Schoolzone | Century Tech review by Hannah

Century Tech review by Hannah

Date: 07.07.2022

Review subject: Geography

Phase: Primary

Reviewer: Hannah, English coordinator

  • Rural Independent school 307 pupils in Cheshire East

 

Review rating:

Average rating across all Century Tech reviews: 3.8/5

A great recent addition to our school

 

How well does it match the curriculum?

Reasonably: It’s good enough for the money, but needs some additional resources

Topics are well rounded but sometimes learning is not to a greater depth- I feel the questions could delve a little deeper

 

How well does it support adaptation for different groups of pupils?

Well: A large majority of resources are suitably differentiated for pupils

I feel the questions could include a bit more depth to challenge brighter pupils

 

How well does it engage and motivate pupils?

Well: Pupils generally enjoy using it and tend to welcome doing so

They love the way they gain points and find the competitive nature works well at our school to drive them to do more

 

How well supported is it by any included formative assessments?

Well: We could (or do) use it for monitoring individual pupil progress

Really good tool for tracking and monitoring pupil progress- new to us but already a great resource

 

How well does it support planning?

Well: It’s fairly self-contained and can be used with minimal preparation

I feel it supports planning quite well but it does not delve deeper- so I feel i need to utilise additional resources

 

How well does it support home use / independent learning?

Brilliantly: We’d have very few reservations about using this extensively to support home learning

The children and parents have responded excellently and love that it encourages independent learning

 

How would you rate it for value for money compared to similar resources?

Well: It’s worth the money and effort to introduce – more so than many similar resources I’ve seen

We do not feel we would change anything in terms of the monetary or billing aspect of century tech at this moment

 

Would you recommend it to a colleague in a similar school to yours? 9/11

 

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