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New Experiences announcement for 2024-25!

World Environment Day: 7 fun activities focused on appreciating and protecting the environment

Innovative Learning at Amity International School, Abu Dhabi

Key dates for the Summer Term 2024

#Experience100 celebration!

Announcing Story Starters — new literacy and writing content for KS2

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

New Experiences announcement for 2024-25!

World Environment Day: 7 fun activities focused on appreciating and protecting the environment

Innovative Learning at Amity International School, Abu Dhabi

Key dates for the Summer Term 2024

#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

New Experiences announcement for 2023-24!

Discover your now>press>play Sparks!

Our partnership with the National Grid and new Experience

Factory reset your old tablet and download our new app!

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

Key dates for the Spring Term 2024

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

Exceptional Explorers Competition — the winners!

Key dates for the school year 2024/25

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

What to expect from a now>press>play trial

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.

New Experiences announcement for 2022-23!

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

Exceptional Explorers Competition - extended deadline!

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

Our first day at school!

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.

We need your help!

Sinking of the Titanic Anniversary

News of the week

And now relax... 5 tips for teacher wellbeing during your break

Lift off for now>press>play

We're looking for scriptwriters!

A teacher's view

Now>press>play 'The Play'!

now>press>play at the Big Bang Fair

Experience the magic of now>press>play with a free downloadable teaching resource

EYFS on the Farm Starter

Your Grandad MacDonald has a cold, so it’s up to you to help him with the chores around the farm.

KS2 Ancient Egypt Starter

While you are training to be a scribe in Ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh dies and you are chosen to go on a very special mission through the Underworld.

KS2 Stone Age Starter

After weeks going hungry in your stone house, you’re desperate to join your dad and sister, Etta, out on the hunt.

KS1 Feelings Starter

When you receive disappointing news from your granddad, you are hurt and angry. How long will it be before you tell someone how you are feeling?

How to have a more creative curriculum?

We’ve gathered insights from forward-thinking school leaders on how a creativity-first approach can transform learning. From cross-curricular projects to the role of technology in immersive storytelling, this piece explores bold ideas that could redefine what’s possible in the classroom.

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KS2 Ancient Egypt Starter

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How to have a more creative curriculum?

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