BETT Awards shortlist for Digital Content (Primary Other), BBC Magic Grandad: The Great Fire of London, Sherston Publishing Group
Including captivating interactive Click and Explore tasks and nine exciting activities, this program allows children to work independently, at their own pace while they enjoy bringing this fascinating period of British history to life.
When teaching this aspect of the curriculum, did you use this title and if so how successfully did the pupils engage with it?
7 comments:
We found Magic Grandad: The Great Fire of London provided visually engaging activities which were both exceptionally stimulating and aesthetically pleasing, resulting in a highly original and educationally sound history resource.
The strength of the initial ‘click and explore’ activities gives children the required skills and information to progress and attempt the associated task. The independent tasks not only challenge the pupil’s independent thinking skills, but also provide opportunities to apply prior knowledge. All of the activities help develop information communication technology skills.
Most children in my class responded particularly well to the audio provided by Magic Grandad. The straightforward explanations and praise worked particularly well, providing children with just the right amount of support and encouragement, building their overall confidence with the topic, and strengthening their computer skills.
This title supports the QCA Scheme of Work, is very informative and pitched at just the right level for independant KS1 learning.
The program is simple to use, mainly requiring only point & Click operation of the mouse, with clear speech and text throughout. It allows children to learn about what it was like in London in 1666, where and why the fire started and spread and what the consequences of the fire were, through a good variety of short engaging tasks & fun character-led activities.
Offers clear pupil records and assessment evidence with good teacher control options!
The pupil's scrapbook facility is great as it allows activities completed by the whole class to be recorded and saved in one place. It is usually difficult to record evidence of these kind of whole class actvities.
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