Discovery Espresso review by Kerry
Date: 07.07.2022A wealth of resources, often very technical. Almost too much! Hard to search. Good ideas though often need a fair bit of adapting...
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A wealth of resources, often very technical. Almost too much! Hard to search. Good ideas though often need a fair bit of adapting...
READIt''s brilliant for revision and for spotting strengths and weaknesses across a cohort and for individuals. I suspect it might lose its novelty value if used throughout the year...
READRange of key words needed for the subject very strong and can used resourced by the teacher with ease - More mixed ability resources needed and possible more interaction and visual resources for younger students...
READVery easy to access, easy to set up, broad range of activities, can adapt our own activities, children can upload their own work....
READGood 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. ...
READTopics are well rounded but sometimes learning is not to a greater depth- I feel the questions could delve a little deeper...
READActivities designed around the whole of the curriculum that are easy to access for teachers with a range of knowledge and understanding ...
READEngaging resource for pupils that does what we want with a strong focus on vocabulary development to support development of better quality writing activities...
READCovers all main objectives in a fun and easy to use way. The only thing is a lack of different activities for each year group ...
READSupports none specialists with video content. Plots objectives across the key stage so coverage is clear and progressive. Some topics aren''t quite where we would want them based on year group topics in other foundation subjects...
READNot enough support for SEN pupils to access age related curriculum content and objectives to support them with the curriculum....
READClear activity sheets linking to the games available on the website. ...
READEnglish activities can be a little basic with not many extension tasks. Phonics activities can be used to support LA to further develop their phonics knowledge...
READProgression and lessons are clearley explained and easy to navigate, it allows for coverage across the whole of Reception up to Year 6....
READGets 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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