“I love your ideas! They are endlessly inspiring for me and the children I work with. I work in schools consulting regarding integrating technology into the curriculum. This has been such a good way to help our children become better learners!”
Denise Hall
Educational Consultant, Victoria, Australia
“You’ve really started something at Stepney Primary School and got our school moving the right direction. Comparing what we’re doing now with where other schools are (i.e. the same place we were in before the Mr Andrews experience), the opportunities the pupils are getting are light years apart. Moving around the school, the teachers are using the iPads more and more to support learning. They’ve got the bug and the pupils are just nuts about it. I would recommend you get these chaps on board.”
Paul Browning
Headteacher, Stepney Primary School
“David and Chris are at the forefront of the growing move towards using mobile technology as a way of engaging pupils and accelerating learning. The philosophy is based on a clear approach on how technology can be used to influence learners positively. I would recommend their input for a range of purposes. They are real teachers doing the job, not just talking about theory. I have been overwhelmed by the progress this product has enabled. Standards have accelerated beyond my expectations.”
Chris Beazeley
Primary Headteacher, Essex, UK
“Thank you for spending 3 days with us and providing all the training. The curriculum you have written is excellent and it is great to be able to magpie so many great ideas. You inspired all the teachers and the children had a great time. It’s fantastic to see the teachers already applying what they have learned in the lessons they observed.”
Gabrielle Deed
IT Lead, Lyons Hall Primary School
“All the children were fully engaged throughout the day. The session was really useful and all of the activities would be useful in any area of learning. We can’t wait to work on creating our own apps!“
Caroline Hunter
Year 6 Teacher, Outwood Primary Academy
There are a number of fun classroom experience days your school can choose from. These can be booked as part of a package that includes school access to the online resources or as stand-alone days.
The pupils, from Year 1 to Year 6, will enjoy an exciting day (guaranteed!) packed with great creative ideas to bring learning to life. Choose an enrichment day from the projects (KS1, LKS2 or UKS2) or select one from the most popular session below.
This fun packed classroom day for Year 5/6 pupils utilises the power of technology as they embark on developing an exciting new business idea.
During the project the pupils will:
The session is underpinned by 21st Century Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking) and the pupils will also cover the following skills:
The apps are hosted on the Mr Andrews Online server and can be viewed on any device connected to the internet
iPads and apps will be provided for the pupils to use throughout the day
Learning to design, build and program games can be an extremely rewarding experience for the children. Not only will they learn and understand how games work but they will also benefit from many other skills.
Each of the gaming projects are designed to foster children’s skills in critical and creative thinking, problem solving and collaboration with their peers.
The projects to choose from are:
*Once the digital games are complete they can then be shared with players from around the world. The finished games can also be used as an exciting stimulus to further develop the pupils’ digital literacy skills using various multimedia tools to create high quality posters and videos, persuasive texts, invitations to games fairs, interactive guides or stories.
The session is underpinned by 21st Century Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking) and the pupils will also cover the following skills:
*The games are hosted online and can be played on any device connected to the internet. By clicking on the URL you can view how many people have played the game and which country they are from.
iPads and apps will be provided for the pupils to use throughout the day
The pupils in Key Stage 1 will be amazed as they bring a dragon to life using the power of augmented reality. Working in pairs the children will take part in a number of highly engaging multimedia activities which conclude with the pupils designing a clever trap that will eventually capture the troublesome dragon.
Activities include:
The session is underpinned by 21st Century Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking) and the pupils will also cover the following skills:
*The digital books can be hosted online and shared via a URL
iPads and apps will be provided for the pupils to use throughout the day
These highly engaging writing project days make the pupils want to write and enjoy writing. Each project provides a clear and structured approach which will help pupils to develop vital skills in writing and can be applied in all subjects. The aim of the day is show teachers how children can become more confident, reflective and articulate in their communication and writing.
The session is underpinned by 21st Century Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking) and the pupils will also cover the following skills:
This fun packed creative storytelling day for Key Stage 2 introduces pupils to the creative world of animations. During the day the pupils will be planning an animation with digital storyboards, capturing scenes by creating short videos and editing their final movie, adding graphics, sound effects and music to produce something they will be proud of.
Key elements of the day:
All the completed animations and posters will be hosted in an app which can be shared with parents and the world!
The session is underpinned by 21st Century Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking) and the pupils will also cover the following skills:
