The EducationCity annual PlayLive Challenge, which took place between the 17th and 22nd June, was a phenomenal success, with a record number of children taking part. All in all, over 7,340 students participated in the two-day competition.
The aim of the week was to crown the PlayLive Maths and English Champions for the year, as well as boost excitement and engagement surrounding Maths and English, and to this end, the company opened up the competition to all schools, not just their subscribing schools and schools already taking a trial with them.
Individual PlayLive Maths and PlayLive English competitions were run for each year group, with the two UK-based schools and two international schools gaining the highest score overall being given the PlayLive Maths and English Champion title for their geographic area.
EducationCity is delighted to announce that the winners for each year group are as detailed below: 
PlayLive Maths Results
UK Schools (scores in brackets)
Year 1 – Powick Church of England Primary School, Worcester (17)
Year 2 – St John The Baptist RC Primary School, Lancashire (43)
Year 3 – Magherafelt Primary School, Magherafelt (51)
Year 4 – Lady Royd Primary, Bradford (48)
Year 5 – Eastgate Academy, Norfolk (52)
Year 6 – Beeston Hill St Luke’s C of E Primary School, Leeds (62)
International Schools
Year 1 – GEMS Al Barsha National School United Arab Emirates 57
Year 2 – Harrow International School, Hong Kong 55
Year 3 – Scholars International Academy (SIA), United Arab Emirates (49)
Year 4 – British School of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar (51)
Year 5 – Aloha College, Spain (41)
Year 6 – Aloha College, Spain (45)
The overall 2018 champions for PlayLive Maths are Beeston Hill St Luke’s C of E Primary School in Leeds and GEMS Al Barsha National School.
PlayLive English Results
UK Schools
Year 1 – Grasslot Infant School, Cumbria (40)
Year 2 – Seaton School, Aberdeen (68)
Year 3 – Latymer Prep School, London (89)
Year 4 – Abbotskerswell Primary School, Devon (114)
Year 5 – The Divine Mercy RC Primary School, Lancashire (190)
Year 6 – Crawley Ridge Junior School, Surrey
International Schools
Year 1 – Scholars International Academy, United Arab Emirates (34)
Year 2 – Al Mamoura Academy, United Arab Emirates (38)
Year 3 – Scholars International Academy, United Arab Emirates (70)
Year 4 – Repton School Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (66)
Year 5 – GEMS Founders School Dubai, United Arab Emirates (39)
Year 6 – GEMS Founders School Dubai, United Arab Emirates (73)
The 2018 champions for PlayLive English are The Divine Mercy RC Primary School in Lancashire and GEMS Founders School Dubai in the UAE.
The 2018 champions for PlayLive English are The Divine Mercy RC Primary School in Lancashire and GEMS Founders School Dubai in the UAE.
“We are absolutely delighted by the number of students who took part in our PlayLive Challenge Week this year, especially given how busy schools are at this time of year,” says Richard Whalley, Managing Director of EducationCity. “It’s great to see, and fantastic to be part of. We love to throw down the gauntlet with this challenge and are always amazed by the students’ speedy recall and input. It’s really tough to get 190 points in just 60 seconds!”
Upon hearing of their win, Matt Livesey from Beeston Hill St Luke’s C of E Primary School was delighted and quick to endorse the use of EducationCity in the classroom. He said: “EducationCity has become a staple of our learning here at St Luke’s. When it’s mentioned the first reaction from the children is always, ‘Can we go on PlayLive?’ The pupils have a level of engagement that is unparalleled and we can see the results in their work.”
The PlayLive Maths challenge included challenges dedicated to addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. The PlayLive English challenge is a word-formation challenge where the objective is to make as many words as possible.
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