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Have the latest news and chat delivered to your staffroom keeping you up to date with all the latest community stories, updates, competitions and what’s new.

The Staffroom Community

Topical resourcesThe latest topical dates and events covered with activity suggestions and more!

Help and Training• Questions answered• Help videos• How-tos• Downloadable step-by-step user guides• FAQs

Access via the of EducationCity.com!

Check it out atwww.staffroom.educationcity.com!

Help and Training

A collection of engaging questions designed to boost concentration and promote creative thinking skills in the classroom.

Each linked to curriculum objectives, designed to be used by individuals, but with a whole class option. Learn areas and worksheets linked to activities are accessible from here. Class lists are needed to save scores.

Designed for use on an interactive whiteboard, our open ended Topic Tools can be used in group situations, and allow you the flexibility to control the objective and the pace.

Based on SAT practice papers, these allow pupils to test their knowledge. Scores, corrections, National Curriculum levels and individualised revision pathways are available at the end.

Allows pupils to challenge up to 3 other pupils playing either nationwide or within your school in a real-time challenge. Your school will also have a leaderboard to record progress.

Videos are also available in the early years Themes area and Spanish.

Content

Buttons you may find in these areasLinks to the Curriculum Map to see linked objectives and summaries. Access Topic Tool activity guides and the Teacher Zone from here too.

Allows pupils and teachers to recap and explore content covered in the activity. Find it on: activity play page

Individual play mode allowing pupils to save scores and print certificates.Find it on: activity play page

Provides support material including worksheets.Find it on: activity play page

Allows the activity to be used in front of a class more easily.Find it on: activity play page

Allows pupils to access their own unique Revision Pathway.Find it on: test select page, myCity page or homework (if set up)

Filters by a chosen topic, with the option to skip between years.Find it on: activity select page

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Track pupils progress with

Ellen’s Button Guide!Our trainer Ellen has created a handy reference guide to EducationCity.com in one page!

The difference between ‘search’ and ‘research’. Explore and research the world culturally, historically and geographically through a trusted library of articles, media, lesson plans and study guides, all approved with education copyright!

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For stimulating open-ended critical thinkingQuick and easy to use, this teacher-led tool keeps children constantly challenged, focusing on higher order thinking skills. ThinkIts are a treasure trove of intriguing conundrums that will get pupils quickly thinking on their feet and answer teachers’ calls for a cross-curricular tool that’s punchy, fun and thought provoking.

“As a new year 3 teacher, I’ve really enjoyed using ThinkIts - especially the Literacy ones. It’s been a great tool to get to know my new class and how they think, as well as the vast differences in answer.” Miss Read, ICT Coordinator

Learn English, designed for use with KS2 learners of English as an additional language (EAL).

• supports teachers with materials designed for EAL teaching and learning

• builds confidence and self-esteem • fosters independence in mainstream

classrooms

The Learn English module is full of engaging, interactive activities and methods needed to develop pupils’ listening, speaking, reading and communication skills. Learn English addresses the needs of teachers and the growing demand to support EAL learners.

To find out more watch our

promo trailer!

Play Live Literacy is a word-making game in which pupils test their knowledge of spelling against others within a timed, competitive environment. Pupils are given a honeycomb grid of letters. They have 60 seconds to make as many words as they can!

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Contents

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About EducationCity.com 1The organisation 1Our mission 1Education industry recognition 1

Features and Benefits 2

Key benefits 2Designed for teachers, pupils and parents 2-3Schools subscription 3Inspire and nurture 3

Pupil Tools 4

Interactive, engaging learning 4-5Testing and revision 6Teacher features 7-8

Accessibility and E-Safety 8

We ensure accessibility and inclusion 8We take e-safety seriously 8

Contact Information 9

EducationCity.com

About EducationCity.com

Since its founding in 1999, EducationCity.com has remained faithful to its commitment to produce an unparalleled educational experience based on highly engaging content and exceptional quality. Dedicated to creating new ways of delivering curriculum content, recognised with awards and adored by children everywhere, EducationCity.com pioneers the evolution of teaching with technology in the new digital learning era. Today, EducationCity.com is trusted and used by over 15,500 schools including mainstream Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Special Schools – and regularly with children for whom English is a second language. EducationCity.com is the ‘future of curriculum content’ for teachers, parents and children across the globe.

The organisation

EducationCity.com is a leading developer and publisher of educational content with offices in Rutland, UK and Dallas, USA. We employ over 130 members of staff, comprising talented artists, programmers, producers, system designers, trainers and school support teams. A large network of global specialist educational advisors supports new and ongoing developments.

Our mission

• to delight children globally, with the opportunity of learning

• to engage and inspire children in their personal development

• to enable teachers and parents to nurture future generations

Education industry recognition

In the last 12 months EducationCity.com has been:

• Winner BETT Exporter of year award 2012

• Finalist: Primary content and Company of the year 2012 BETT awards

• Shortlisted for ICT Company of the Year 2012 BETT Awards

• Finalist: Exporter of the year and Company of the year 2012 - Education Resources Awards

• Overall winner of practical pre-school award 2011

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Features and Benefits

EducationCity.com is the leading online teaching, learning and assessment resource with over 15,500 subscribing schools accessing over 4 million activities every week. The resource offers English, Maths, Science and Learn English (English as an additional language) to pupils aged 4 to 12.

Key benefits

• Target your lesson objectives: with content that is mapped to core curriculum objectives and updated to reflect curriculum changes and latest teaching practices (including phonic schemes and video).

• Use for whole class teaching: on interactive whiteboards, perfect for lesson starters or to introduce a new topic to the class.

• Use for independent learning: with thousands of activities and tests for pupils to access in the classroom and at home.

• Track each pupil’s progress and personalise your teaching: with the SuccessTracker feature. It records every question and answer from each child and reports class and individual progress.

• Test and assess: pupils’ academic level with EducationCity.com’s tests, perfect for revision practice and proven to raise attainment levels in schools1.

• Accessible anytime, anywhere: on any device e.g. whiteboards, laptops, computer suites etc… teachers even have home-access for lesson planning.

• English language: ideal to use to embed English language development used in the context of core curriculum topics.

• Safe, secure, child friendly: details of e-safety credentials and functions.

Designed for teachers, pupils and parents

Designed with both children and teachers in mind, EducationCity.com encompasses powerful teacher features to deliver a personalised learning experience for every child.

Teachers use EducationCity.com for whole-class teaching on their interactive whiteboards to support lesson delivery and reinforce learning; with engaging Learn Screens, Topic Tools and worksheets – it’s the perfect way to get pupils excited about learning. Pupils use EducationCity.com for individual learning, allowing them to work through the activities set for them by teachers at their own pace and follow revision pathways automatically generated helping them to identify areas of strength and weakness. This can be done in conjunction with parental involvement and gives parents full visibility of levels and attainments.

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Target lesson objectives

Designed to support the latest curricula, our award-winning content is ideal for targeting classroom learning objectives. We support planning using features designed to quickly pinpoint content that matches lesson objectives saving time and effort.

Teach, learn and assess

EducationCity.com can be used on a whiteboard as a lesson starter activity, to introduce a new topic to the whole class or for independent learning to reinforce topics already covered with worksheets. Practice test papers assess pupils and result in a personalised revision pathway. Children are instantly engaged and receptive, improving the effectiveness of every lesson.

Monitor class progress

Our powerful SuccessTracker records every question and answer from each child and reports class and pupil learning progress. Quick, easy access to pupil performance information provides real insight into how teachers can develop each child. In a busy classroom, it saves valuable time and gives access to information as needed.

Inspire and nurture

We are passionate about our product offering and are proud to boast over 15,500 subscribing schools trust and use EducationCity.com as part of their everyday teaching – in testament to this, 99% of teachers ranked EducationCity.com as excellent or good in terms of content quality2.

Accessed via the internet, we can deliver learning anytime, anywhere. With our captivating and interactive educational content for Early and Primary Years we strive to transform teaching and improve children’s education. With bright, colourful, animated activities we bring learning to life; helping children master the essentials in Maths, Literacy and Science and make their first experience of Modern Foreign Languages, including English, a positive one. EducationCity.com is distinguished from other similar resources, boasting:

• Unique characters that are identifiable by pupils

• Strong branding synonymous to EducationCity.com

• Innovation through using new and modern learning techniques to communicate traditional learning methods

2 Online research survey containing 6,000 schools.

Schools subscription

EducationCity.com is a secure website, schools access using a unique school login name and password or via their Learning Platform.

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Pupil tools

Interactive, engaging learning

Activities

Activities sit at the very heart of EducationCity.com. They use positive reinforcement to teach, encourage effort and achievement with rewards. From pupils' favourite sports to dressing up, our activities are themed to ensure every child is captivated; encompassing interactivity, animation and humour and bring learning to life.

EducationCity.com encourages multi-media approaches to deliver educational content from handsonexperiments to singalongsongs;printableworksheets to interactiveactivities, animation and videos.

There is feedback at the end of each activity, listing corrections in a printable form and giving the option to print a personal certificate to reward achievement.

Letters and Sounds (Early Years)

Supports Communication, Language and Literacy early learning goal as well as the literacy strands of the revised Primary Framework for Literacy. Designed to inspire and excite and to be accessed by children independently and for whole class teaching on an interactive whiteboard.

Learn Screens and worksheets

Animated Learn Screens are great tutorials that reinforce activities and provide a sound learning base that can be used for whole class teaching or one-on-one by children working independently.

Printable worksheets take each exercise beyond the computer, each activity also has complementary Teacher Notes offering guidance on how they can be used.

Interactive research

• Challenge your pupils’ research skills in a safe environment• Explore the world culturally, historically and geographically• A trusted library of articles, media, lesson plans and study guides • Coming soon: Image Quest – a huge resource containing over 2.5 million

copyright-cleared images for educational use

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Play Live

Our powerful real-time 'Play Live' games enable pupils to pitch their mathematical and spelling knowledge against others of the same age within a timed, competitive environment. Designed to turn pupils into little maths whizzes and spelling supremos, it develops and increases pupils' speed, skill and confidence!

• Designed to help pupils hone their mental maths skills and spelling confidence.

• Ideal for testing mental arithmetic and spelling skills in the classroom and for fun in golden time.

Topic Tools

• A set of open-ended teaching tools set to the relevant academic level

• Perfect for teachers introducing new concepts on the whiteboard, as they let the teacher teach in his/her own way.

• Includes a whole array of tools to help teachers introduce everything from coins to fractions, paragraphs to plants and much, much more!

Our open ended topic tools can be used in group situations, and allow you the flexibility to control the activity objective and the pace.

ThinkIts – higher-order thinking skills

ThinkIts are a quick, easy to use resource to keep children constantly challenged, focusing on higher-order thinking skills. The content is designed for children to consider independently or in groups, and to then perhaps discuss with guidance. This content focuses on thinking skills, not prior knowledge, so it engages all children in creating, analysing or evaluating. It is made up of a range of resources including: pictures, diagrams, sound clips and animations.

Personalised learning, anywhere, anytime

Our Homework module - transports EducationCity.com beyond the classroom, improving home-school links and encouraging learning beyond the classroom, involving parents in their child’s progress.

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Testing and revision

Test and assess

Teachers can test and assess pupils’ academic level with EducationCity.com’s tests. After setting the questions, the module marks the papers and returns an English National Curriculum level. It then directs the pupil to their very own revision pathway.

The tests sit within the maths module for pupils aged 5 to 11, and science for pupils aged 9 to 11 and:

• replicate the actual tests pupils sit at the end of the year

• can be used for Assessment for Learning or revision purposes.

At the end of the test, the pupil can save his score to SuccessTracker. He will then automatically be given a personal Revision Pathway, which will focus on the gaps in his knowledge.

Peer Assessment – for pupils aged 8 to 11 Maths Tests - the peer assessor can mark test questions as correct or incorrect.

Personalised Revision Pathways

Individual Revision Pathways automatically created from test results for personalised learning and improvement, populating activities that can help improve identified areas of weakness

This is a list of activities derived from the most recent test taken and targets pupils’ weakest areas. Thereafter, each activity that has been successfully completed will be made visually evident to the pupil. This means that pupils can progress on to the next activity within their Revision Pathway ready to retake a test and raise attainment next time.

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Teacher features

Topic Filter and Search - allows teachers to select or search for a topic and then highlight activities related to it.

Change Level - Offers an efficient easy method of differentiation in class or at the planning stage to find activities under a topic heading in higher or lower year levels.

Preferences Area - Allows teachers to manipulate the way activities run to complement their own style of delivery or to suit pupils’ needs. Teachers can, for example, turn off activity sounds, introduce reinforcement pauses or set a minimum attainment level before a certificate can be printed - to act as a further incentive.

Target curriculum objectives with Curriculum MapTake the hard work out of lesson planning and target your lesson objectives easily with the Curriculum Map and Topic Filter. Thefeatures provide a direct link from lesson objectives to activities.

The Curriculum Map is updated regularly to adapt to new frameworks and curriculum updates. It’s print friendly and accessible from home to use alongside paper based planning - an excellent tool for lesson planning.

Targeted lessons, differentiated levels with myCitySub group learning using the myCity feature allows you to cherry pick and store activities that are relevant to your learning objectives - your pupils can find them quickly and easily via the welcome page - different myCity’s can be set with different pupil groups for targeted lessons, differentiated levels, testing and assessment. Provides teachers with their own area where activities can be grouped together ready for whole class use, for groups or individuals.

Allows teachers to set up their own selection of activities for their classes and store them in their own area, which they can access with just one click of the mouse.

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Accessibility and e-safety

We ensure accessibility and inclusion

Through understanding the diverse learning needs of children we have designed our product to build on children’s interests and experiences using materials that reflect social and cultural diversity; providing a positive image of race, gender and disability. With personalised learning key to our core product, teachers can create sets or sub groups of activities appropriate to each group’s learning needs, preference and ability.

Our activities support and provide gifted and talented children with the opportunity to further their learning on a personalised level by specifically targeting their level of knowledge, allowing freedom to work at their own pace without the support of a teacher.

We take e-safety seriously

As an online company we are acutely aware of the changing developments in the world of e-safety, with new threats developing on a continual basis. We are dedicated to:

• safeguarding any personal information collected online and store all collected child data on secure, dedicated servers

• help parents and children learn about safe use of the internet

In response to teacher feedback we have added a ‘Privacy’ button to PlayLive. This enables teachers to hide players' names; show or hide the school name; change which name is displayed (first or surname); have initials only displayed, or choose randomly from a list of avatars ensuring that our live features are completely safe and secure for our users.

We automatically track progression

with SuccessTracker

Being able to monitor class and individual progress can be a challenge. Our powerful Success Tracker records every question and answer from each child, and reports class and pupil learning progress.

Quick, easy access to pupil performance information provides real insight into how you can develop eachchild. In a busy classroom, it saves valuable time and gives you access to the information as you need it.

• Reports individual, set or whole class progression

• Benchmarks performance against peers

• Easily identifies areas of strength and weakness

• Options to print/export information to a spreadsheet directly from the resource

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Contact Information

Account Manager: Daniel Cresswell

Email: DanielC@educationcity.com

Telephone: 0844 225 3060

Address: EducationCity.com 8/9 Saddlers Court Oakham, Rutland LE15 7GH England

EducationCity.com is part of the Archipelago Learning family of subscription based software services