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Articles & Case Studies


Supporting Academic Performance
Challenge Front Lawn Primary Academy wanted to improve their children’s writing via ‘Talk for Writing’, Pie Corbett’s innovative approach...
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Fostering Empathy and Communication
Challenge Greenmount Primary School has an 89% EAL intake, and they found that many of their children were struggling to share personal...
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Deepening Engagement and Inclusion
Challenge Grangetown Primary School in Middlesborough serves one of the most disadvantaged communities in the country; it ranks in the...
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Putting Empathy into Action: PSHE with Leena & Zach
PSHE with Leena & Zach is now>press>play’s multi-part series which tackles issues like mental health, anti-bullying and online safety...
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Guy Fawkes Day: KS1 teaching resources and inspiration
In the dead of night on 5th November 1605, in the shadowy cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament, a man was discovered carrying a...
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Marshfield School: Embedding transferrable skills across the curriculum
Marshfield Primary have been using now>press>play since 2017 to support their use of the IPC curriculum. In this case study, hear from...
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5 inspiring Britons to celebrate this Black History Month
Black British history is British history. However, it is dreadfully underrepresented in our national history curriculum — especially in...
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Greenmount Primary School: Inspiring Boys' Quality Writing
Greenmount Primary School , since joining our community four years ago, has developed from using the headphones to inspire boys’ quality...
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Black History Month: Celebrating Harriet Tubman with now>press>play
Harriet Tubman is one of the most important civil rights leaders in history, having fought throughout her life to save people from...
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Copperfield Academy: Harriet Tubman and Mary Seacole Case Study
Year 3 and Year 6 at Copperfield Academy gave us some great feedback on our two new Experiences celebrating the lives of Harriet Tubman ...
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Safer Internet Day Resources: PSHE support for KS1 & KS2
Tackling internet safety and making the dangers feel ‘real’ can be hard to achieve in the classroom, especially when you're tight on...
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Glebe Primary School: Hearing impaired provisions
In the UK, there are over 50,000 deaf children and young people. Assistant Headteacher & SENCO, Michaela Hembling at Glebe Primary School...
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9 Experiences to bring the Climate Crisis to life in your school
Teaching children about climate change is absolutely essential — but it's not easy. To help KS1 and KS2 pupils understand topics like...
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Star Primary School: Using now>press>play to bring life experiences to disadvantaged children
Gemma Williams is an Assistant Headteacher at Star Primary School in Newham. The school is located in a deprived area of East London and...
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A free silent disco playlist, and 9 creative ways to use wireless headphones in the classroom
Every teacher wants their lessons to be memorable. You want the children you teach to remember not just what they learned, but how they...
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Innovative Learning at Amity International School, Abu Dhabi
Find out how immersive learning improves pupil engagement, encourages positive behaviour and supports literacy standards at Amity...
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Our partnership with the National Grid
We're very pleased to be partnered with the National Grid . We have created an Experience in conjunction with the Grid, that supports...
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Crab Lane Primary School: Providing an exciting stimulus for basic skill development
Crab Lane Primary School , a two-form entry school in Manchester, began their now>press>play journey in September 2018. Basic skill...
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LEO Academy Trust: The benefits of using now>press>play across a trust
Senior leadership from six schools in LEO Academy Trust explain why they signed up to now>press>play, the impact it has had, what...
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Introducing our first Deaf characters into now>press>play Experiences
At now>press>play we reach over 150,000 children and so it’s vitally important that our stories represent the broad diversity of the...
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Extol Trust: How now>press>play works across a Multi-Academy Trust
The Extol Multi-Academy Trust uses now>press>play across three of its schools, helping to fulfil its mission of providing high-quality...
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Five ways to develop oracy in your classroom
To celebrate the launch of our new Oracy Opportunities, Jess White, one of our brilliant resource writers, has shared five ways to...
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Springfield Primary School Jersey: Visiting Anglo-Saxon Britain with now>press>play
In order to explore the Anglo-Saxons as part of their KS2 History curriculum, the Year 4 class at Springfield Primary School used two of...
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Oracy Opportunities: Our resource to get your children persuading, presenting and performing
Oracy is increasingly on the agenda for schools and while ‘speaking and listening’ might encapsulate the same idea, the word ‘oracy’...
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