Recommended Apps

Book Creator

General purpose, suitable for ages 5 - adult

We use Book Creator for

posters
science lessons for taking photographs and describing
creating comic books
recording sound
mindmaps

…and of course….making books!

Available for iPads and online.

Purple Mash

General purpose - suitable for ages 5 - adult

Purple Mash contains a huge range of useful tools. Some of the highlights include:

2Type typing tutor
large range of writing templats
painting applications
2Code programming environment
2Create a story - storytelling app
Table Toons - multiplication tables quizzes

Purple Mash is available from home or school from:

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/furze-mk18

Your child should have a login in his or her planner.

RM Easimaths - suitable for ages 5 to adult

Online mathematics learning system. Your child may have been given an account from school. RM Easimaths can be used from a PC or from a tablet with the app installed.

https://www.rmeasimaths.com/

Bug Club

Your child will be provided with a Bug Club login if appropriate.

From Pearson:

Bug Club is the only whole-school reading programme that brilliantly combines an online reading world with fantastic print books, and assessment tools.

Clicker Connect - iPad app

From Crick Software:

Enable young learners and struggling writers to take their first steps to independent writing. A perfect 'next step' for Clicker Sentences users, Clicker Connect provides students with clusters of words, phrases, and/or pictures to help them build coherent text.

Further information

Mr Adams' Blog

http://planetpda.co.uk/

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