Welcome to the December 2009 Newsletter. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to any of your colleagues that you think would be interested in any of the items below. All prices quoted are exclusive of P & P and VAT and are valid until 31st December 2009. If you have have any comments or suggestions on this newsletter, or indeed any special requests for special offers, please email them to kim.conway3@btinternet.com

We would like to wish you the very best for Christmas and the New Year.

News

SMART Response has been reduced in price to £595 for a 32 handset kit.

Shoo Fly - Shoo Fly will shortly be releasing a new catalogue which will include mapping to Curriculum for Excellence. Anyone interested in receiving this catalogue should email Shoo Fly on info@shooflypublishing.co.uk

Penfriend - Penfriend XL is now available in portable format enabling it to be used on any computers, event those on very restricted networks. www.penfriend.biz/products/pf-usb.shtml

Special Offers

*Adobe - Learning and Teaching Scotland have managed to re-negotiate their education licence discount through Adobe. This has lead to some huge discounts on Adobe licences of up to 20%, reducing the cost of Adobe site licences by almost £2,000. The LT Scotland team continue to negotiate deals with many of the top software suppliers such as Microsoft, Adobe, and FileMaker. If you have any suggestions for other software licensing schemes please contact enquiries@LTScotland.org.uk

Sherston Publishing - Sherston Publishing are offering schools the chance to purchase a single licence for £10 or a site licence for £25 for the following titles for Literacy Bank Series, Numeracy Bank Series and Junior Science.

• Literacy Bank - Each CD provides a wealth of short structured activities including printable worksheets and full record keeping. Available on Mac and PC. Titles available in the Literacy Bank Series include Literacy Bank R (4-5 years), Literacy Bank 1 (5-6 years), Literacy Bank 2 (6-7 years) Literacy Bank 3 (7-8 years), Literacy Bank 4 (8-9 years), Literacy Bank 5 (9-10 years), Literacy Bank 6 (10-11 years), Literacy Bank 7 (11-12 years). www.sherston.com
• Numeracy Bank - Each CD includes over 200 interactive number and calculations activities, providing hours of focused use. The program is designed for independent use by students and can be used with a wide range of pupil abilities. In addition, the design enables teachers to easily track the progress of pupils, making it a valuable management tool. Available on Mac and PC. Titles available in the Numeracy Bank Series include Numeracy Bank R (4-5 years), Numeracy Bank 1 (5-6 years), Numeracy Bank 2 (6-7 years) Numeracy Bank 4 (8-9 years), Numeracy Bank 5 (9-10 years), and Numeracy Bank 6 (10-11 years). www.sherston.com
• Junior Science titles - Junior Science 1: Life Processes and Living Things, Junior Science: Materials and Their Properties and Junior Science: Physical Processes. www.sherston.com

New on the Software Services 4 Education Website

SS4E Showcase - this month's showcase is BrainPOP UK, the engaging online website that everyone is talking about.

Case Study from Steljes - see the latest case study showing the implementation of SMART Boards in to High School of Dundee.

FREE Resources

Set of four FREE 'Read2Excite' posters featuring popular children's Authors Sam Enthoven, Peter J Murray, Mark Robson and Ali Sparkes www.read2excite.co.uk

Forthcoming Events

National Conference on Accelerating Learning in Literacy and Numeracy 18 - 19th March 2010. Includes presentations from Jacqueline Wilson, Anthony Browne and Prof. David Jeeson. If you select 'option 1' when booking yoru place at the 3rd Holiday Inn Hotel you will receive a FREE NEO 2 writing tool worth £169! www.renlearn.co.uk

*available only in Scotland

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