Children and parents turned to the BBC in record numbers for lockdown learning yesterday as three million children took BBC Bitesize Daily lessons on its first day.
Bitesize Daily delivers a tailored day of learning across BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Bitesize website and app, BBC Four and BBC Sounds, and is aimed at minimising disruption for children’s education.
It was put together in just four weeks and offers 14 weeks of curriculum-based learning for kids across the UK, with the likes of Sir David Attenborough, Prof Brian Cox, Danny Dyer and Jodie Whittaker all signing up to deliver lessons to children.
It was put together in just four weeks and offers 14 weeks of curriculum-based learning for kids across the UK.
Top lessons accessed online yesterday included Year 3 English, Year 5 English and Maths and Year 7 Maths.
The previous record for the Bitesize website was 1.3m on the first day of school closures last month (March 23).
Alice Webb, Director of BBC Children’s and Education said: “Education is one of the core pillars of the BBC so to see families across the UK engaging with the new content in such huge numbers is wonderful. We’ve had so much positive feedback from parents and teachers alike already and there’s still much more to come!”
