Ancient Greece with Sandbox AR
at Bonner Primary School
Bonner Primary School is a four form Primary School in Tower Hamlets. They only have a very small number of iPads to explore the Sandbox AR app, but show that with imaginative teaching, and a clear learning focus, learners of all abilities can achieve their potential.
Why did we become involved in the pilot?
'At the time, we were doing the Ancient Greece in history. And myself, being Greek, I thought, how am I going to transport the children to that Ancient Greek environment? How am I going to show them, without traveling, what the ancient Greeks built? And this is where the Sandbox proved really useful.'
Sophia Atherton - Computing Lead and Year 6 teacher
How have you used the Sandbox App?
'It prompted them to think in a way that I don't think they would have done if they weren't using the Sandbox app. I was listening to the vocabulary they were using and it was a good chance for me to get some summative assessment of their general historical understanding.'
Ryan Kirkpatrick - History Lead and Year 5 teacher
What has the impact been for your learners?
'I was very impressed to see that the more high attaining children were able to push their vocabulary and could explain things really well, whereas those children that maybe struggled with their learning a little bit also were able to access the tasks and achieve '
Ryan Kirkpatrick - History Lead and Year 5 teacher
What advice would you give to teachers considering using Sandbox AR?
'I would have a very clear learning intention. I would have very clear success criteria for the children, and I would have a very clear image in my mind of what I'd want the outcome to be. And I think the more that you use the software, probably your own expectations will get higher and higher and higher of what you can get from the software.'
Ryan Kirkpatrick - History Lead and Year 5 teacher