Online cross-curricular primary resource for students aged 3-12 years
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EducationCity
Here at EducationCity, we’re passionate about providing engaging, educational content which helps students aged 3 –12 years learn, and time-saving tools that support teachers in the classroom and at home.
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EducationCity offers a flexible solution for your teaching needs wherever you are, allowing you to plan in advance, set work for your students and assess their progress.
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EducationCity’s award-winning content is loved by teachers and students across the world. Here are a few top picks:
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Learning Phonics We use the phonics area a lot, in daily phonics sessions as a whole class, and also as catch-up material in small groups with a teaching assistant or as individual practice work. The range of phonics work available means that all of the children look like they are doing the same level of work, thus giving my lower ability children more confidence in what they are doing - nobody likes to feel that they aren’t as clever as the others.”
- Miss Cook, Year 2 Teacher, Greyfriars Primary School, Norfolk
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Fantastic Fun! PlayLive is an area that is fantastic fun for the children. They love competing against children from other schools and I love the fact that they don’t even realise they are learning whilst playing!”
- Dan Chambers, ICT Coordinator, Brierley Forest Primary School, Nottingham
Search for “PlayLive”
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Using Diagrams My students love the Great Escape Activity in the Science module. They use it in class to sort animals into groups using a Venn diagram. They love being able to sort the animals, and it supports them in their learning of science while developing their skills in maths!
- Mr Phillips, Teacher, Moorlands Junior School, Sale
Times Table Songs The Maths module is fantastic, giving me the tools to support the teaching of an Upper Key Stage 2 class. Possibly my favourite (and the children’s!) part are the Times Tables songs which help to support the learning of multiplication facts – they sing them if they forget a fact!
Search for “Times Table Song”
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- Mrs Redshaw, ICT Coordinator, Brooke Hill Primary School, Oakham
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Take a look at the Top Picks yourself ! Simply type the keywords into the search feature and en oy!
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STUDENT PICKS! Let’s see what a few students think of EducationCity:
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My favourite things are the Learn Screens. If you watch them first before your games they can help you understand what it is about.”
- Elin, Year 5, Park Road Sale Primary School, Manchester
Click on “Learn Screens” in a subject
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I love EducationCity because it is fun and they help us with learning. And my favourite game is ‘Visiting Vet’. Thank you for making EducationCity.”
- Emily, Year 3, Greyf riars Primary School, Norf olk
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I like Maths and I like ‘Football Mad’ because I like football and numbers.”
- Finley, Year 2, Brownlow Primary School, Melton Mowbray
Search for “Football Mad” Search for “Learn Screens”
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It’s so difficult to choose just one area of EducationCity, but I do love using Learn Screens then setting the corresponding Activities; this is great for both pre-learning and reinforcing lessons.”
ICT Coordinator, Hothfield Junior School, Bradford
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- Mrs Fairburn
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Teaching Reinforcement
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We have over 7,000 pieces of educational content which are mapped across different curricula, including the National Curriculum and Curriculum for Excellence. Our content is also suitable for international schools.
EducationCity in a Snapshot!
Topic Tools
Learn Screens
Explore Concepts as a Class
Introduce or Reinforce a New Concept
Topic Tools give you flexibility and are ideal for introducing a topic on a whiteboard for use in a small group or whole class setting. Perfect for differentiated teaching.
Learn Screens help students to gain a thorough understanding of a topic. Great as part of a lesson starter or for independent use.
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Tests Identify Strengths and Weaknesses Assess student progress in Mathematics and Science. Go to page 21 to find out more about Tests!
You can also print out Activity Sheets, Lesson Ideas and Teacher Notes to take each exercise beyond the computer to the classroom.
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ThinkIts
Educational Content
Inspire Creative Ways of Thinking
Bright and colourful, our large bank of Activities inspires learning with fun animations. Activities can be used for group work or for individual learning where progress is automatically tracked.
To encourage critical thinking in the classroom, we have a wide range of ThinkIts which are cross-curricular and teacher-led. ThinkIts challenge students and elicit their higher-order thinking skills.
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Student Tools Encourage Individual Learning Student Tools cover areas of the curriculum where freedom of expression is integral to the learning goal. They are open-ended, and designed to let students create and explore at their own pace. Code Crunch - our programming tool
PlayLive English
PlayLive Maths
PlayLive Interactive and Competitive Games
PlayLive Spanish
PlayLive games allow students to pitch their mathematical, spelling, French and now Spanish knowledge against others of the same age within a timed, competitive environment. PlayLive Maths • An online mental arithmetic game PlayLive English • Tests students’ spelling and word-forming skills
PlayLive French and Spanish • Practise French or Spanish knowledge across a range of multimedia questions • Helps students to grasp French or Spanish language and gain a rich understanding of the culture
- Mr Chambers
ITC Coordinator, Brierley Forest Primary School, Nottingham
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I regularly use the MyCity planning tool to set differentiated lessons. This works really well for teaching assistants working with small groups and SEN children. It saves me significant time and is excellent for tracking progress and above all has helped to improve learning outcomes.�
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Improving Learning Outcomes
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EducationCity offers flexibility for different teaching styles, enabling you to adapt to the individual needs of your students and save you valuable time when planning lessons.
Easily Target Lesson Objectives TEACH
Find content that links to your curriculum, by using the Curriculum Map or searching for keywords.
Plan in Advance Organise your lessons at a time and place that suits you.
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Lesson Ideas Ready-made lesson plans to support more traditional classroom-based activities.
Group Work Get your class gathered around the whiteboard and learn as a group.
Differentiated Teaching Focus on the strengths and weaknesses of each of your students.
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Planning with MyCity We have a great feature called MyCity which allows you to plan lessons in advance and initiate targeted learning.
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GROUP
Quickly find and group content for a lesson or homework.
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ORDER
Choose the order students complete content.
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Simply assign work to individual students, groups or classes.
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TRACK
Easily track which students have completed work.
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Independent Learning
- Miss Cook
Year 2 Teacher, Greyfriars Primary School, Norfolk
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I use EducationCity to differentiate work individually or by group. My students can then do the work they’ve been set at their own pace which means they can take ownership of developing their learning and understanding themselves.”
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Our vibrant content can help with learning by encouraging students to engage with a concept in a different way.
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Personalise Learning Learn Screens and Activities can be used for independent learning or topic reinforcement to suit students’ individual needs. See MyRevision on page 21 for more personalised learning!
MySuccess Students are able to track their own progress. MySuccess displays both their last attempt and best scores encouraging students to try and achieve to the best of their ability.
Take Learning Home You can set homework for after school and also during the school holidays to help prevent learning loss. Having access to EducationCity at home is a great way for parents to engage with their child’s learning too!*
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Supporting & Developing Areas of Weakness One of our Year 3 students is making good progress in English. However, numbers don’t come naturally to her. EducationCity has encouraged Megan to become more motivated with Mathematics. The activities are fun and engaging and allow her to improve her scores. It has boosted her self-esteem with Numeracy.
*Home access is available at an additional cost.
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- Mrs Mavi, Deputy Headteacher and SENCO/ICT Co-ordinator, St Giles C of E Primary School
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Track Student Progress I can follow my students’ progress at a glance by using a tracking tool called SuccessTracker. It also allows me to delve further into students’ answers meaning I can address misconceptions either by tweaking the order of activities the students are accessing, or by direct teaching intervention.” - Mr Nottingham
Computing Coordinator, Springwell Park Primary School, Liverpool
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Your students’ Activity and Test scores are automatically recorded, and can then be exported and used for reporting requirements.
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Track & Monitor Progress Our tracking tool, SuccessTracker, allows you to track students’, groups’ or whole class progress meaning you can identify strengths and weaknesses quickly and easily.
Tests Tests are great for assessing your students’ performance and to practise test techniques. You can monitor students’ results from each Test that is recorded. Tests are available in Mathematics and Science. Helps you to easily identify weaker areas!
MyRevision After taking a Test, a personalised MyRevision Journal is generated for students to help them revise and improve. A range of Activities and Learn Screens are gathered together based on their previous Test scores so students can focus on areas for improvement.
Great for SATs and other test practice!
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“Grammar Island” in our Learn Screens
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WHY NOT SEARCH FOR...
“Body Systems” in our Topic Tools
“On the Cards” in our Activities
Want to Explore More? Whether you already have EducationCity, or want to give it a go in your classroom, here are some handy suggestions... Introduce a topic to your students with a Learn Screen Create personalised learning pathways with MyCity
Engage your students with interactive Activities
Explore a concept on the whiteboard with a Topic Tool
Check out the Teacher Area to learn more about EducationCity.
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+44 (0) 1572 725080 info@educationcity.com 8/9 Saddlers Court, Oakham, Rutland, England LE15 7GH