in the same term as their sibling receives 10% off their Workshop Fees.

Workshops / Programs / Learning Modules 

WHO WILL BE OUR WORKSHOP FACILITATOR? Luckshie Haran, the Founder of Mind Frame Grow, will be your Workship Facilitator for every Learning Module, regardless of the program selected. Luckshie is skilled in facilitating both online and face-to-face workshops and has created each Module based on her extensive experience as a Management Consultant and University Lecturer. Please see the About Us section to learn more about Luckshie’s background. HOW ARE WORKSHOPS RUN? Workshops, whether there are delivered onsite or online, will be live and facilitated by our Founder, Luckshie Haran and will follow a similar format: • The Foundation Module workshops will be delivered through a mix of explicit teaching as well as fun, interactive exercises where students will be facilitated to work through relevant and engaging tasks in teams of 4-5. • The Follow-on Module workshops focus more on practical application in teams of 4-5, though students will be explicitly reminded of the tools and frameworks learnt in the Foundation module. Online Workshops will be delivered via Microsoft Teams using a combination of the main online room as well as break out rooms during group work. The facilitator will use effective online learning strategies and activities, and will visit each break out room during group work to help guide discussions. ARE THERE ANY MATERIALS MY CHILD NEEDS PRIOR TO STARTING THEIR LEARNING MODULE? Children need to come ready for each Workshop with a notebook and pens / pencils or an IPAD / Laptop. All other materials will be provided / shared during each Workshop. HOW DO THE LEARNING MODULES IN STRUCTURED PROBLEM SOLVING RELATE TO THOSE IN STRUCTURED COMMUNICATIONS? Though not compulsory, the Structured Problem Solving Learning Modules are designed to be taken first, before the Structured Communications Foundation module. This continues the natural progression of a student’s learning so that they first learn how to identify and develop solutions to a problem and then learn how best to communicate those solutions to drive change. Though it would be beneficial for children to attend the Structured Problem Solving Foundation Module prior to attending the Structured Communications Learning Modules, it is not necessary nor compulsory. However, by doing so, children will also gain a deeper understanding of what is learnt in both modules. We also may refer back to discussions in the Problem Solving modules in order to reinforce learning. CAN OUR CHILD ATTEND A FOLLOW-ON LEARNING MODULE WITHOUT THEM FIRST ATTENDING THE RELEVANT FOUNDATION LEARNING MODULE? No, it is vital that your child first attends the relevant Foundation Learning Module first (or takes catch up workshops) to learn the various tools and frameworks and how to use them before their attend the Follow-On Learning Modules. Please review our programs as we offer holiday intensive programs on Foundation Modules that enable your child to complete the foundation module before the new term starts.

Missed Workshops / Cancellation Policy

WHAT HAPPENS IF MY CHILD MISSES A WORKSHOP? Learning Modules are designed to be delivered as a course, where the next workshop builds on the learning from the last. This means that it is important for your child to attend every workshop within a Learning Module and we do not offer partial refunds for any missed workshops. If your child needs to miss a lesson for medical reasons, you can notify us and request in writing to join an equivalent workshop that week, or alternatively, we will try our best to get them up to speed prior to or during their next workshop. CAN I CANCEL MY CHILD’S SPOT IN A LEARNING MODULE AND GET A REFUND? We have limited spots for each Module therefore we do not provide full refunds for change of mind. However, in some circumstances we do provide you with credit that can be used for another Learning Module in the future. In the event that you wish to cancel your booking, your cancellation must be in writing to us prior to the Learning Module commences. Your cancellation will be effective from the day that we acknowledge receipt of your cancellation notice. Cancellation charges and credit provided vary depending on how early you cancel your booking: • Cancel 0-7 days before the Learning Module starts – no refund and no credit • Cancel 8-14 days before the Learning Module starts – no refund but 90% credit will be provided to be used for any available Learning Module in the future • More than 15 days before the Learning Module starts – no refund but 100% credit to be used for any available Learning Module in the future In the rare event that we have to cancel a Learning Module, you can transfer your enrolment to another available Learning Module, receive 100% credit to be used for any available Learning Module in the future, or receive a full refund.

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