Personalised maths programme is powered by proven AI technology and incorporates Secondary Ready , providing maths support for children starting secondary school in September
Sparx – the socially focused learning technology company – has launched a national pilot for Numerise , an online, home-learning maths product for 10 to 16 year old's covering Key Stage 3 and GCSE Maths. To support parents with the current challenges of remote schooling, Numerise is available free-of-charge over the summer period.
Numerise draws on a bank of over 38,000 handwritten questions and 9,000...
Sparx, the Exeter-based socially focused learning technology company has been named ‘Supplier of the Year’ at this year’s Education Resources Awards (ERA’s) for its innovative approach to maths learning and its focus on evidence-based technologies.
The ERA’s reward quality educational resources and aim to raise the standard of services and products by highlighting excellence in the industry. This year, due to the coronavirus outbreak, the winners were announced at a virtual awards ceremony on 27 March 2020.
An expert panel of judges selected Sparx as the winner in the ‘...
In response to the Coronavirus Sparx – a socially focused learning technology company – is offering secondary schools free access to Sparx Maths Virtual Classroom so Devon students can continue their maths lessons remotely. The Exeter-based company will support any school that has had to close as a result of the virus through the product, for the duration of their closure.
Sparx already provides its maths learning platform, Sparx Maths, to secondary schools across Devon, including those within the Ted Wragg Trust, Education South West and West Country Trust. The technology allows...
Dementia wellness innovators Active Minds have teamed up with primary schools across the UK to broaden the level of education surrounding dementia.
Creators of dementia friendly activities, Active Minds, know all too well the importance of raising awareness and removing the stigma surrounding dementia. Teaming up with a range of schools across the country, Active Minds are undertaking an educating children campaign that saw youngsters explore dementia for the first time.
With around 50 million people living with dementia around the world, there’s certainly a high chance...
A five-year-old girl from Exeter and two ten-year-old girls from Tavistock have won the top prizes in this year’s art and writing competitions held by the Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE Devon).
The charity received the highest ever number of entries from primary schools in Devon, many of whom took part for the first time, including several in Exeter and Plymouth.
After careful deliberation, the top prize in the Key Stage 1 category of the art competition went to 5-year-old Florence Farnell from Bowhill Primary School in Exeter. Her charming...
The Maynard School in Exeter has become the first school in the whole of Devon (and only the second in the South West) to achieve the national Wellbeing Award for Schools following a rigorous inspection from an external assessor on Thursday 20 June 2019.
This prestigious award assesses the school’s commitment to promoting and protecting positive emotional wellbeing and mental health whilst ensuring there is a clear whole-school strategy in place which is communicated to all staff, governors, parents and students within the school. The award has a focus on changing the long-term...
The Devon branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England has launched its 2019 art and writing competitions for primary schoolchildren - calling on them to use their creativity to capture Devon's coast and countryside.
CPRE Devon's two children's competitions are a fun way to encourage outdoor learning and help youngsters engage with and enjoy the great outdoors. There's something for every child who's prepared to put pen to paper, either to create a piece of artwork or a short piece of writing.
Last year the charity received some fantastic entries from right across the...
STC Expeditions, a local provider of ethical school expeditions, has joined a national movement to help promote the concept of ethical careers to schools across the south west and beyond.
Adrian Ferraro from the Exeter-based schools’ travel company, spoke at the Ethical Careers Event on Tuesday March 5th at Gordano School in Bristol in front of an audience of 270 students from the school.
Organised by Liketobe.org, the online networking platform that raises career aspirations of young people, and hosted by Chris Packham, the naturalist and television presenter, the event...
On Friday 9th November, 100 students from Isca Academy in Exeter marked the centenary of the end of World War One by walking 10 miles from Exmouth to Exeter.
The walk was designed as an act of remembrance, retracing the steps of 100 young men who left their Devon homes to make a sacrifice for their country one hundred years ago.
Walking 10 miles from Exmouth to Exeter, Year 7 and 8 students from Isca Academy marked the final journey on their home soil taken by young men from the training camps of East Devon, before their departure to France. The students carried with them...
Soggy skies did not dampen enthusiastic sporting spirits on Friday 9th November, when QE welcomed over 250 Year 5 & 6 students from primaries around Crediton, to their Barnfield Campus, for a highly anticipated annual Tag Rugby tournament. Last years’ winners Landscore and Tedburn, were both in attendance determined to defend their trophies.
A total of 24 teams were entered for the championship, with students from Cheriton Bishop, Winkleigh, Yeoford, Haywards, Bow, Copplestone and Sandford also taking part.
After 3 hours of tag-tastic rugby, Landscore and Winkleigh, who...
