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Blogs Back Online
As a precautionary measure, the Glow Blogs platform was temporarily taken offline. This decision was made to allow our technical team to apply urgent security updates to protect the platform. These updates address recently discovered vulnerabilities in PHP - the foundational programming language that acts as the "engine" behind the scenes to make our WordPress websites run. You may have seen news coverage regarding this software issue, as many other service providers globally have taken the exact same preventative steps to secure their systems. We rolled out the necessary updates and conducted thorough testing. All services are back online and ...Goat
Can you answer the quiz on the GOAT - Goat Tears Diss Track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZPEcOrPB2U What happens in the room when Lydia plays the diss track on the big screen for everyone to see? Mane calls himself the "main attraction" in his video. How does the video make him look big and important? Listen to the beat of the song. Does the music sound fast, angry, or exciting to you? How does the song change when Mane starts talking about their next game on the court? Warwick gets excited and shouts "let's go!", but other characters say "please don't". Why do ...Building Advanced H5P Learning Experiences webinar
A recording of a webinar for teachers interested in building more complex learning. https://vimeo.com/1236493091 The video explores content containers such as game maps and branching scenarios designed to encourage interactive, gamified education. The First Game map example is aimed at 9 year old pupils and the second for adult learners. It provides a good workflow for creating content. The video does not show the editor in WordPress but the standalone editor uses has the same interface. There are some great tips for designing and planning content. The H5P Group provides a whole series of videos on their vimeo channel. Glow ...Continue reading Building Advanced H5P Learning Experiences webinar
Room 16 – 9.10.26
Room 16 got up to plenty of fun things on the week before we went off on our October break. Some of our learners let us know what they enjoyed most! "I enjoyed finishing our pumpkin art, it looks really pretty on the wall. I also had fun doing time in math!" - Jessica "I really liked PE because it's fun and keeps you healthy. We were doing fitness stations. I’ve been doing really good with my time in maths and can tell quarter past and quarter to." - Lewis S Leo - "We have been learning time, o'clock, half ...Latest updatesOur digital strategy planning page
Further information on the rationale for planning with this tool can be found on this page: Use Use this link for further information on how to plan a digital strategyGlow Blogs Update October 2026
There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, dealing with some issues, updating themes and plugins. Fixes The Tiled Gallery Block is again available on Classic-themed sites. See the Tiled Gallery information on our blocks information site. Problems with the appearance of widgets in the editor have been fixed. A problem where raw HTML was displayed on some posts listed on Local Authority home pages has been fixed. Jetpack blocks which are not suitable for Glow Blogs have been removed. These would have required linking with a WordPress.com account, involving payments and or external data storage. Jetpack Custom Content ...Latest News
Glow Blogs Update October 2026
There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, dealing with some issues, updating themes and plugins.Advice – Changing Privacy Levels
There can be a problem with changing privacy levels on a site with a lot of media (photos, video, audio etc.). We are planning a change to Glow Blogs to prevent this. In the meantime we have some advice around changing site privacy. The problem only affects sites with a lot of media. When you […]H5P Interactive Video Problems with YouTube Videos
There are two problem with some H5P interactive videos. Both are the result of changes in YouTube behaviour. This post provides a fix to one and a workaround to the other.Glow Blogs Update 27 Aug 2026
There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, making some changes, dealing with some issues and updating themes and plugins.Glow Blogs Start of Session FAQ 2026
A few quick tips and some information that might help at the start of this new session.
