Daily Archives: January 29, 2009

SLG primary product – email

A number of people have asked how children can email their teacher through the primary SLG product, as you will have noticed that currently the teacher does not appear on the drop down list. This, by the way, will change … Continue reading

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Text messaging to parents

An increasing number of schools are using text messaging systems to communicate with their parents. It enables schools to send messages to the parents of all children in a school (e.g. school closed because of snow) or to a single … Continue reading

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Graphics software

At our graphics course yesterday, I realised that it would be worth reminding primary schools of some software that is available to help them deliver work on images in the curriculum (and which would also be useful for teachers in … Continue reading

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Smart Notebook ITP collection

John Rowe of St Mary’s Albrighton has drawn our attention to the interactive Smart Notebook ITP collection at www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/math/index.php?category_id=388. This is an excellent resource found by his school Maths Specialist Margaret Chapman (they are part of the maths specialist pathfinder). What … Continue reading

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Storyphones

A number of schools have asked us about alternatives to CD or tape listening stations. Storyphones (www.storyphones.co.uk) fulfil this requirement –a set of 6 robust wireless headphones which play mp3 files independently or all together. You can access stories in … Continue reading

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Early Years software for role play

www.earlyvision.co.uk  make early years software which provides high quality video stimulus for role play, including subjects as diverse as a Chinese take away or a garage. The videos are shot from a number ofperspectives, so children get to see aspects of … Continue reading

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