Seeing Things Differently – A Journalist’s Viewpoint

It’s always great when people ask to come along and see what we do in schools. The request from renowned journalist, Merlin John to join us when we were next in London was an offer we could not refuse. Merlin champions the causes of many edtech start up companies and challenges mainstream thinking. He curates the awesome Agent4Change website. To …

Tests – it’s That Time of the Year Again!

What do you think when someone mentions SATs or Tests? This was the question we put to 90 Year 6 students during research into creating our ‘Active Revision Sessions’. Naturally, there was a mixture of responses. Many cited the importance of the tests, with one child believing that the tests were “life changing”. That said, there was one child who …

Active Learning: Devised & Made in Yorkshire

Putting Yorkshire on the Map for Education, Physical Activity, Health & Employment We are pleased to announce an exciting new partnership which is supporting those with learning disabilities to secure employment and thousands of children to enjoy maths and a more active lifestyle.  E4 Printing, based in Bradford, Yorkshire and national charity Hft  have been awarded the contract by Tagtiv8 to produce our new …

Investment in the Future Now

True Innovation with Primary PE Sport Premium Funding Visiting schools to deliver active learning sessions across the country has to be one of the highlights for Tagtiv8. Working with staff and children reminds us about why we became involved in teaching in the first place. Last half term, we were invited by Richard Allman, Specialist Teacher of PE & Leader of …

Devising New Games – Developing Ideas with Children

Where do our Ideas Originate? Devising and Developing New Games Like us, many of you will have seen the ‘viral’ video clip of the children playing ‘Noughts and Crosses’ in a PE session with hoops and bibs. Since then, we have been inundated with people asking for Tagtiv8 to begin developing our own versions. So, as a result of Research …