Dan Lowe, Assistant Headteacher at Kymin View Primary School, Newport, South Wales, applied for support to purchase virtual reality headsets designed for teaching and learning through virtual reality. The software provided alongside the headsets includes simulations of everyday experiences such as using public transport or visiting the beach, as well as eye-opening opportunities for learners to visit famous landmarks around the world, walk through fairy tale settings or explore planets in the solar system.
The project is designed to increase learners’ experiences of the world so that they can link their learning to those experiences and become better engaged and motivated. To measure impact on engagement the school is using learner surveys before and after implementation. Improved standards in oracy and writing will be measured through assessment of samples of writing and discussion.
The trustees were particularly keen to fund this bid because its innovative nature and because of the research into the technology that Dan had completed and included in the application.
