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:

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Tickets are free but transport is not covered.

Poster for School Tasking Champion of Champions with Alex Horne standing beside a child dressed as a chicken. Free entry for year 5 or 6 classes with higher than average % of free school meals. Email schooltasking@warwick.ac.uk for tickets.

Schools local to Warwick Arts Centre! 📣

Fancy joining us for the joyful chaos that is the #SchoolTasking Champion of Champions on Wed 17 June 2026 at 1pm? 🏆

Booking is now open here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/DFq0yskz1L

Tickets are free but schools will have to arrange their own transport 🎟️

Child with smiley face sticker over her face next to Alex Horne in a bookshop.

Took littlest to the gorgeous children’s bookshop, How Brave is The Wren, in King’s Heath this afternoon to see one of her favourite people, @alexhorne.bsky.social, & collect 50 copies of the @thehornesection.bsky.social’s super Make Some Noise 🎼🎶

#SchoolTasking prizes for 25-26 sorted!

A chicken and Alex Horne look at the camera. A School Tasking participant looks at the chicken.

Whilst looking for a specific photo, we stumbled upon this absolute gem from the #SchoolTasking Champion of Champions.

A bucket of different sizes and colours of rubber ducks.

Crocheted Little Alex Horne in the Warwick Arts Centre.

Little Alex Horne reading out a task.

Three Year 5s wearing red School Tasking t-shirts, photographed from the back.

We've been super quiet over the summer with the whole team having a well-earned rest, but #SchoolTasking action is ramping up once again for the start of the 2025-26 season!

Are you a university keen to find out more? Now is the time to reach out for an initial chat. It's LOTS of fun, we promise.

I didn't realise you were behind this! #SchoolTasking is incredible work, and showcases the best of what can be achieved at institutions like Warwick. 👏🏻

And here are a few more of them - a small proportion of the fabulous OG #SchoolTasking cohort that took a punt on the project 3 years ago 🎓

So, so charming. Thanks for sharing the links (and, of course, for #SchoolTasking!)

Little painted clay model of the Taskmaster House (front and patio door).

Little painted clay model of the Taskmaster House.

Little painted clay model of the Taskmaster House (patio doors entrance)

It's been a bit of a whirlwind starting #SchoolTasking 4 years ago & then ending up seconded to Avalon for 2 days of my working week co-running #TaskmasterEducation.

I stumbled across Maisie Parkes on Instagram & loved the little clay houses she made, so decided to commission a little memento 🤍

Alex Horne Honorary Doctorate Speech YouTube video by Taskmaster Education

It's graduation season & the per'ect time to revisit the 'unniest hon grad speech o' them all 🎓

#SchoolTasking

A group of 5 students stands in front of a Warwick Celebrates frame with graduation attire on.

Only managed to round up a few of them but I'm so pleased to be celebrating this graduating cohort today 🎓

These are the OG #SchoolTasking students: the ones who took a punt on my hare-brained scheme back in 2022 & have been the most brilliant team ever.

So proud of what they've achieved 👏

And if you're not so minded to read an academic paper (let's be honest, they're not widely regarded as light reading), then Ali & Alex wrote this snappier version last year about why #SchoolTasking runs in the way that it does for @timeshighered.bsky.social, so you could always read that instead 😉

School tasking in UK primary schools: widening access through early intervention and gameful design School Tasking is a successful, university-led primary school outreach programme in law based on the format of the hit television show, Taskmaster. It borrows the fun, interactivity, and gentle com...

If you're wondering why we run #SchoolTasking in the way that we do (big if) then please do have a read of this article, where we talk about the importance of:

- Early intervention for university outreach work;

- How gamification can make this work genuinely engaging for younger learners.

Sorry everyone, this is going to be a bit of a pleading post but #SchoolTasking needs you! | Ali Struthers Sorry everyone, this is going to be a bit of a pleading post but #SchoolTasking needs you! 🙏 The project is growing at a rate of knots, with more universities than ever participating in 2025-26 (35 i...

Who, me? No, I definitely wasn't whinging about LinkedIn on here the other day & then flagrantly using the platform to try & rally support for #SchoolTasking...

Shhhhh.

If anyone on here would be keen to find out more about different ways to support the project, please do reach out for a chat 👋

School Tasking Champion of Champions 2025 🏆 YouTube video by Taskmaster Education

It's here! Our amazing #SchoolTasking Champion of Champions video from Lightyear Films 🤩

Please watch & enjoy our wonderful, chaotic day celebrating these brilliant kids taking centre stage alongside @alexhorne.bsky.social 👏

Also, the end quote from Da Nuggets is just 👌 😂

youtu.be/rDy0kNIXKOg

And well done to Martha who was a sterling representative for the student team at today's awards 👏

Will be sad to see my OG #SchoolTasking cohort graduate next week, but also looking forward to celebrating with them 🎓

What a team!

And, actually, finding your tribe anywhere is pretty amazing.

This gang ♥️

#SchoolTasking

Alex Horne stands to the right of the photograph holding a handmade trophy with a barrister's wig and the scales of justice. The School Tasking logo is to the left.

A few new universities have expressed interest in joining #SchoolTasking for 2025-26.

If your institution isn't yet involved, but you'd like to find out more, do come along to an introductory call happening tomorrow at 2pm.

Please DM or email schooltasking@warwick.ac.uk to get the link ✉️

Crocheted Alex Horne in front of an audience.

Eagle-eyed amongst you might have spotted the #SchoolTasking mascot, crocheted Little Alex Horne, in tonight's episode 🤩

Made by the brilliant Triin Lane (Crafty Estonean) 🤍

The world is an absolute bin fire but in our little corner of legal outreach with primary children, we're spreading joy & showcasing just how brilliant young people are.

If you work in a Law School that doesn't yet do #SchoolTasking but you think should, please reach out to me for an initial chat.

Following the staff Away Day on Tuesday, that's officially a wrap on #SchoolTasking 2024-25 🎉

And we've already started planning for 2025-26!

40 universities taking part (our biggest year yet) & Champion of Champions date locked in 🏆

Want your university to be involved? Get in touch ✉️

A group of Warwick students sitting around a throne with Alex Horne on it and Ali and Jo to the left and right of Alex, respectively.

I simply couldn't be prouder of my 28-strong #SchoolTasking student team 🤩

Fresh off the back of their impressive Law Works Award, they've only gone and won the Warwick Institute of Engagement's Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement in the Student Social Mobility Champion category! 🏆

The winning team cheering in orange t-shirts, holding up a trophy with Alex cheering alongside.

Warwick Arts Centre venue with giant duck and Alex and Ali on stage.

Alex kneels next to a child with a chicken head and a child stands behind.

Children with load of items loaded on them, such as watermelon rubber rings, stand next to Alex Horne.

WHAT A DAY! 🎉

Congratulations to Da Nuggets from Pirniehall Primary in Edinburgh - our #SchoolTasking Champions 2025! 🏆

The kids today were all absolutely brilliant!

And a huge thank you, once again, to the always wonderful @alexhorne.bsky.social for making the day so special for our kids 🤩

A watermelon with googly eyes and a sad face beside a potato with googly eyes, but not a sad face.

Champion of Champions preparation is going very well.

#SchoolTasking

Getting all the important work done today #Schooltasking #Taskmaster

The lucky winners of the #SchoolTasking raffle, Kirsten & Suyi, visited the #Taskmaster House yesterday & had a fabulous time enjoying a tour & having a cuppa with @alexhorne.bsky.social 🫖

Thank you all again for supporting the raffle, which made such a huge difference to the project this year 🎉

In this podcast, we give a shout out to creators, including Triin's amazing crocheting (Crafty Estonean) 🧶

She does do commissions but might cry if you ask her to make another Alex because she's made so many for #SchoolTasking 😂

Greg & Alex patterns for sale here: www.ravelry.com/stores/craft...

One week to go until the Champion of Champions & just want to give a huge shout out to this gang.

Everyone is working SO hard to make sure the kids have a really special day 🏆

#SchoolTasking works because of the passionate people driving it & I'm so lucky to have this absolutely amazing team 🤩

Lovely news story from Edinburgh Law School about the #SchoolTasking Scottish Final 👇