Most schools close down during the summer holidays so that staff and learners can recharge their batteries, while essential maintenance and deep cleaning work can take place. However, there are some secondary schools that open up their doors in order to create opportunities to ease the Year 6/7 Transition process. This year, Evolve continued to grow their XLR8 programme …
Le Grand Depart: Part Deux
Following on from our previous blog post, ‘Le Tour Yorkshire: Get on Yer Velos’ our team of Tagtiv8 taggers ventured to both Pool and Harrogate on Day 1 of le Grand Depart. The event surpassed all expectations and we would like to thank those who tolerated or embraced our Active Learning campaign. On the Tuesday of that week …
Le Tour Yorkshire…Get On Yer Velos
The day of the Grand Depart is fast approaching and today we glimpsed the riders from Garmin Sharp Pro Cycling Team testing out the Yorkshire terrain. Many of the schools in the area have quite rightly been linking their learning to Le Tour Yorkshire this term. The last time we visited Burley Oaks Primary School, we commented on the impressive …
Into the Valleys: Rugby, Music and Well-Being
We were really pleased to be invited to the Rhondda Cynon Taf Head Teachers Conference in Cardiff earlier this month to present our ideas and games. Our debut in the Valleys may have involved an 11 hour round trip, but it was still most worthwhile. The event was kicked off by Phil Steele, a true raconteur, who entertained the delegtes …
Michael Gove is Turning Children into Battery Hens
An eye-catching headline if ever there was one, in an issue of the Evening Standard during our return to London after a 3 month sojourn up north. The article, written by Richard Godwin, made us chuckle as we headed east on the DLR and read his words: “Pity the nation’s six-year-olds. They must have a lot on their minds, what …
The BETT Show 2014
The Tagtiv8 Team are delighted to be at BETT 2014. Our belief in the power of Active Learning Games fits in with the ethos and values of many of those attending. We hope to meet some of the estimated 35,000 educators and learning professionals in order to learn and share ideas. Simply tweet @tagtiv8 and we will arrange to meet at some point. Have …
Inactivity – You Don’t Have to Measure It, Just Look…
Early Memories This comment about inactivity comes from a friend of ours – a nurse in the NHS. She was referring to inactivity as well as obesity. It made us think about the noticeable changes over time. When we first started teaching, we were young, naive and optimistic, not forgetting enthusiastic. We ran after school clubs because we believed it …
All Systems Go for Tagtiv8
We hope you are well and enjoying yourselves as much as we are. The idea of TAGTIV8 began at the end of 2012. Since then, in amongst our other work, we have been creating games and activities and trialing them. In other words, we have been playing, having fun, enjoying ourselves… Don’t get us wrong; it’s not all …
Evidence of Impact – We Need To Play More
Early Days During the summer, we trialled some of our TAGTIV8 Number games. We wanted to play but we needed feedback and evidence of impact. The responses from the Learners were really positive, as evidenced by their quotes: “I really enjoyed it. I wish we could do maths like this every day.” “I love Tagtiv8 because it gets my brain …
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