About us

Hey! We’re Pobble! A team of teachers, writing experts and edtech folk. We're on a mission to save teachers time and motivate every child to produce their best work.

Our story began in the classroom…

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How it all began

School leader and teacher of 16 years Simon Blower,  found himself struggling to find the right tools to teach writing. He’d spend hours planning writing lessons, searching the internet for the best resources and photocopying good examples of his pupil’s work for when he needed inspiration or a model text. Despite his hard work, his pupils weren’t motivated to write.
He began thinking of new ways to inspire his writers and experimented with imagery as a starting point for writing and then sharing the pupils' finished writing outside of the classroom.

The magic really happened when Simon shared the incredible images he used with his teaching colleagues and invited them to share their classes’ work too. It steadily grew into a small, but passionate community of teachers striving to get the best out of their young writers and a bank of children’s handwritten work... Pobble was born!
 
Over the years that followed, Simon built a team of like-minded educators whose mission was to make a difference to as many teachers and young writers around the world as possible.

What is Pobble?

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Pobble helps teachers to inspire their class to write by providing a free, ready-made writing prompt, every day of the year. Our captivating writing prompts leave no chance for boredom, each one includes an incredible image, a story starter and a variety of short burst writing activities that engage and motivate every child. 

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