Why teachers and students love Twig
Twig is matched to Curriculum for Excellence
With Twig I can just go straight in and think, ‘Right, I’m going to be looking at inherited characteristics.’ I can find the CfE curriculum outcome that relates to inherited characteristics and I can find a film that teaches what I need to get across to my pupils.
Katie Sowden, Primary Teacher, Williamston Primary School
Twig provides a ton of curricular content that will help teachers and their learners really hone in on the key concepts that students have to understand in order to pass examinations or move onto the next unit.
Ewan McIntosh, Educational consultant
Twig Maths connects the classroom to the real world
Twig shows how practical Maths can be and how it can be used in the most unlikely of places.
Dominic Guinan, Maths Teacher, Ard Scoil Chiarain Naofa
Everyday contextual examples are massively helpful for relating the curriculum to real life. The kids will always say, 'Where do we use this in real life?’ So now I can go back and say vectors are used in air traffic control. Boom.
Monica Warren, Maths Teacher, Deans Community High School
Twig is tailor-made for teachers
Finding a suitable Twig film is quick and easy. But the best thing about them is that the films are short and to the point, making them perfect for including as part of a lesson. The accompanying learning materials are great, too.
Paul Foster, Science Teacher
Twig films make good starters, good plenaries and they’re good during lessons. It’s great to have them all in one place. Knowing what’s there and what can be used makes Twig a fantastic resource. It saves teachers so much time.
Alex Ferrie, Geography Teacher, Alness Academy
Twig helps students visualise tricky concepts
When I was exploring Space with a class, I found a particular Twig film which allows pupils to investigate the size of the Universe and that really engaged their attention.
It can be difficult for pupils to grasp abstract ideas but the film allowed them to visualise the size of the Universe and they wanted to watch it several times.
Vaila McClure, Science Teacher, Vyners School
Twig keeps students engaged
As teachers, we are always looking for ways to stimulate our students’ minds. With Twig we feel that our ability to engage students has been enhanced by such a high-quality motivating tool.
Sue Branson, Science Leader, Queen Elizabeth Endowed School
They’ll say at the end of the lesson, ‘Can we watch another Twig film? Can we watch an another Twig film?’ And when’s that ever happened with a textbook? I can’t remember ever asking to look at the next chapter in a textbook!
Katie Sowden, Primary Teacher, Williamston Primary School
Twig supports differentiated learning
Twig engages your pupils who maybe aren’t interested in Science and it gets them on board, and for your pupils that are very able and want to be challenged it also provides that challenge.Katie Sowden, Primary Teacher, Williamston Primary School
Twig makes teaching with multimedia easy
We need to incorporate new technology into the classroom, but the biggest problem that we teachers face is sifting through all the rubbish before arriving at something valuable. It takes time and a lot of preparation. What Twig brings to the party is having the resources at your fingertips and eliminating a lot of the work that needs to be done. It’s a big time saver for us.Paul Snyman, Head of Science, Caldicott Prep School
Twig sparks classroom discussions
Great discussions come after watching Twig’s films. It’s very exciting to allow them to have free time to explore the Twig website and then discuss what they’ve learnt.Kimberley Gillingham, Head of Science, Pembridge Hall
Twig films instigate discussion and that’s a really important thing. It’s about getting the kids to understand and think for themselves and that’s what I really like about the films.Monica Warren, Maths Teacher, Deans Community High School
Twig uses world-class film footage
The films are scientifically accurate and the production quality is absolutely outstanding.Karl Frearson, Chief Science Advisor, Eton College
The quality of the content is by and large so much better than anything you could find simply by searching on the web.Ewan McIntosh, Educational consultant
