Design tool. Most classroom uses sit in CR (creative replace) when students design revision posters, infographics and presentations.

Creative Amplify (CA)

Mixed-media digital collage with embedded media

Year 8 · 80 min · 1 device per student

Each student creates a digital collage on a chosen theme (e.g. memory, identity, place) combining at least three found images, two student-drawn elements and one piece of embedded text or audio. Submitted individually.

Tools: Procreate, Canva

Photographic essay with annotations and music

Year 9 · 100 min · 1 device per student

Each student takes 8-10 photographs on a single chosen theme around their school or home environment. They sequence the photographs into a digital photo essay with embedded captions and a chosen music bed. Submitted as a digital artefact.

Tools: Adobe Express, Canva

Creative Replace (CR)

Digital photo collage on a theme

Year 5 · 40 min · 1 device per child

Each child takes 6-8 photographs around their home or school on a chosen theme (colours, textures, faces, light). They arrange the photos into a digital collage with title and submit.

Tools: Canva, Adobe Express

Product brand logo design

Year 11 · 80 min · 1 device per student

Each student designs a logo for a fictional product brand they have specified (e.g. a sustainable trainer brand, a health-tech wearable). The logo must work in three sizes, three colour treatments and on a black-and-white print. They submit a single sheet showing all variations.

Tools: Canva, Adobe Express

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.