Purple Mash review by Shelley

Date: 27.04.2022

Review subject: Cross-curricular

Phase: Primary

Reviewer: Shelley, Teacher

Review rating:

Average rating across all Purple Mash reviews: 4.2/5

It would be good for more pre-sets, just to save teacher time. Ie set all retuned homework with a star comment and a point for effort etc

How well does it match the curriculum?

Well: It covers the curriculum as well as we expected

We use it to pre teach as a homework tool and this works extremely well before we start our topics in school. Ie the mayans etc

How well does it support your school’s inclusion/diversity/equal opportunities policy?

Reasonably: There is some representation of minorities and no real stereotyping

Haven’t noticed this either way on Purple Mash

How well does it support differentiation for the full range of the classes you use it with?

I don’t know how differentiation can be set by me. I understand pupils will differentiate alone when they produce written work for example

How well does it engage and motivate pupils?

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

How well does it support planning?

Reasonably: Mostly we can use it without an unreasonable amount of effort or additional resource requirement

We use as pre teach for any background knowledge

How well does it support home use / independent learning?

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

We can leave comments for children and parents can create own logins to monitor. too

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

Reasonably: It represents about the same value for money as similar resources I’ve seen