The Pobble blog

We all know amazing people, but what is it about their character that makes them amazing? The Amazing People Schools website explores the key character strengths of iconic people throughout history to...

As a former school leader and Pobble founder, I am often asked by schools about initiatives that schools can introduce alongside Pobble to make writing even more exciting for their pupils, but also as...

Autumn provides a great opportunity to go out on a scavenger hunt and collect a selection of interesting items for your class to play and create with. These 5 awesome Autumn activities support the dev...

Whether you love them or not, there's no getting away from emojis. 👋 These small, expressive icons are everywhere. While often seen as just playful images, they can also be a powerful tool for commun...

We love to hear stories from schools about how they use our resources. Charlotte Smythe, EYFS teacher at Richmond Academy, shares her ideas for using Pobble 365 in the early years classroom to promote...

During an episode of our newly launched podcast, we discussed ideas for non-screen activities that were not only educational, but fun too. The panel agreed unanimously that chalk is a brilliantly vers...

Maintaining teacher well-being is vital. Not only for our own mental health, but for that of our families and the pupils we care for. It’s easy to overlook our own welfare when we’re primarily concern...

How do you get children to be motivated to write? You give them something they're passionate about as a focus for their work and we know that many kids are passionate about sport! This is why we came ...

As teachers ourselves, we know how hard you work. We know the effort that goes into repeatedly creating exciting and memorable lessons for your pupils; that’s why we created Pobble.

You’ve probably played the ‘Would You Rather?’ game before; it’s a great way to break the ice, spark a conversation or just have a bit of fun. But it’s also a brilliant prompt for quick, purposeful wr...