The EdShed Team
Here at EdShed we pride ourselves on being an Education Tech company run by teachers for teachers. Our team spans across the whole world with bases in the UK, USA, MENA region and of course - South Africa.
Senior Leadership
Dr Martin Saunders
Martin is a qualified primary school teacher, a recovering scientist, has spent twenty years working in tech and is a long-standing primary school chair of governors. Martin is CEO and allegedly has a plan.
Rob Smith
Rob has over 10 years experience as a classroom and middle teacher and a keen interest in Literacy. His enthusiasm sparked the creation of Literacy Shed, a curated collection of inspiring resources.
Alexander Athientis
Alex is EdShed's Curriculum Director, having previously worked as a primary school teacher and subject leader before entering the world of education technology. He loves spreadsheets and editing videos.
South Africa Team
Brian Mushongera
South Africa Country Manager
Brian Mushongera is the Country Manager for EdShed ZA, an experienced business development and sales lead with a passion and history of working in the education industry. Brian's passion is bringing quality education to students and new innovative tools to upskill teachers.
Nozizwe Silandela
Education Specialist
Nozizwe is a former primary school teacher with a love for languages. Her passion is helping to ensure that children get access to education.
It is wonderful to see the children remembering the sounds, mainly because of their actions. The pace and clarity of the lessons are good. There is the perfect number and range of resources—we love the big and little flash cards, as well as the games and the practice writing sheets.
Head of School, Ilketshall St Lawrence
Children are becoming more confident readers and parents are commenting on this. The programme is giving a real sense of consistency across the school and the planning is improving teachers' subject knowledge. The sequence of learning is effective and allows children to build on previous knowledge. The characters are really powerful and engaging and the children are excited by them. The data is very helpful to identify gaps and plan what consolidation or intervention is needed.
Teacher, Charford Primary School
The fun and colourful nature of the programme is engaging for the children and the structured nature of the session (and the planning that sits behind it) makes it really easy to monitor.
Headteacher, Peel Park Primary
The benefit of using one consistent scheme across the whole school is clear to see. Children are engaged and enjoying the rhymes and characters. The programme gives the children lots of hooks to remember the sounds. Our children love the songs and characters. They're bright, colourful and unique.
Phase Leader, Newlands Primary School
The programme is really progressive and covers everything with lots of relevant resources. The teaching sequence and the resources are all so easy to use. It has increased student motivation and the impact on spelling progress is fantastic! Teacher workload has also massively improved; everything is at hand and easy to use. Thank you for creating this programme and for making it so affordable and easy to use.
Headteacher, Brown Clee Primary School
The programme is useful for teaching spelling patterns and has reduced the amount of time spent by teachers on resourcing and planning. The games have made children competitive to learn their spellings.
Teacher, St Agnes CE Primary School
The programme is excellent. The resources are great and easy to teach from. My favourite element is the phoneme-to-spelling links. Children love Hive games and engagement is high.
Teacher, Alvaston Junior Academy
Being able to discuss and have examples of etymology and the breakdown of phonemes is fabulous. I particularly love the worksheets with the phonemes, the use of Frayer frames and the etymology. The programme has had a huge impact; the children are very engaged and love the Hive games.
Teacher, Victoria College Preparatory School
The programme is great for saving time without compromising on the quality of resources and teaching. It provides great coverage and the variety of activities keeps children engaged.
Teacher, Lambourne Primary School
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