Discovery Education launches powerful new teaching and learning platform
Coming to schools this Autumn, Discovery Education Experience is a brand-new platform for delivering Discovery Education’s popular digital curriculum services including Discovery Education Espresso, Discovery Education Coding and Discovery Education Health and Relationships, used by half of all UK primary schools. Combining a fresh new look with the personalisation and assessment tools teachers have been […]
New partnership with NAHT to deliver online professional development and wellbeing for school leaders and their teams
RHE in primary schools: Discovery Education launches ‘Health and Relationships’
A digital programme to help primary schools deliver the new RHE curriculum – both in the classroom and via distance learning – is being launched today. From September it will be compulsory for UK primary schools to provide teaching of relationships education, physical health and mental wellbeing. To support schools in meeting these changes, and […]
VE Day 75: Virtual tea party for U.K. primary schools
Primary school children across the UK are invited to join a virtual tea party on Thursday 7th May, marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Broadcast live on Discovery Education’s website at 11am, the free event will bring schools and families together to commemorate the end of World War II in a special virtual celebration. Organised by Discovery Education, […]
Discovery Education and Afterschool Alliance debut new app to help students experience Social Distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Students and Families Around the World Now Empowered to Understand the Science Behind Social Distancing from the Palm of Their Hands Silver Spring, Md. (Monday, March 30, 2020) – To help students of all ages understand social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Discovery Education and Afterschool Alliance today announced the launch of a new application […]
Discovery Education announced as Education Resources Awards finalist
Statement from Scott Kinney, Discovery Education President of K-12 Education, on Discovery Education’s response to the worldwide Coronavirus outbreak
Silver Spring, Md. (March 5, 2020) As a global company serving 4.5 million educators and 45 million students in 140 countries and territories around the world, Discovery Education has been monitoring the recent Coronavirus outbreak closely. Like educators everywhere, we are concerned about the Coronavirus’ potential impact on student learning in the unfortunate event schools or school […]
Schools crack the code to win Discovery Education Coding gold cup
Three primary schools are celebrating after winning the 2019 Discovery Education Coding Gold Cup. The prestigious award, which recognises achievement in computer programming, is presented to a handful of schools across the country each year. This year’s winners are Perryfields Junior School in Essex, Ark Academy in Wembley and Stamford Junior School in Lincolnshire. They each received special gold certificates recognising their coding […]
European Week of Sport: British athlete visits London school to reward active teachers
Teachers at a West London primary school received a special visit from a Commonwealth Games gold medallist yesterday, as a reward for being more active. Athlete Bianca Williams, who won a gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, visited Featherstone Primary School in Southall to congratulate staff […]
A global Harvest festival: Primary schools celebrate with new digital resources
Discovery Education Espresso has collaborated with Switzerland’s Alimentarium Academy to produce harvest videos, games and activities for today’s digital classrooms. The engaging multimedia content will help children to explore why Harvest Festival is so important and learn how it is celebrated around the world. Taking a tour from North America to Asia, pupils will see how harvest time […]
