After ten years of success supplying innovative learning resources to schools, Active Designs is branching out into the multi-lingual market. Six key Active Designs products are now available with French language labels, in addition to the Welsh products that were launched last year. Find out more by visiting Stand F9.
Crick Software will be displaying the latest version of its award-winning programme 'Clicker' at this year's exhibition. 'Clicker 5' builds on the tried and tested original, used in more than 40,000 schools worldwide.
Alongside this exciting new product, Crick will also be highlighting its latest application for the Foundation Stage, 'Jigworks', which builds on the concept of interlocking and inset puzzles to create a variety of pre-reading and early reading activities. You will find Crick on stand E6.
Angela Madigan, youth education officer for the Dogs Trust, will be on stand E19 promoting the charity's range of fun pre-school and primary resources. Angela is available to give talks at primary schools throughout North West England. Her interactive workshops focus on the duties and fun of dog ownership.
New books published by Child's Play including What I Like, a brand new poetry book by Gervase Phinn and Wake Up, Sleepy Head! by Mandy Ross will be exhibited on stand E14. You will also find an exciting new range of activity books: See You Later, Alligator!, The Runaway Train and Pass The Parcel.
ICT education supplier RM will be showing the 'Early Years Window Box' on stand E5, a set of fun and easy to use pre-installed software specifically designed for young children between the ages of three and five.
Inclusive Technology's illustrated programme 'Choose and Tell: Nursery Rhymes' will be on stand C2. It allows the learners to select a popular nursery rhyme character and create their own story. Children can then decide what happens next, providing a great way to encourage them to use their imagination and take control of the story through decision-making.
On stand G16 you will find Clever Clogs Games and Activities. You can liven up Literacy Hour with its range of board games for Foundation and Key Stage 1, which are linked with the Early Learning Goals and National Literacy Strategy objectives. Promoting speaking and listening skills, these ready-to-play games are carefully structured and sequenced, great for use in the classroom with a teacher or teaching assistant. Each set involves a number of different games and no two sets are alike. Designed by teachers, these resources are guaranteed to motivate - you will even find some one-off discounts at the exhibition.
Software and books for primary and nursery will be exhibited by d2 and the Mouse Club, together with numeracy software for the whiteboard. They will also be promoting their website for three- to eight-year-olds (www.themouseclub.co.uk). Their enticing range of resources concentrates on being fun, educational and absorbing, and you are welcome to test them out at stand J10.
Wicksteed's Nursery Rhymes multi-play system for under-5s (pictured below) will be on stand C11. This range of modular units has been designed using selected combinations of Nursery Rhymes play features and accessories, and is configured to suit a range of budgets while offering optimum play value.
Sherston will be on stand C8 displaying its 'BBC Faiths and Celebrations' range, a collection of six talking reference books designed for five- to seven-year-olds. Each book explores a faith relevant in modern Britain: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. The CDs also contain a rich variety of support material, including photographs and sound clips.
On stand G25 ActionAid will be displaying its new resources, including 'Barnaby Bear goes to Kenya', a trip with Barnaby through a bustling Kenyan town to a friendly rural village. On its stand you will find fascinating posterpacks with posters, photos and a teacher's guide, a video with stunning live footage and humorous cartoons. There is a CD-Rom version too.
As controversy continues over the state of school dinners, Step Forward Publishing is experiencing great success with its practical new book Cook and Learn Together, which helps parents, carers and teachers encourage children to cook and eat healthily at an early age. To find out about this and other excellent resources visit stand D11.
And, of course, make sure you visit Nursery World on stand D6, where you can take advantage of exclusive subscription offers to ensure you receive the leading weekly mix of news, views, great ideas and advice for the early years sector.
The G-Mex Centre, Manchester, 6-7 May 2005
