Trinity Academy Halifax selected FrogPlay to support its mastery curriculum, where students study sections of the curriculum in blocks and must demonstrate mastery before progressing. Students spent 9,000 hours last year working on the system, with high engagement from both students and staff, especially in science and maths. The academy moved from I am Learning to FrogPlay/FrogLearn, allowing it to create learning resources directly linking content to activities. While there were initial issues adjusting to the new system, teachers and students are becoming more confident with support and other subject areas are now also using FrogPlay.

1. Supporting a Mastery Curriculum
with FrogPlay
Trinity Academy Halifax

2. • Opened in September 2010
• Moving in to a new state-of-the-art building in September 2012
• Rated outstanding by OFSTED in July 2013
• 1650 pupils including a sixth form of 270
• Teaching School
• Lead school in the White Rose Maths Hub
Trinity Academy Halifax

3. • Selected by the DfE to lead on the development of a system
following the removal of levels
• System applied in core subjects
• Students study a section of curriculum in termly blocks
• Students assessed at the end of each block and must have
“Mastered” before progression
The Mastery Pathway

4. • Highest using school with I am Learning last year
• Students spent 9000 hours working on the system
(active work, not logged in time)
• Engagement from Staff and students high
• Used extensively in Science and Maths depts
Background – I am learning

5. • Saves teachers time – self marking
exercises
• Students actively enjoy it!
• Used mainly to support KS3 Mastery
curriculum and KS4 revision
Why we use it?

6. • Low stakes, high fluency testing
• Reporting shows gaps in knowledge
• Science have built their own quizzes to support each block
• Maths use existing IAL quizzes
• Considering the use of IAL in “exams” mode for assessments
• Helping students who need extra support
Supporting Mastery

7. • In February we moved from
Frog 3 to FrogLearn and I am
learning to FrogPlay
• The move has allowed us to
create great learning
resources which directly link
content to activities
• GCSE revision sites with quizzes
built-in
The Move to FrogLearn/FrogPlay

8. • As with any new system there have been a few teething problems
• Workflow for setting a quiz alone is different to I am Learning
• Usage initially went down in our core areas but with support
teachers and students are becoming confident again
• Other areas, such as Humanities and English, now on-board
• Working closely with Steve Holt and the team at Frog to shape the
development of Play alongside Learn
The Move to FrogLearn/FrogPlay

9. • Continue to build use of FrogLearn at the academy
• Ability to have T&L sites linked with quizzes is better than IAL
alone
• Can set combined homeworks of quizzes and other activities
• Science are working to have the whole of TMP built as
FrogLearn sites with rich content and quizzes
• Sites available to both students and parents
• The massive potential of FrogProgress…
What next?