The Blippit Blog

Keep up with all of the latest news and stories coming out of Blippit this year.

May 20, 2024

Hi there! Maybe you're the music subject leader? 🌞 Ready to jazz up your school's summer term? Blippit Boards is here to make it unforgettable with our Summer Music Prize Draw! We're giving away fantastic musical instruments to inspire your students and bring some rhythmic fun to your school! What’s Up for Grabs? First Prize: A set of 12 Soprano Ukuleles Second Prize: A pack of 4 Djembe Carnival Drums!

March 20, 2024

With so many teachers using Blippit Boards now, we thought it would be worth sharing our approach to the powerfully simple principle that drives the platform, from evidence capture to seeing it resurface in searches, filters, charts and reports.‍We believe in being as transparent as possible regarding why things are like they are, so, in this post, we will summarise what we do and why when it comes to tags.There are 3 main ways that we meet the tagging needs of all schools.

March 1, 2024

This term has been extraordinary for many people in schools. Emerging from a long, dark & very wet January & February it's no wonder that schools are feeling it. So what do people do? Well, we've found that collaborations with individual subject leaders can be just the tonic. At a time when it can feel like you're pushing jelly uphill, we're always on the lookout to add to our professional sounding board of subject leaders.The 'what's in it for me' factor for subject leaders is that more often

November 29, 2023

[Read in Welsh] [Darllen yn Gymraeg]Our thanks to the Headteachers from these primary schools in Wales.All Saints VA Primary School (Wrexham)Park Community Primary School Llay (Wrexham)Ysgol Bryn Gwalia County Primary (Mold)Ysgol Llandegfan County Primary (Anglesey)‍Keen-eyed users of Blippit Boards may notice the arrival of twelve new curriculum tagging categories that support schools in Wales....

September 2, 2023

*UPDATE 27/3/23*‍A recent question that came in from a school was answered by the SIAMS Lead for Blackburn Diocese. Q: The IQ7 is just for VA schools so is the advice for VA schools to select both IQ6 and IQ7 when creating RE boards? A: Yes it would be good for VA schools to select both 6 and 7 as for VA schools the evidence for 6 and 7 will be very intertwined. In January 2023, after consulting with The Board of Education for Blackburn Diocese and SLT from a Cheshire primary, we released..