8 July 2020
This summer sees Cognita students, and their families, across Europe joining Wild Night Out. This is Britain’s national night of adventure, organised by Explorers Connect via the...
29 June 2020
Andy Perryer, Digital Learning Adviser for Cognita, reflects on how teachers and pupils have embraced online learning during the pandemic. Last week, a teacher at Breaside Prep,...
25 June 2020
On this week’s Challenging Education podcast show, Simon Camby and Beth Kerr speak with two educational leaders about race and diversity in the context of recent Black...
11 June 2020
We’re thrilled to welcome the student voice onto our Challenging Education podcast. On our latest episode, we hear from Cognita students in different countries and phases of the...
3 June 2020
Cognita has engaged the child psychology expert Professor Tanya Byron to do a special video podcast on how parents can help their children, and themselves, manage anxiety...
1 June 2020
As many primary schools across the UK start to reopen to students and staff, our Group Director of Wellbeing Beth Kerr spoke to ITV News about how...
28 May 2020
Our third parent webinar provides tips and advice on how to maintain wellbeing for the whole family during lockdown and beyond. The presenters are Group Wellbeing Director...
27 May 2020
In the latest episode of Challenging Education, Simon Camby and Beth Kerr consider what teaching and learning will look like after lockdown. They talk about cognitive load,...
22 May 2020
What a fantastic week! The first Cognita Home Games involved 67 schools, over 10,000 students and their families and nearly 45,000 medals across our three regions. All...
What a fantastic week! The first Cognita Home Games involved 67 schools, over 10,000 students and their families and nearly 45,000 medals across our three regions. All during lockdown.
From star jumps and sock rolls to press-ups and dribbling skills, our amazing Cognita staff, students and families have trained hard and tried their best, all with a big smile (or sheer look of determination) on their faces. The sense of community, purpose and pride have been shining through as our athletes competed for their school, office and region.
Beth Kerr, Group Wellbeing Director and overall organiser of the Games, said: “Well done and a huge thank you to all those who got involved, and congratulations to all our winners. I can honestly say that I have never been prouder to work for Cognita – I think we have the best staff, students and parents in the world. It’s great to show that being active can be fun and I hope that we have inspired our communities to keep this going for their own wellbeing during lockdown. I’m sure that Team Asia and Team LatAm will be looking forward to a rematch next year!”
The winners of the Cognita Home Games 2020 were:
The region with the highest number of students participating online at the same time (1,021): Team Asia
The only region to have had every single school involved in the event: Team LatAm
Highest participating region: Team Europe
Highest participating school: Duncombe School
Highest scoring region: Team Europe
Highest scoring school: Downsend School
Watch our closing ceremony video here and our highlights video below.
