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Purple Mash review by Toby O

Date: 07.07.2022

Coverage, accessibility, engagement from children, planning, the assessment material and the provided PowerPoint slides for each lesson....

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Purple Mash review by Katie M

Date: 07.07.2022

Strengths are the skills and knowledge embedded and the progression across year groups, clear assessment system Weaknesses - none...

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Purple Mash review by Dave

Date: 07.07.2022

Simple interface makes it easy for younger childrenWeakness: sometimes does not appeal to older children...

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Kapow Primary Computing review by mary n

Date: 07.07.2022

Very thorough teaching videos and comprehensive plans with all resources included. A very thorough easy to work through plan....

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Purple Mash review by Jake

Date: 07.07.2022

Good for curriculum with programing basics. The content helps to prepare pupils for the next stage. The could be more challenge and variation in the resources from Purple Mash....

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Purple Mash review by AP

Date: 07.07.2022

Lots of different activities to meet the curriculum in computing and science. It can be difficult to navigate and find the resources though. ...

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Discovery Espresso review by james D

Date: 07.07.2022

Clear progression with good recovering of the subject matter. Little freedom and a little limited in different examples....

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Purple Mash review by Gemma p

Date: 07.07.2022

Good progression and well sequenced but lessons can be a bit ''samey'' each week. Liking the links to make use of google documents to support teaching and learning. ...

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Kapow Primary review by Jonathan P

Date: 07.07.2022

Activities designed around the whole of the curriculum that are easy to access for teachers with a range of knowledge and understanding ...

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Kapow Primary Computing review by Tony L

Date: 07.07.2022

Gets children engaged. The lessons are well resourced and it offers teachers ways to teach a subject they are not confident about...

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Purple Mash review by Computing teacher

Date: 07.07.2022

Online platform that allows pupils engage with their learning and staff can use confidently because of support and cpd available. Subscription is costly...

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Kapow Primary review by Claire T

Date: 07.07.2022

Covers year group objectives and provides continuity across a key stage. Strengths are resourcing weakness not having editable slides ...

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Purple Mash review by Emma

Date: 07.07.2022

The video tutorials are perfect...

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Purple Mash review by TOBY B

Date: 07.07.2022

Purple mash has been embedded across the school for a number of years and is an excellent subject within the curriculum at Warren mead...

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Purple Mash review by John O

Date: 07.07.2022

The curriculum is matched and supported by the software that is easy for pupils to use. There is progression built in the software and objectives and skills are thoroughly covered if followed rigorously....

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