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In
association with The Northern Grid
The Northern Grid for Learning is the Regional Broadband Consortium
(RBC) for the North East. It is built on a partnership between the
seven Local Authorities of: Darlington; Hartlepool; Middlesbrough;
North Tyneside; Redcar and Cleveland; South Tyneside; Stockton on
Tees.
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Northern
Grid has incorporated an online learning section for Skills
For Success. Utilising the latest web security Northern Grind
can offer you the reassurance that you child can learn online
in a safe environment. |
To visit The Northern Grid website please click here - www.northerngrid.co.uk |
Engaging
Activities
Skills For Success has been designed to be fun and engaging for every
child regardless of ability. Not only does it encourage learning across
the key subjects but it has also been proven to increase comprehension
as the only way to score is to read and answer questions correctly.
The questions are not timed out, permitting children to read through
the questions and answers carefully, or even discussing them with
friends or sourcing answers elsewhere, before attempting to score.
Questions can be answered in as much time as is needed, reducing the
chance of an incorrect answer being chosen due to a child feeling
unnecessarily pressured. The overall feel is one of a game that gives
confidence and encourages concentration, but is also extremely fun
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Many
teachers were looking for software that didn’t have the typical
“educational software” program feel and wanted a unique
and more involving theme. So, with this in mind, when you turn on
Skills for Success you start at the entrance to the football stadium,
enter the changing rooms and design your own kit, giving boys and
girls the feeling of being involved immediately.
The game is structured in such a way that it gives children a feeling
of excitement, involvement and wanting to answer more questions as
they progress through the game. To reiterate, the games develop on
a progressive level with the main threads running throughout the software
being INVOLVEMENT, ENCOURAGEMENT and EXCITEMENT. |
Learn
and Reward
As a child answers more questions correctly, bonus games are unlocked
both in the Manager’s Office and the Changing Room. ‘Keepy
Uppy’, a fun and exciting reward which also tests the
child’s hand-to-eye coordination skills, by keeping a football
bouncing in the air with the mouse. ‘Pairs’
is a memory game with cards placed face down on the table, testing
the child’s ability to memorise pictures and positions. ‘Darts’
is a fun mental maths game, ‘Wordsearch’ covers
spelling and ‘Brick Ball’ covers angles
and co-ordination: all of these are highly educational, but offer
strong rewards and, also freely available in the Manager’s Office,
is a selection of printable colouring pictures. These were added as
a great way for teachers in classrooms (or other public areas where
the software might be used) to provide “offline” entertainment
and interest for children waiting to use the software. |
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take
a closer look
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the right answer. |
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| Certificate
to show your achievements. |
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| Learn
and reward feature, extra games can be unlocked. |
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a game. |
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"I thought Skills for Success
was really good, I like football
and it made me want to
keep playing the games"
South Stanley Juniors
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here to view the reviews
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Fully
3D game environment.
