Practice in real contest conditions
On PLAY: questions from previous contests, on any screen.
Teacher Pack · included with early registration
The Teacher Pack in detail
Register your students before 17 December: The Big Challenge PLAY and the digital resources are available straight away, and in spring, gifts to decorate your classroom in the colours of the English-speaking world arrive with the prize parcel.
No extra charge: the fee per student stays the same.
- Instant access to PLAY
- Ready-to-print materials
- Gifts delivered with the prize parcel
Everything in the pack
The digital resources as soon as you register, and the physical pack to decorate your classrooms, to unpack when the prize parcel arrives.
On registration
Digital resources
Posters, games, worksheets: print them and hand them out.
Your choice of prizes
Choose from three prize bundles to reward the students taking part in the contest.
In the prize parcel
This edition’s poster
This year’s artwork, for your classroom wall.
The flag bunting
The flags of English-speaking countries, above your board.
The sticker sheet
To celebrate every step forward.
The tote bag
In The Big Challenge colours, to take to class.
On registration
Immediate access to the digital resources
As soon as you register, your students can practise on PLAY under real test conditions, and you can access the digital resources and choose their prizes.
PLAY: complete contest practice
Your students practise in class or at home, on a computer, tablet or smartphone.
- All the questions from previous contests, under real test conditions
- Live rankings that keep the whole class motivated
- Free to use, ad-free and secure
Plus stories to listen to in the media library
Ready-to-print materials
You save preparation time, and your students discover English in a different way: through games, colouring and wall displays.
You choose your students’ prize bundle
Once your registration is confirmed, you choose your students’ rewards from three bundles. Every bundle includes the certificate; you decide what comes with it.
- Bundle 1
- Certificate
- Pencil
- Poster
- Bundle 2
- Certificate
- Pencil
- Audiobook QR code card
- Bundle 3
- Certificate
- Poster
- Audiobook QR code card
Bundles for the 2027 edition
In spring
Gifts for your class in the prize parcel
They are sent to you after the test, together with your students’ rewards.
This edition’s poster
This year’s artwork, to display in your classroom.
The flag bunting
Flags from English-speaking countries, to give your classroom a festive feel.
The sticker sheet
Stickers to hand out all year round, in recognition of every student’s effort.
The tote bag
A canvas bag in The Big Challenge colours, for carrying students’ work and lesson materials.
And much more
New items are being added to the pack for this edition. The surprises will be revealed soon.
Three steps, and the pack is yours
- 1
You register your students
Online, before 17 December.
- 2
You access your resources
PLAY, the digital materials and the choice of prizes, straight away.
- 3
The prize parcel arrives
In spring: your students’ rewards and your gifts for the class.
The Teacher Pack in your classrooms
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