CoronaVirus (COVID-19) has well and truly hit home this week. Major sporting events have been postponed or cancelled. Meanwhile, events we were due to attend in Budapest and Zagreb have been cancelled – with schools closing across Europe. So what happens with the children? Where and how will they learn? Step forward forward-thinking EdTech Impact and some quick-thinking as to …
A Holiday on the Horizon?
Christmas is officially over! How do we know? The adverts for holidays in 2020 are already upon us – in abundance! One advert in particular took us back to a particular holiday in Greece – when we visited the site of the first modern Olympics in Athens. From UK to Greece and Back Panathenaic Stadium tour over, we unpacked some …
May The Force Be With You – Tagtiv8 and Star Wars
Physically Active Learning (PAL) approaches have been proven to encourage even the most reluctant children to participate and engage. To many teachers and health professionals, PAL offers a ‘health by stealth’ approach – offering win/win solutions for both education and health. Here’s the latest opportunity to engage children with physical activity – this time with Star Wars! As awareness of …
Primary Rocks Live 2018 – Closing the Gender Gap
One week since Primary Rocks Live 2018 and finally time to sit and write a few reflections on the day. We shared the journey across the Pennines with Rich Allman from the pioneering Malton Community Primary School. There were not many James Corden ‘Carpool’ moments, but the drive gave us a much needed opportunity to share thoughts about pedagogy, politics, …
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 …