Gold Award
busythings.co.uk
Publisher: Busythings Tel: 01332 364963 Web:
www.busythings.co.uk Price: £200 a year Age range: 3-6 years
Description:
Busythings.co.uk is an online subscription service delivering over 240 games, activities and teacher resources.
Score: 94.5%
What the testers said: “This product was extremely well suited to its age range and the children enjoyed using the site. It was very well animated
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EducationCity.com
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and the verbal instructions were clear and concise. A particular strong point was that the back drop continued to be interactive even while the game was loading. A very impressive product!”
Publisher:
EducationCity.com Tel: 0844 225 3060 Web:
www.educationcity.com Price: £85 starting price
Age range: Foundation to KS3 transition
Description: A BETT award-winning resource providing excellence in curriculum content to 15,500 schools. Modules include Maths, Literacy, Science, MFL and Learn English. The product delivers powerful teacher tools and engaging pupil learning.
Score: 94.3%
What the testers said: “The software is very appealing to children and covers a broad range of activities. The site is easily navigated through simple, easy to use menus
and supports a lot of activities especially oral/ mental starters.”
Spanish Bananagrams
Manufacturer: Bananagrams Tel: 020 8876 3013 Web:
www.winningmoves.co.uk/shop Price: £16.99 Age range: 7+ years
Description: Spanish Bananagrams is the popular, fast and fun anagram game that drives players bananas – in Spanish! Requiring no pencil, paper or board, Spanish Bananagrams comes in a small portable pouch and is a great way of practising new vocabulary and spellings at home, in the classroom or on the go. The letter breakdown had been adapted specifically for the Spanish language, to encourage learning and bilingual play whilst also acting as a great resource for ESL pupils.
Score: 92.5%
What the testers said: “Brilliantly original and part of an excellent range of ‘fruity’ inspired resources, the game is very portable; we particularly enjoyed playing the ‘café version’ in a restaurant. The
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game is hard wearing, value for money and very addictive! The rules are very simple and the game allows children to be creative, as regards to early learning goals, it ticks all the right boxes.”
WordWand
Supplier: Hands On Tel: 01869 366160 Web:
www.handson.co.uk Price: £39.99 + VAT Age range: 3-11 years and SEN
Description: Record, listen and read with WordWand, the fun new way to learn words or words in a foreign language, and winner of Educational Toy of the Year Australia. Using provided sets of fruits, everyday objects and more, our uniquely designed recordable device is adjustable to the ability of the child – a classroom essential.
Score: 92.1%
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What the testers said: “This is an amazing resource and the benefits were immediately apparent. It can be used with children with SEN and EAL. An enjoyable learning tool and the variety of topics kept children’s interest. Great for listening, turn taking, communication. A good resource for measuring progress and linking to themes/topics. This is a product which can be used for younger and older children, and at an excellent price. Every childcare setting and school should have.”
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