Russell Prue and Bob Harrison (former teacher, lecturer and college principal) reminisce about how Bett began, its evolution, the Bett Awards and how the newly-structured show is working out for 2020.

Listen back to NetSupport Radio's live broadcast from Day 4 of Bett 2020!

Radio host Russell Prue chats to James Clark from Learniture; Professor Steven Wheeler from Plymouth Marjon University together with Mark Anderson, ICT Evangelist; students from Lanchester EP and Birchwood Primary Schools; Jon Samuel from Primrose Hill Primary School; Nicole Ponsford from The Gender Equality Collective; and Ian Rockey from Westwood with Iford Primary School commenting on his students' takeover of NetSupport Radio.

NetSupport Radio was delighted to chat to Professor Stephen Heppell at Bett 2020 and hear all about the Learnometer boxes that, after five years of prototyping, are now available as a product for schools. The boxes monitor classroom environments to help schools create optimal environments for learning – and a new initiative of Bring Your Own Plant is a part of it!

Myles is a specialist SEND technology consultant who provides assessment, training and strategy advice to a wide range of settings.

He talks to NetSupport Radio about the products he’s excited about at Bett 2020, as well as his plans for the coming year that include assisting with raising the profile of disabled people in the Lebanon and a series of educational webinars with the British Assistive Technology Association.

Executive headteacher, Helen Price, and Director of Finance, Caroline Behann, from Hampton Academies Trust discuss the challenges presented by making the budget stretch to meet everyone's priorities - and how their all-through school came about.

Headteacher of Dogsthorpe Infants' School, Becky Waters, and Reception Learning and Teaching Manager, Rachel Jordan, talk about the impact that using observations and assessment solution, ReallySchool, has had in their classrooms and on their workloads.

Getting kids moving (and enjoying it) is sometimes a challenge, but is something DDMIX for Schools (Diverse Dance Mix) aims to change. Created by Dame Darcey Bussell, DDMIX is a new programme to enable teachers (even non-specialists) to deliver varied dance activities for their primary school pupils, which they will hopefully enjoy!

How effective is the technology you are looking at for your school? Dan Sandhu, CEO of Sparx Learning talks about the launch of the EdTech Evidence Group and explains how the company begins with research to ensure the right approach for its technology. 

He also talks about the joint project between Sparx and HegartyMaths to increase the impact on the teaching and learning of maths in schools across the country and abroad.

Andrew Whitehouse, SEND Consultant and supplier of bespoke training for schools through People First Education, chats to NetSupport Radio’s Russell Prue about what’s new at the show in his sector and the importance of choosing the right solutions.

In his introduction to Day 3 of Bett 2020, NetSupport’s MD, Al Kingsley, talks to Russell Prue about how the show has gone so far, how digital strategy informs technology purchases for MATs and the importance of wellbeing for everyone in a school…