Since subscribing to now>press>play, Chisenhale Primary hasn’t looked back. now>press>play has become embedded as an integral part of their curriculum delivery across KS2.
It has helped teachers to deliver engaging lessons that lead to rich discussions and deepen their pupils’ understanding of their topics.
Chisenhale have been using the now>press>play Experiences to deliver subjects such as Maths, English, SATs Revision, History and PSHE. We spoke to staff and pupils about why they liked it and how it worked.
How does it work?
The now>press>play team arrived at the start of term and mapped their experiences to Chisenhale’s KS2 curriculum for the year. Staff were trained in an interactive 1 hour session. For the last 2 years, teachers have been using now>press>play to support curriculum delivery. We asked Helen James, Headteacher, what she thought of the process:
How did now>press>play help accelerate your classes’ learning?
Allen, a year 6 teacher and governor, was focusing on fractions in numeracy and he noticed that his lower ability group were really struggling to get their heads around it. He decided to use the now>press>play Fractions Experience, which is set aboard the Titanic and was very pleased with the impact:
Allen then used the positive experience to build their confidence and the children even asked him to do the Fractions experience again, so it was repeated with the children on a higher levelled paper.
What did you most enjoy using now>press>play for?
Andrew Daitz, a Key Stage 2 Phase Leader, enjoyed using now>press>play as a springboard into report and creative writing:
Simultaneously, my higher ability group were empowered by the rich experience and really enjoyed writing about the world in which they had just been immersed.
Helen adds:
Here is what some of the children at Chisenhale had to say:
It made the maths more memorable and it helped me link it to the real world.
It’s much better than just being told about something because we carry out actions and experience it, so it helps me to feel and then I understand and can explain.
Roman Britain was really boring ‘til we did now>press>play, I wish we’d done it earlier.
I would do SATs revision every day if it were as fun as this!