You can now run
#TaskmasterClub
from
@TaskmasterEdu
anywhere in the world: at school, at home or wherever children gather 🤩
Little Alex Horne is your assistant, & you can let the power go to your head as you sit in judgement as the
#Taskmaster
.
Head to:
BREAKING NEWS! This September we are launching
#TeamTasking
. Every half term
@AlexHorne
will set a task for groups of children to attempt in large teams. It will be perfect for competing in houses, form groups, across year groups and phases or in sporting or social clubs.
Good morning from
#Taskmaster
Education HQ!
Things are starting to look very official over here...
And exciting plans are afoot, so watch this space! 👀
#TaskmasterEducation
#TMEd
Excitingly, we are piloting
#Taskmaster
Club with a few schools, starting NEXT WEEK!
A larger pilot will take place in the spring & then we hope to roll out nationally in the next academic year.
Want to hear more about it all & take part? Register at:
To get Mark Watson to do a thing for us, in January we sent him a couple of cheeky messages. One thing led to another and we ended up sending 150 messages. Here is a thread of some the high/low lights that are not too cheeky to share publicly.
Teachers, TAs, school staff!
#TaskmasterClub
is now open for schools across the UK to sign up, ready to start in Sept 🤩
Bringing
#Taskmaster
to your school will help children develop key life skills while having a LOT of fun.
Visit to get involved 💌
The patterns for crocheted Greg & Alex by
@TriinLane
are now available to buy here:
And would you like to win your very own crocheted Alex? If so, just follow, RT & tag a crafty friend! 🧶
We'll select the winner at random on Sat 15 Oct. Good luck! 🤩
Taskmaster Education LIVE is happening! 🤩
Saturday 16 Sept at Warwick Arts Centre: Little Alex Horne, tasks, ducks, & much other nonsense for all the family 🦆
£5 for children, £10 for adults - all proceeds going to charity.
#TaskmasterEducationLive
Thank you new followers, what an amazing response!
Please do RT & encourage other
#Taskmaster
-interested teachers (or anyone else with an interest in
@taskmaster
& education) to give us a follow - we have some exciting irons in the fire, so watch this space... 🤩
Year 6! Your task is to go and do your best in your SATs this week. You've done the hard work and now is your time to shine. Good luck, your time starts now.
Morning! 👋
Have you used
@taskmaster
in your teaching? If so, we want to hear from you!
We're looking for a couple of short testimonials on the benefits of
#Taskmaster
in the classroom.
Please do get in touch if you've used it in your teaching, & have seen the benefits! Thanks!
Fancy warming up your task skills ahead of the
#TaskmasterEducation
&
@Place2Be
Treasure Hunt?
Can you draw a self-portrait with your non-dominant hand in 1 min as good as the one drawn by the fabulous
@johnsfurcoat
? ✏️
Upload your attempt with the hashtag
#CMHWTasking
🤩
📢 Teachers! Parents! Children!
Spring term
#Taskmaster
Clubs can now be set up at ! Huzzah!
If your school isn't yet running clubs, why not set them up for the new term? If your child's school isn't running one & should be, get sharing!
#TaskmasterClub
Our task for
@Place2Be
's
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
is here! 💌
Be sure to get your entries to us by email or using
#UpsideDownTask
by 5pm on Sun 11th &
@AlexHorne
will choose his favourite on Mon 12th.
A small prize & signed task from the show will wing its way to the winner! 🏆
Hello! Did you miss out on tickets to the
@taskmaster
Great Gathering? If so, we have 2 tickets up for grabs at
#TaskmasterEducation
HQ!
For a chance to win, just RT, follow us & pop your best task suggestion for kids below 👇
We'll choose our fave on Sun 4th @ 4pm! Good luck!
It only took 4 cheeky DMs to get the video from
@watsoncomedian
, but it's a good 'un.
Watch
#Taskmaster
veteran, Mark, take on
@TheGadgetShow
presenter,
@OrtisDeley
in this week's
#TMvP2B
challenge:
Spin something on your finger for the longest time. Longest spinning time wins.
On Mon 8 May, the not-so-top-secret network of teachers, TAs & other school staff will get first dibs on
#TaskmasterClub
pilot spaces through our mailing list 🤩
Pilot spaces are limited, so if you want to take
@taskmaster
to your school, sign up at 💻
Email with tasks going out TODAY! Sign up at the website in our bio if you'd like them in advance 👆
You might spot on the website that there will be a GRAND PRIZE! 🏆
Yes, you could win £250 of vouchers to spend at an independent bookshop local to you. OOH, we hear you say...
UK schools can now sign-up for the Autumn term of
#TaskmasterClub
🙌
Fancy finding out what it's all about & having a go with your own class to see how they get on? Check out the video below with
@AlexHorne
giving you a little taster.
Register at:
It's happening!!!
If you work in a school in the UK you can run your own
#TaskmasterClub
right now.
Bring the silliness and joy of
#Taskmaster
to your school and help the children develop key life skills while having a LOT of fun.
Visit to get involved
18 universities across the UK are taking part in the national rollout of
#SchoolTasking
from 2023 🤩
If you're a primary school with higher than average FSM or lower than average school progress scores, your Year 5s can join the fun!
You can register here:
Tickets say 2pm but this is for entry to the live show element. Families can arrive from 11am to have a go at various tasks going on & would need to be there to do some tasks if kids would like the chance to feature in the show.
So, pop it in your diaries from 11am, not 2pm! 👌
Taskmaster Education LIVE is happening! 🤩
Saturday 16 Sept at Warwick Arts Centre: Little Alex Horne, tasks, ducks, & much other nonsense for all the family 🦆
£5 for children, £10 for adults - all proceeds going to charity.
#TaskmasterEducationLive
In recognition of his role in
@SchoolTasking
,
@AlexHorne
has been invited by Warwick University to receive an Honorary Doctorate.
Alex says he is "very grateful to Warwick for thinking my nonsense means I should now get a new gown & some extra letters."
#TaskmasterEducation
HQ has been COMPLETELY blown away by your creativity today! 🌈🤩
What an array of beautiful, vast, tiny, edible, scientific, human, computer-generated, Lego, book, chalk, paint, pen, workbook (we could go on) rainbows!
A small selection below!
#CMHWTasking
There have been reports of laughter, joy, creativity, nonsense and, overall, a lot of FUN! Well done all, another great day of
#CMHWTasking
.
And just as we all had a go at Snort, Raspberry, Whistle, so we shall all be attempting Human Bowling. Don't pretend that you won't now...
Children around the country will be able to join in with
@taskmaster
this
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
2023 (6-12 Feb). They will be set daily tasks and have clues to solve as part of a treasure hunt. Find out more at our brand new website
Remember to look out for monthly
#TaskmasterEducation
content in
@AquilaMag
from January 2023! 🤩
The perfect gift for young
@taskmaster
fans (or, indeed, children of TM fans...) with an activity & task for readers to try each month.
Subscribe here:
Well, we had an absolute blast at the
#TaskmasterGathering
! 🤩
Thanks to all of you for throwing yourselves into our tasks with such gusto!
Answers to follow for the duck hunt, but Team
#TaskmasterEducation
are knackered, so it might be tomorrow… 🦆
🚨 EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT! 🚨
UK primary schools can now set their
#TaskmasterClub
dates & parents can sign their children up for the Summer term at
For everyone else, news will be coming soon about how you can get involved in
@taskmaster
Club! 👀
We did an intro post ages ago, but we have a few more followers now, so HELLO from TM Education HQ! We should have introduced ourselves in portraits made from things outside, but it might be harder to recognise us at
@KidsComedyFest
in Leicester based on those. Come & say hello!
Well, that escalated pretty quickly... hello all 400+ of you! 👋
And thanks
@AlexHorne
for the RT!
Ali to James: "Ah, what would we do without Alex?"
James: "Our proper jobs?"
Where would the fun be in that though, eh? Let the TM Ed antics commence! 😎
Happy Safeguarding Training Day to all those returning to school today. Your task is this…
List the changes to KCSIE for this year.
Fastest wins.
Your time starts now.
Okay gang, a limited number of spaces for the
#TaskmasterClub
pilot for UK schools will be made available at by tomorrow morning & will close by Fri.
Clubs start after half-term, so you'd need to be able to convert to a live Club with some speed! FAQs 👇
2023 was the year when
#TaskmasterEducation
brought tasks & nonsense galore to classrooms up & down the country.
In 2024, we have plans to go global, to reach new communities like home educators, & to have some fun at festivals.
Meanwhile, here’s a bit of a year in review...
Thanks for all the follows -
@TaskmasterEdu
HQ can't wait to share exciting developments with you!
But, this is us! (getting creative at
@avalonent
a couple of weeks ago)
James is a Deputy Head
@SidleshamSchool
& Ali is a lecturer
@warwickuni
with a passion for school outreach 👋
Why is Alex wearing a sailor's hat? Why does he look so forlorn...?
Well, you can find out in
#TaskmasterClub
!
Schools can set their club dates THIS FRIDAY, but if your school is not yet registered to run a club, you can do that now at the link below:
Home educators! 📢
We'd love to talk to a group of you about how
#TaskmasterEducation
might be able to help meet the needs of home educated children in the UK.
Please email us at info
@taskmastereducation
.com if you'd be keen to chat to us about your experiences sometime soon 🤩
There’s a
#TaskmasterEducation
activity & task for kids to have a go at each month in the brilliant
@AquilaMag
.
In February’s Friendship issue, entrants have the chance to win a 3D-printed version of their imaginary friend!
(Advance thanks to
@Simonleighuk
&
@philjemmett
)
🚨
#TaskmasterEducationLive
ticket news! 🚨
We've just released a limited batch of hold seats for the main show in the
@warwickarts
on Saturday 16 Sept 🦆
Available here:
Tasks on campus from 11am, show in the Warwick Arts Centre at 2pm.
See you there!
Aaaand they're off! ☕️
#TaskmasterClub
is now up and running at schools across the country, but it's not too late to join in! There are 8 sessions which can be held at any time from now until Christmas. You choose when to run them 👍
Find out more:
Our exciting variety of clubs are up and running for our students! Year Four pupils took part in some whacky activities at
@TaskmasterEdu
Club. They had to work collaboratively to come up with most inventive way to launch a tea bag into a mug. ☕️
It's amazing to see so many eligible primary schools registering their interest for
#SchoolTasking
! 🤩
You can register wherever you're based in the mainland UK, but we're particularly keen for registrations in:
Keele
Derby
Kent
Cardiff
Lancaster
Wrexham
Bolton
It's GREAT fun!
#TaskmasterClubs
are still being set up across the UK:
And eligible primary schools are also registering for
#SchoolTasking
:
Unsure of the difference between them? Check out our handy table below 👇
Not too late for either! 🙌
#TeamTasking
will be great for developing teamwork and collaboration within groups and increasing a sense of community and pride in your setting. The tasks will be set at the beginning of each half term on our YouTube channel, FREE for you to join in with wherever you might be.
We've been sent some fabulous photos that just scream '
#TaskmasterEducation
&
@nationaltrust
collaboration'!
"Put on a show for the ducks" 🦆👏
Who'd like to see it?
Okay, channelling the 'find your own hand' task from s14:
Find your nature face. You have 30 seconds. If you find the real face of Little
@AlexHorne
within that time, you win a bonus point.
Your time starts NOW.
PS AMAZING JOB TODAY GANG - what a beautiful timeline we've had!
We're getting a few Qs, so we thought we'd better address them with an F & an A.
Introducing our FAQs for the
#TaskmasterEducation
&
@Place2Be
Treasure Hunt (you'll need to zoom in 🔎).
The tasks will be emailed to those on our mailing list TOMORROW! ✉️
Radio silence from
#TMEducation
HQ is because we've been working on TWO exciting things 👀
You know about the 1st -
#TaskmasterClub
is coming soon!
If you'd like to pilot one at your school after half-term, make sure you're registered at for 1st dibs...
Very excitingly, we now have 12 universities across the UK on board for the 2023-24
#SchoolTasking
rollout! 🤩
We're building a webpage with project details & eligibility - schools will be able to note an interest there & will be put in touch with their nearest provider 👍
If you're a non-UK-based teacher of children aged roughly 7-14 who would be happy to have a chat with the Taskmaster Education team about after school club provision in your home country, please could you drop us an email on info
@taskmastereducation
.com?
Thank you!
With roughly 10 weeks of school term left until Christmas, there's still time to set up a
#TaskmasterClub
(which runs across 8 after school or lunch time sessions) 🙌
You can find out more & register your school here:
Your time starts now.
Just a handful of tickets left for the 3x 'Taste of
#TaskmasterClub
' sessions at Barnes Children's Literature Festival (
@kidslitfest
) on Sat 22 June!
If you'd like to join us, you'd better follow
@AlexHorne
's advice & snap those final tickets up now! 🤩
WOW! What a response - welcome to all our new
#TaskmasterClub
schools! 👋
We're fielding a number of questions by email, so just in case it's helpful, please see some FAQs below 👇
If this doesn't answer your query, feel free to get in touch on info
@taskmastereducation
.com 👍
#TaskmasterClub
is now available for another term of fun & games at primary schools across the UK! 📢
But how & why should you get involved at your school?
The following thread should give you an idea...
Well, that was fun! 🤩
We’ll look at all your fabulous
#TaskmasterEducationLive
entries for the upload tasks tomorrow & pick some winners for all that juicy cash…sorry, no, glory…
Meanwhile, I think the entire Taskmaster Education team are currently lying down…
You’ve got to be in it to win it! Even if you don’t have a ticket to the show, your kids can still win prizes for their tasking prowess on the day by popping onto campus to have a go at our tasks! 🙌🏼
Registration link below👇🏼
#TaskmasterEducationLive
1 month to go until
#TaskmasterEducationLive
!
If local to Warwick, you can pop down on the day to have a go at our tasks from 11am.
Please don't travel from afar as this is NOT a ticket to the live show, but will be a fun couple of hours of tasking 🦆
The pilot of
#TaskmasterClub
is just a few short months away. If you want your primary school to be involved, make sure you sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear more details so you can “fill up the spaces, quickly.”
#Taskmaster
#TaskmasterEducation
What. A. Week! Thanks everyone for playing along! We've LOVED seeing what you've created 😍
If you've enjoyed it all & might fancy doing some WEEKLY tasks, be sure to register your details at where info will follow very soon about
#TaskmasterClub
... 👀
Half term is approaching, so do be sure to get your
#TaskmasterClubs
set up & ready to go for the 2nd half of the summer term! 💌
Schools can register & set up their clubs at & parents can sign children up at the same link.
Your time starts NOW ⏰
What a week for
#SchoolTasking
🤩
If you’re a primary school that meets the eligibility criteria, you can register interest here:
If you’re a university & might want to get involved, please get in touch with
@DrAliStruthers
or email address in our bio 👆🏼
We’ve teamed up with the brilliant
@KidsInventStuff
, for an incredibly inventive task in the Autumn term of
#TaskmasterClub
!
They will build one of the Club member’s inventions before it’s tested by
@AlexHorne
at the Taskmaster House.
UK schools visit