Not sure if it's a parenting win or fail that I've successfully got my boys into Flight of the Conchordes but hearing my youngest quoting 'Leggy Blond' at bedtime definitely brings joy 😅
Falling off your scooter as an adult is embarrassing and hurts a lot 🤕 But being able to justify eating a white chocolate creme egg because of the pain balances it all out. (Grown up equivalent of a wet paper towel)
Are you a school close to Warwick University & would like to join us on 17 June to watch the School Tasking Champion of Champions (hosted by me!)? 🏆
Tickets are free but transport is not covered. Register your interest here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Snippet of the joy here below!
If your school can get to Warwick campus, we'd love to have you. And if your school is in a less-advantaged area, there are also some outreach activities going on during the day.
Do drop us a message to find out more on schooltasking@warwick.ac.uk or register below 🤩
This week's excuse for not doing enough bass practice...cutting my finger on an apri-ski bottle of orangina
As everyone in the sector knows, Higher Education is in trouble. Funding and time for projects like School Tasking is becoming increasingly scarce and we're being forced to make choices about what we can and cannot fund as the project continues to grow. Dedicated staff and student teams at universities across the UK and Ireland are the reason that we are able to keep the joy alive, but we really do rely on the support of generous organisations in enabling us to continue reaching some of of the least-advantaged schools across both countries. With thanks this year to our generous supporters (Addleshaw Goddard, IPO Education - Cracking Ideas, English Heritage and Warwick Law) and to Alex Horne and Avalon Entertainment for last year's raffle that enabled us to roll forward funds into this year. Alex also generously gives up his time each year to run our Champion of Champions Final, which isn't the easiest thing to do when you're the busiest man on the planet. We're very much in need of additional support to keep the project afloat and would greatly appreciate any sponsor interest. We have a fundraising pack for any interested organisations and we're able to provide comprehensive data on how financial support directly benefits children in less-advantaged schools. To find out more about School Tasking and how you can get involved, please see our Fundraising Pack here: https://lnkd.in/gWjhQcuQ And you can see a glimpse of the joy of School Tasking here: https://lnkd.in/g8hA2N6J Please do reach out to us on schooltasking@warwick.ac.uk if you'd like to find out more about how your organisation could be involved. And please do share as widely as possible. We'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you
Image of a stage with Alex Horne, Ali Struthers and a giant yellow duck. Watched by an audience of young children. School Tasking logo in the top right corner.
Please do read and drop us a message if you're an organisation interested in finding out more.
Link to the Fundraising Pack: taskmastereducation.com/sites/defaul...
Link to the YouTube video: youtu.be/rDy0kNIXKOg?...
Thank you! 🙏
Before our #SchoolTasking students went into their schools we asked them to guess the most popular team name... and nobody got it right! Out of the 45 year 5 teams involved the most popular name was...chicken nuggets
Poster showing Ali Struthers and Alex Horne on stage in the Warwick Arts Centre in front of of a crowd of children, with a large rubber duck to the left hand side of the stage.
If you're a school close to Warwick Arts Centre & would like to join us on 17 June to watch the #SchoolTasking Champion of Champions, hosted by @alexhorne.bsky.social, then do register your interest at this link:
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Tickets are free but transport is not covered.
Lots and lots of School Tasking workbooks
And so it begins! This year's season of School Tasking sessions start today at The University of Warwick 🎉💌
Had the best fun doing the @taskmasteredu.bsky.social Christmas special session as a belated social with my youth group on Friday. Reckon Jan is the best time for something festive! Love that it's a one off session that you can just pick up and run with. Would recommend
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (not biased at all 😂)
I was so excited to meet this bear 😂
Sticker of Greg Davies and Alex Horne on their thrones. Greg is tickling Alex's chin. Alex has the puppet version of them. Below is a banner reading "Make Good Choices"
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The Sticker is FREE for every single backer (new or existing) who has pledged for a physical copy of the book BUT only if you pledge before Thursday 5pm GMT.
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#Taskmaster #Kickstarter #Freebie
Screen shot of Phil Ellis' Instagram story with a photo of him and Alex Horne and the caption "No awkwardness here"
If we get to 50% before the end of tonight's #Taskmaster episode, I'll throw in a #freebie with every order (assuming we hit target)
So share, share, share!
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We're so excited and proud to be shortlisted for this award in a category with so many brilliant initiatives 🏆🤞 @timeshighered.bsky.social
Love love love love love this! Yes please and thank you @taskmasteredu.bsky.social 🎉🎄
Some elves on a shelf with a task
Did one of my favourite tasks this morning 💌 #taskmaster
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.
Just learnt that it's "drink cider from eleven" and not "drink cider from a lemon". Well that explains a lot 😅
THE super fan event to be at
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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Absolutely joyous 🥰
Felt it was time to put my brave hat on again and have joined a ceilidh band playing bass. First gig this evening, this could be a joyous evening or crushingly awful, we'll see 😅
Saw Starter for Ten at Bristol Old Vic last night. Absolutely brilliant production and Mel Giedroyc is a complete superstar 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Absolutely loved it. Consider me initiated!
Taskmaster is in this week’s Beano! Waaaaaah!
As well as being so proud of the work this project does, I'm also a little bit pleased with how much excel I've learnt this summer (it's like magic! 😅)
In 2024-25 28 Universities In 6 regions across the UK and Ireland and approximately 1,900 children from 51 schools took part. The primary schools taking part meet the criteria for widening participation, with higher than average numbers of pupils receiving free school meals and/or a lower than average attainment level (pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing, and maths) For the cohort in this study, the average number of pupils receiving free school meals is 39.9% (England only; nationally this is 25.9%) The average attainment level of the schools in our cohort is 56.4% (England only; nationally this is 61%)
Whilst we're on the subject of #Taskmaster, our 2024-25 impact report is now available:
taskmastereducation.com/sites/defaul...
We're so proud of the fact that last year we worked with schools in some of the least-advantaged areas across the UK & Ireland. And the kids really enjoyed the project 🤩
Needle felted little Alex Horne
To celebrate #Taskmaster day, I've woken up my Etsy shop (after being asleep for six months 😅). Just a couple of Alexes in there for now but hopefully more soon! www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Felt...
This is simply brilliant 😂
