Educational Software products beginning with N

Devised by specialist teachers, Nessy GamesPlayer is an exciting new games program to help with spelling and reading skills and to support schoolwork at home. The simple structure encourages independent learning to meet Key Stages of the national curriculum.

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Nessy is a complete interactive, multimedia resource which follows a structured, phonic approach supported by 1,500 printable card games, activity sheets, mnemonics and computer games, delivered in a simple and fun way.

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There are many opportunities for interaction at Neuroscience for Kids; you can choose which topics to explore, play online games, download worksheets and puzzles, ask questions, send in original material and take online tests. Some areas, where pronunciation of new and exciting words like 'gyri', 'sulci', and 'homunculus' is given, will be especially useful to pupils with dyslexia. The text can be enlarged within the browser, but there is a sufficiently clear font style in the full-width information frames.

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Newswise can be used for a variety of Literacy, PHSE and Citizenship-based activities. It offers a wealth of accessible newspaper stories for children on a range of topics relevant to them. The suggested activities for one article alone provide enough work for half a term. Each story featured has a variety of suggested related activities, both oral and paper-based, for whole-class, group, or individual learning. The activities range from selecting an appropriate alternative title to creating a vocabulary bank.

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An easy-to-use American site containing Christmas stories and pictures, Festivals celebrated throughout the world at Christmas time, Recipes, and a Mailroom (with the facility for pupils to send a postcard). The rest of the website is devoted to advertisements and selling goods, so there is the need for supervision by the teacher. If teachers wish to print text, or use any pictures, they need to be able to save bitmap images, or use copy and paste.

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This website is aimed at the very able child. It is a very comprehensive site, with activities, investigations and problems designed to stretch pupils’ intellect. Once you have discovered how easy it is to navigate around the site, you will find the multitude of activities there. With careful planning, some of the activities aimed at younger children could be adapted for use by older children.

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The Number Crew supports children's experiences with numbers to 100 and other related concepts, introducing them and reinforcing lessons taught through fun, educational activities and skill tests. The program is well designed and offers children of different abilities and interests at Key Stage 1 a wide selection of activities. Children are motivated by the animated characters, music, visual and sound effects, and teachers can keep the individual scores of a whole class.

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The Number Crew 2 supports the use of numbers and the number system, and can be used to help children count and use numbers in a practical and realistic way. The program was used successfully on a daily basis for two months, and the children were keen to work with it. The two most useful sections were fractions, where children could move sections of cake around the screen, and the number line, which was used for exercises rounding to the nearest 10.

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A collection of interactive teaching tools and activities to transform your Maths lessons. Reach your numeracy targets and improve your SATs! Ideal for whiteboards. From Foundation level to KS2+. No evaluation, just try for yourself!

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Number Plane uses amusing animation to cover many of the Numeracy objectives for Year 2 and can be configured to three ability levels. Each mathematical concept is reinforced by a clear explanation within the commentary and the correct form of notation is explained and graphically demonstrated using words and numerals. It is easy for children to navigate, enjoyable to use, and they can work independently. The inbuilt record-keeping system keeps the teacher apprised of the progress made.

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Number Train fostered confidence in using the computer and helped to encourage individuals to share evenly and to help those who found an activity difficult. The children liked the animation, sound effects, graphics, and the appealing characters in the activities, and those as young as 4 and 5 enjoyed demonstrating their ability to navigate through the program. Instant feedback to the number questions makes this is an effective tool for practising and reinforcing number skills without an adult present.

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Numbershark Version 3 provides both enthusiastic and reluctant mathematicians with the chance to improve their basic numeracy. There are 40 games to choose from and whilst engaging with the games, students are learning to add, subtract, multiply and divide in ways which add meaning and understanding to numbers. The program can be used to introduce topics on a whiteboard or as part of the daily Maths lesson for individuals and you can easily produce worksheets in your own format.

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This software supports work done during the Numeracy Hour and provides a range of short activities which cover key aspects of number and mental calculations. The product contains over 200 activities which the teacher can preselect. The program provides a useful way to consolidate and test pupils' knowledge and understanding and is well designed and user-friendly. Students’ completed work is automatically saved allowing the teacher to keep track of achievements.

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This resource covers the concepts taught in Year 4 in the Numbers and Number System and Calculations strands of the National Numeracy Strategy. It contains over 200 activities which can be used to introduce a new concept or assess a student's understanding. The students are given feedback and help and there is an excellent teacher's section where you can select specific activities, create lists for easy log-ins, customise the screen to suit your students and track students’ results.

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This program would be a useful addition to ICT in Numeracy as it is easy to set up and use. It provides 200 activities divided into nine types. These are firmly rooted in the National Numeracy Strategy and designed to engage the interest of the pupils and enable them to work independently. The quality of sound and graphics is good and there is a choice of desktop interfaces, which appeal to children. The text style is clear and easy to read. However, the record keeping claim is a little exaggerated as it merely provides the teacher with a score for each activity.

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Literacy Bank 6 is an easily manageable resource of printable and onscreen exercises on the Word and Sentence Level objectives covered within Year 6 of the National Literacy Strategy. Pupils’ attainment within each exercise is recorded and exportable, and pupils are given instant feedback on their progress. The program is not without drawbacks in terms of support for pupils who get exercises wrong, but the program is user-friendly and pupils will enjoy it.

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Analyses and charts the nutritional content of ingredients, recipes and meals, using clear and colourful graphs. Produces sensory analysis recording sheets, and collates and charts results (including spider graphs). Also produces labels for packaging, and calculates and prints shopping lists.

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This is a clear, well-informed site, which is safe for students to explore (no political elements). The content supports many relevant activities, from Primary through to post-16, and offers clear, concise and unbiased information. The layout is clear and uncomplicated, and the students liked the nice clear, bold titles.

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