Blog highlights & featured articles
A Creative Vision for the New Primary Curriculum: Why It’s Time to Think Bigger
5 reasons onboarding with now>press>play was easy
Create Partnership Trust: Diversifying lessons and supporting all pupils' learning through immersive audio
Are you sitting comfortably? An argument for audio stories in the early years
Oracy Opportunities: Our resource to get your children persuading, presenting and performing
Five ways to develop oracy in your classroom
World Environment Day: 7 fun activities focused on appreciating and protecting the environment
Innovative Learning at Amity International School, Abu Dhabi
#Experience100 celebration!
Announcing Story Starters — new literacy and writing content for KS2
We have been selected for the HundrED Global Collection 2024!
Introducing our first Deaf characters into now>press>play Experiences
Conway Primary School: Exploring diversity in early years and KS1 with now>press>play
EYFS Experiences now suitable for KS1!
St Fidelis Catholic Primary School: National Grid and now>press>play partnership
How our new KS2 Experience, made with National Grid, teaches about renewable energy and inspires pupils to consider engineering as a career.
Get your EYFS children talking, making and role-playing with our new Recap, Create & Play resource
Discover your now>press>play Sparks!
Our partnership with the National Grid and new Experience
9 Experiences to bring the Climate Crisis to life in your school
Lanchester EP Primary School: Supporting speaking and listening for all children
Marshfield School: Embedding transferrable skills across the curriculum
Parklands Primary School: Kinesthetic learning that engages every child
Front Lawn Primary Academy: Using now>press>play follow-on resources to introduce vocabulary and retain knowledge
Stoke Hill Junior School: Using now>press>play to support a child-centred approach to learning
Luton Primary School: Meeting KS2 national curriculum objectives with now>press>play
Grangetown Primary School: Using sensory learning to enhance the life experiences of disadvantaged children
Poverest Primary School: Using now>press>play to meet key curriculum objectives
World Maths Day: 7 fun, practical activities for your classroom
Star Primary School: Using now>press>play to bring life experiences to disadvantaged children
Bring Maths into the real world with these learning Experiences
Put PSHE in context this Children's Mental Health Week
Safer Internet Day Resources: PSHE support for KS1 & KS2
Five Tips on How to Save Money and Increase Your Return on Your Investment with Edtech
Brompton & Sawdon Primary School: Using now>press>play's educational app
Chinese New Year: KS2 Teaching Resources and Inspiration
Chellaston Fields: Using now>press>play to develop social and emotional wellbeing
Parklands School: Creating an inclusive Resource Provision with now>press>play
7 festive learning Experiences to try this Christmas
How to inspire creative learning with our follow-on Writing Opportunities
Support key EYFS development with our Discussion Questions, Actions Storyboard and Song Sheets
5 Immersive RE Lessons for World Religion Day
How our Reading Comprehension follow-on resources are inclusive
A free silent disco playlist, and 9 creative ways to use wireless headphones in the classroom
Redgate Community School: Exploring a free trial of now>press>play
Chellow Heights Special School: SEND provisions and social and emotional development
Springfield Primary School Jersey: Visiting Anglo-Saxon Britain with now>press>play
5 Approaches for Teaching Mental Health in Your School
Black History Month: Celebrating Harriet Tubman with now>press>play
How to talk about Mental Health in your school (old)
4 inspiring Britons to celebrate this Black History Month
Sunning Hill Primary School: Four years of curriculum engagement with now>press>play
Making EYFS vocabulary fun with our Word Mats follow-on resources
Fascinating KS2 Grammar & Punctuation follow-on resources
Who says grammar and punctuation revision can't be fun? Find out how our new resource helps make this subject engaging and accessible.
Extol Trust: How now>press>play works across a Multi-Academy Trust
Academy schools from the Extol Trust explain how they use now>press>play to maximise their curriculum and increase student engagement.
LEO Academy Trust: The benefits of using now>press>play across a trust
Recap, Discuss & Quiz: Our go-to resource for deeper learning
Our brand-new primary school resource Recap, Discuss & Quiz helps teachers embed learning across the KS1 and KS2 curriculum.
Upcycle your teaching this Recycle Week with now>press>play
Help your school celebrate Recycle Week with now>press>play's immersive KS1 and KS2 Experiences and follow-on resources.
St Joseph's RC Primary School: How now>press>play enhances the school curriculum
How St Joseph's Primary School uses now>press>play to deliver an ambitious and motivational school curriculum across EYFS, KS1, and KS2.
Chiltern Primary School: Helping students engage in school after COVID-19
How Chiltern Primary School uses now>press>play's Experiences and follow-on resources to make learning fun, memorable, and inclusive following the pandemic.
This summer get your class writing and being creative with our Exceptional Explorers Competition
Exceptional Explorers Competition — deadline extended!
Immersive Experiences for the Platinum Jubilee
Glebe Primary School: Hearing impaired provisions
How to maximise now>press>play over a half-term block: embedding the Stone Age
Wawne Primary School: Using now>press>play to extend pupils' life experiences
Rakegate Primary School's experience of our engaging drama-based resource
We had an incredible time at Bett UK from 23-25 March
New TES podcast! The Power of Sound: how to use audio in the classroom
Staffordshire University Academies Trust: Expanding pupils' experiences and saving teachers' time
Copperfield Academy: Harriet Tubman and Mary Seacole Case Study
Why different schools in the Spencer Academies Trust use now>press>play
Fallings Park Primary School: Using now>press>play as part of a Wellbeing Provision
Orchard Primary: Diving into Diwali with now>press>play
Spotlight Sessions: what did we learn?
KS2 History: Honouring Anne Frank
Our first day at school: now>press>play's transition experiences
Making new school friends
Top 5 reasons for schools to blog
Five ways to mark VE Day in the classroom
Good luck with your SATs!
SATs results are important — but they're not everything. In the words of one primary school headteacher, here's why.
Sinking of the Titanic Anniversary
And now relax... 5 tips for teacher wellbeing during your break
What makes an outstanding headteacher?
SATs Don't Have To Be Boring!
Helping children dream big and love science — with astrophysicist Brooke Simmons
Parklands Primary School: Immersive Writing with Purpose
Six steps to using now>press>play effectively to boost literacy in your school.
Gloucester Primary: Exploring KS2 Relative Clauses
We trialled our Relative Clauses experience series at Gloucester Primary School. We were thrilled to see a 17% improvement in the children’s marks.
Whitefield Primary School: COVID recovery and catch up with now>press>play
Hargrave Park School: Continuous Provision Case Study
CPD Webinar: The Power of Sound for Immersive Learning
Greenmount Primary School: Inspiring Boys' Quality Writing
CPD Webinar: Move to Learn, How to Embed Active Learning
Fuse Storytelling with STEM this Science Week
CPD Webinar: Navigating Online Safety in a Pandemic
Marshfield School: Meeting Florence Nightingale in KS1 history
Top 10 now>press>play immersive school trip destinations
Our lockdown resource: now>press>play At Home
Bournes Green Junior School: Creating our own WW1 Experience with now>press>play
Top 10 now>press>play immersive school trip destinations
