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The StoryPhones System

Posted by: SAL MCKEOWN On: April 30, 2012 our contributors
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Storyphones are so robust and versatile that you cannot imagine how schools have managed without them. Their creator Eleanor Johnson was an early years teacher atSouthStanleyInfantsSchool inCountyDurham and didn't like the fact that children were stuck in the reading  corner with a plug-in audio head set. Read More...

How to Help your Dyslexic & Dyspraxic Child

Posted by: SAL MCKEOWN On: February 17, 2012 our contributors

Jack seems to be in a world of his own. While other children run and play, he hangs back and when it is time to put things away and sit on the carpet for story time he seems to be dawdling. Yet if you get him on his own and talk to him he is very articulate, bright and funny. If you are working with a child who fits this profile it is quite likely that he has dyslexia or, dyspraxia or a combination of the two. Read More...

A visual approach to pupil data

Posted by: SAL MCKEOWN On: February 3, 2012 our contributors

The trouble with data is that there is just too much of it and sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees. Successive governments have encouraged us to gather information about every conceivable aspect of school life and to develop increasingly narrow and specific pigeonholes for children. As a result we are all overloaded with figures but cannot necessarily interrogate them to spot trends or make sense of the numbers, grades and bands. Read More...

BETT for primary schools

Posted by: SAL MCKEOWN On: January 8, 2012 our contributors

Next week sees the annual BETT show, when teachers with an interest in technology flock to London to see the latest developments in computing and software for schools. This will be the last time that it is held at Olympia. Next year it moves to ExCeL London on the Jubilee line. Read More...

Crick Software’s Clicker 6

Posted by: SAL MCKEOWN On: December 5, 2011 our contributors

December saw the official preview of Clicker 6 at Crick software’s headquarters inNorthampton.  Clicker is already used in 90% of UK primary schools which prompts two questions. Why do we need a new version of Clicker and if we’ve got one of the previous five versions, why would we bother getting a new one? Read More...

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