Proving our Point – Active Learning Works as well as Plays As you know, here at Tagtiv8 we wholeheartedly believe that active learning is the way forward – offering win:win situations for both education and health. We get to see and hear so many amazing responses from teachers, educators and the children who play our active learning games themselves. We …
Education: The Solution to Childhood Obesity
Although we all agree there is a clear link between how often a child exercises and a child’s health, it appears that the UK is still having difficulties finding solutions to childhood obesity. In 2015/16, over 1 in 5 children in Reception, and over 1 in 3 children in Year 6 were classified as obese or overweight. There is a …
Proving Impact – Research with Leeds Beckett University
Setting Out It’s all well and good having the stories and anecdotes. However, people want the facts and data. Real research is needed – not just a case study. “I didn’t know he could do that. He’s never done that in a maths lesson…he’s never shown that in his maths book.” The words of a teacher from Durham, with whom we were …
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 …
Jump In – Why We Collaborate With Others
The Need to Collaborate We are always looking at ways to collaborate and learn more from people doing research into Active Learning. Last month, we were fortunate to catch up with Andy Smith, Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University. What followed was one pearl of wisdom after another…as well as …
Further Evidence for Active Learning in Schools
Where’s The Evidence? Last October we introduced our character – Tagi – in the article, ‘Tagi Helps Tackle Obesity’. Since then we have discovered further research and evidence that backs up what we have held true for so long: “Children who are physically fit are better at absorbing and retaining new information.” It is never a surprise to us when …
Tagi The Tiger Helps Tackle Inactivity and Obesity
Who is Tagi? Where Does he Come From? We were really pleased to welcome ‘Tagi’ to Team Tagtiv8 earlier this term. Tagi was introduced to us by the very wonderful Simon ‘Buzz’ Burman from Night Zookeeper. When we introduced Tagi to others, a few commented that he slightly resembled Tony the Tiger – THE grrrrrreat iconic ambassador for Kellogg’s Frosties. …
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 …
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 …