MathMania 3 (ages 11-14)

Maths & Numeracy
Packshot
In a variety of exciting maze-worlds, pupils practise and develop their Maths skills by answering revision questions on Numbers, Time, Angles, Measurement, Shape & Space and ‘Lucky Dip’.

With enough points to exit a maze, they can tackle one of eight puzzles: Coins, Towers of Hanoi, Sliding Blocks, Magic Squares, Fill It, Eureka, Weight and Bao.

Maths targets are accommodated via four levels of difficulty, and there is easy control over points required to exit mazes, the puzzle availability, time limits and whether pupils should ‘play’ ... Arrow Read full description of MathMania 3 (ages 11-14)

* Consolidate key skills * Competitive play
Available from £17.00


MathsBook PLUS [Four Rules]

Maths & Numeracy
Packshot

Strengthen skills in the Four Rules of Number while keeping track of work done.



"Children who found the concepts ... difficult and those for whom the formation of numbers presents a problem, worked well on Maths Book PLUS as they didn't have to think about the writing of numbers." - TEEM (full review below)


Young mathematicians need to spend a great deal of time rehearsing written methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but it’s not always easy to monitor their work or techniques. Maths Book P... Arrow Read full description of MathsBook PLUS [Four Rules]

* Whole-class demonstration * Tracks progress
Available from £17.00


Money Talks!

Maths & Numeracy
Packshot

Build confidence in handling and recording money in simulated real-life situations.


"Money Talks! was used in my Numeracy Hour for 40 minutes at a time, over four days. Children of different abilities had the chance to use the software and it matched the learning objective, which was to solve real life problems involving number. The children had the chance to try out all four activities on the CD and then printed out their answer sheets. They were highly motivated by the sheets with ticks showing where they had been successful." - ... Arrow Read full description of Money Talks!

* Whole-class interaction * Ideal assessment tool
Available from £17.00


MusicBox 2

Music
Packshot
"MusicBox 2 is a fun, relevant resource. The publishers clearly understand how ICT can be used to provide ... for young musicians to explore certain aspects of music that might be difficult without technical skills on traditional instruments." TEEM (full evaluation below)

Most children have a natural enthusiasm for music, but many find it hard to play a real instrument. Award-winning MusicBox 2 was designed to let them explore and make music on a classroom computer without knowing anything about notation. It's just like painting on the sc... Arrow Read full description of MusicBox 2

* Compose, record and play * Develop musical ideas
Available from £17.00


Scally's World of Problems

Problem Solving
Packshot

Co-operative and stimulating tasks that encourage pupils to think creatively


"In terms of quality, Scallys World of Problems is lovely to use, will appeal to children of all ages and has been imaginatively thought out. The supporting documentation is key to the whole program and has been written with its audience in mind in that it assumes a certain amount of computer knowledge without using too much jargon." - TEEM (Read full review below)

With 25 levels of difficulty in each of the eight planetary environments, Scallys W... Arrow Read full description of Scally's World of Problems

* Solve problems * Predict outcomes * Design games
Available from £17.00


Screen Turtle 2

Maths & Numeracy
Packshot

A proven and friendly post-Bigtrak, 'turtling' and Logo environment for today's classrooms


Many 'Logo' and turtle-graphics packs can be a bit of a mystery, so we designed ScreenTurtle 2 to address this. The program is quick to learn, yet still offers all the features needed in busy primary and secondary classrooms.

Young 'programmers' are not expected to learn a whole new language, because ordinary English words or abbreviations are used, e.g. FORWARD, FD and AHEAD all do the same. They can UNDO commands, PAINT with the mouse, get H... Arrow Read full description of Screen Turtle 2

* Quick to learn * Start programming
Available from £12.75


Sellardore Tales

English & Literacy
Packshot

"This is a new version of an old favourite. The simple text and colourful graphics, the fantasy adventure narrative and the computer game feel are all well suited to the target audience." TEEM (See the complete review below.)


Sellardore Tales is a Literacy-based action adventure which pupils complete by giving a series of instructions e.g. GO NORTH and TAKE LAMP. In the strange and magical land of Sellardore they must think their way through to the exciting conclusion where they unblock the Black River, rescuing the inhabitants of Se... Arrow Read full description of Sellardore Tales

* Spoken text for weak readers * No more reluctant readers!
Available from £17.00


Stig of the Dump

English & Literacy
Packshot

"Whether you use Stig of the Dump as a huge comprehension exercise, a tool to encourage reading for meaning, the focus for integrated project work, or all three, this is one program which will encourage children to use skills the Curriculum does not encourage enough of: creative, lateral thinking." - EC&T (Educational Computing & Technology)


Clive King wrote Stig of the Dump way back, but it is still a popular novel in schools. This pack brings the story to life. Learners take the part of Barney in a "virtual environment" that contai... Arrow Read full description of Stig of the Dump

* Reading for information * Small-group work
Available from £17.00


Talking Clocks PLUS

Maths & Numeracy
Packshot

"This is an excellent piece of software. Visually it is superb, it is easy to use and configure, and most importantly, it has been specifically designed to dovetail with the National Numeracy Strategy. A success story in helping pupils tell the time on analogue and/or digital clocks." - TEEM (See the full review below)


Bright and friendly animated talking clocks interact with learners, showing them how the hands of a clock move and how digital numerals change.

Four different activities teach the concepts and words involved in tellin... Arrow Read full description of Talking Clocks PLUS

* Activities by Year/Term * Whole-class demonstration * Animated, talking, digital or analogue 12 or 24 hour clocks
Available from £17.00


textThing MFL

MFL
Packshot
textThing MFL creates TEN letter, word, sentence and comprehension-level exercises from any text to encourage pupils to read and THINK. Tasks can be completed on-screen or printed out, e.g. for Homework. If stuck and the relevant speech engine is installed (see below) they can listen to the text they’re working on.

1. Punctuation and capital letters
2. Spelling
3. Cloze
4. Crosswords
5. Word Searches
6. Scrambled words
7. Prediction
8. Sequencing
9. Disclosure
10. Reading Accuracy


Easy-to-use Opt... Arrow Read full description of textThing MFL

* Write or import text * Use across Curriculum
Available from £17.00


textThing PLUS

English & Literacy
Packshot
"Many teachers are looking for Literacy ... activities that are challenging to all abilities, and textThing PLUS achieves this... Although it comes with many ready to use texts and activities for all age groups, it is essentially a content free program, allowing teachers to use their own... Virtually any text can be copied and pasted into the program very easily and then ... up to 9 different literacy activities can be created" - Victoria Crivelli, BDA (See full review in Reviews and Quotes below)

textThing PLUS build... Arrow Read full description of textThing PLUS

* Write or import text * Use across Curriculum
Available from £17.00


WordMania 3 (ages 11-14)

English & Literacy
Packshot
"'WordMania is a really useful program that will undoubtedly appeal to children and teachers alike. The competitive interest ... is attractive and the gameplay addictive - effective revision for what can be a rather dry curriculum area." - TEEM

WordMania 3 (ages 11-14) encourages pupils to practise Language skills while navigating mazes alone or in competition with friends on a school network or even via the Internet.

They win points by answering revision questions on Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar and Comprehension, Voca... Arrow Read full description of WordMania 3 (ages 11-14)

* Revise English and Literacy * Competitive play * Design your own mazes and write your own questions
Available from £17.00


Words & Music

Music
Packshot

Music writing software


"This product is quite simply fantastic. Full of ready to use activities and lessons it has got be the best educational software I have ever purchased." - Amazon Customer Review (more in 'Reviews and Quotes' below)

Most music software is, like sheet music, black and white, and you have to manipulate 'fiddly' traditional notation or sequence someone else's clips. And if you prefer to start with or add lyrics, you can't.

Now you can. Although you can work with notation if you wish, Words and M... Arrow Read full description of Words & Music

* Traditional notation and unique 'paper' interface * One, two or three-track compositions * Start with music then add lyrics, or do it the other way round!
Available from £17.00


Home
tel: 0845 375 4475
sales@r-e-m.co.uk
Wednesday 22nd May, 2013
* * * * *