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scroll downTeachers - firstly thank you for everything that you do, and now as we move through the first weeks of remote learning, let’s focus on some of the unexpected positives we’re seeing in the altered state of delivering education remotely.
The most important thing to start with is that it's incumbent upon all of us to do our utmost to protect one another . This should always be the case but it’s pronounced in the situation we find ourselves in. To those who are affected by COVID19 and to those ...
One page, one button, 3 steps - how Kinteract’s 3-step approach can support schools with remote learning
In September 2020 schools in England will be required to follow the new RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) as part of their PSHE offering. This has already caused some controversy in the media and many parents have assumed very delicate and personal things will be taught to very young children, ...
The Gatsby Benchmarks are very popular, having been specifically referenced in the DfE's Career Strategy Paper of 2017. Tracking the 8 benchmarks, with associated sub criteria, can prove tricky as often systems you use to track them with are separate entities to your assessment platform. This is just one of ...
Kinteract is an online, portable, learning portfolio designed for life. That is so important. It goes through every stage. Totally agnostic to ages, stages, or educational establishment. Kinteract is just the tool, what you put in and get out in something so much more personal for every child. The portfolio, ...
Kinteract is a great assessment platform. With options to add formal, summative assessment whenever you need to as well as the learning journey observations which can build up a story of any child's journey from birth through to the workplace, there really is nothing lacking in the assessment arena. The ...
It's that time of year - nearly the Christmas holidays. Woooohooooo right? Well not until everyone finishes for the holidays NO! When every non-teacher thinks that teachers are rounding up the year with some easy tasks (winding down?!), like making paper baubles and watching Elf on DVD, the reality is ...
We all know what a difference it makes to a child's progress when their parents* work together with school, or even just spend the quality time with their children at home. Whether that is reading with them at bedtime, or taking them on days out and broadening their horizons, or ...
We have to admit to being quite excited about what we have been working on behind the scenes. We have always used Next Steps in Kinteract to allow teachers to highlight what students may be working on following assessments, both formative and summative, but now we have a whole new ...